Leah Root
Web Services Developer
Recipient, 2021 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Professional Excellence

Information Technology Services
Fraser 202
(585) 245-6061
rootl@geneseo.edu
Areas of Responsibility:
- Fraser Hall Library Website - Design, layout, navigation, scripting, script integration, content formatting
- work with Research Instruction Librarians and CIT to streamline content and test usability (UX)
- ensure WCAG Accessibility compliance
- ensure website adheres to SUNY Geneseo branding
- Provide programming and technical support for websites, digital projects, "home-grown" applications, and third-party vendor applications. Research best methods and integrate them with library services and applications to increase functionality and usability.
- Technical Support to Library Staff, Faculty, and Library Patrons
- Library Accessibility Guidelines Team (LAG) Lead
- Databases: T-SQL & mySQL, administration and design, ARGOS query generation, report, and datablock programming
- Servers: Linux RedHat/CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian; Windows IIS, Windows Apache
- Platforms: WordPress, Pressbooks, Drupal, Omeka, LibCal, LibApps, LibGuides,.NET, WP-CLI, PRINCE
- Languages: C#, PHP, ASPx .NET, bash, perl, SQL, JavaScript, jQuery, vue.js, JSON, Python
Projects and Applications:
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Presentations:
- Overcoming Unprecedented Adversities: The Milne Library Experience. Co-presented with Alana Nuth, Empire
State Libraries Network Academic Libraries Conference, April 14, 2022. Conference theme: “Bouncing Back:
Our Students, Ourselves.”
- Access for All: Web Accessibility - Library Technology Conference, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. March 20, 2019
View or Download Slides
- Access For All: Responsive and Accessible ILLiAD - IDS Project Conference, Utica College, Utica, NY. July 26, 2018
- "Library as Publisher: The Story of Open SUNY Textbooks" - Library Technology Conference, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. March 14, 2018 View or Download Slides
- "OpenSUNY Textbooks: How WordPress saved our Open Educational Services Program" - WPCampus: Where WordPress Meets Higher Education, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY. July 15, 2017 View or Download Slides
- Google Analytics Primer: How to interpret Google Analytics for different types of websites - COMN 277 : Online Journalism, Ginni Jurkowski. November 2016
- "Open SUNY Textbooks and Textbook Publishing Services" (co-presented with Allison Brown) BC Campus Open Textbook Summit, Simon Fraser University Harbor Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia. May 2015
- "Keep your PC or Mac Clean with CCleaner" Milne Library Professional Development Workshop, Milne Library. June 2014
- "Library Hours: Let's Build a Simple Widget," ALA-LITA Lightning Talk, Library and Information Technology Association Forum, Louisville, KY. November 2013
Certifications/Education