M Ryan Hess serves as the Web Services Coordinator for the DePaul University
Libraries. His work includes administering the libraries' website, digital image
collection webpages, DePaul's institutional repository (Via Sapientiae) and work
with other online platforms. 

His work also involves user testing, web usability and statistics collection. 

Before coming to DePaul, M Ryan Hess worked for Adobe Systems, where he provided market
research and highlighted trends identified by the technology analyst community. 

He is also author of the Ten Minute Activist, a book on easy, personal ways individuals
can adapt their lifestyles in environmentally sustainable ways.

Books

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Ten Minute Activist (2007)

The planet is in trouble. Global warming, record-breaking natural disasters, 9/11, two hotly contested presidential...

 

Presentations

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Web Analytics: Using Evidence for Improvement - Über analytics: Customizing Google Analytics to track multiple library platforms, Internet Librarian (2012)

Hess tackles a problem that many libraries face: how to create unified web statistics reports...

 
Preserving the past with tomorrow's technology: How DePaul University and the University of Ireland, Galway secured a new home for a Vincentian digital collection in the cloud (with Rebecca Cooling), Catholic Research Resource Alliance Symposium (2012)

DePaul University Library assisted researchers at the National University of Ireland, Galway in preserving their...

 

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UnLibGuiding LibGuides: Using JQuery and CSS with Campus Guides to make LibGuides a true Web CMS, Code4Lib Midwest 2012 (2012)

DePaul University's Library Web Services team investigated the potential of Springshare CampusGuides for serving as...

 

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Zoho for Ticketing: Project Management & Reporting Using a Custom-built Zoho Application, Code4Lib Midwest 2012 (2012)

This ticketing application was developed by the DePaul University Libraries Web Services Team for project...

 

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Filtering Out the Librarians from Web Analytics Data, Library Information Technology Association (2011)

This presentation discusses an experiment to check the accuracy of IP filters used in Google...

 

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