Kyle Fenton

From Digital Innovations @ Emory Libraries

Kyle Fenton is a technical manager in charge of software development and systems administration at Emory University Libraries, supervising a team of software developers, engineers and systems administrators. He manages the development and maintenance of a good portion of the libraries' cyberinfrastructure, including eReserves, ETDs, and a number of digital collections created for the Beck Center and MARBL. He also serves as technical supervisor for the libraries' sponsored projects, including MetaArchive, Southcomb, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Database.

Kyle's recent focus has been on designing and building out Emory's digital repository architecture, including a planned rights management system.

[edit] Background

Kyle earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Emory University. About this time he was also an associate staff member in cataloging, and then in acquisitions. He went on to pursue two years of graduate studies in the History of Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University, before deciding that wasn't really his passion. He since choose to pursue information technology, and has worked in in that capacity at Emory University Libraries since 1999. Kyle has been a team leader since 2001.

He is also the son of Dr. John Y. Fenton, a former professor of South Asian religions at Emory.

[edit] Interests

Kyle is an avid road cyclist, and is keenly interested in issues in digital preservation, service oriented architecture, and the semantic web.