Stuart A. Sutton is Associate Professor in the Information School of the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. He is Director of Education Digital Library Initiatives in the Information Institute of Syracuse (IIS) and leads research and development for the U.S. Department of Education’s Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM). In his capacity as Senior Research Scientist at IIS, Sutton has published extensively on the metadata principles and practices of GEM—for a current listing of academic background articles on GEM by Dr. Sutton, see GEM in Academic Journals on this Web site.
He serves on the Usage and Advisory Boards of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative and as co-chair of the Initiative’s Education Working Group. He received his MLIS and PhD degrees from the University of California at Berkeley School of Library and Information Studies (now School of Information). He received his Juris Doctor (JD) from Golden Gate University School of Law and his Master of Laws (LLM) in copyright from the University of California at Berkeley: Boalt Hall School of Law.
Dr. Sutton is the principle in Sutton & Associates Consulting offering knowledge organization systems consulting to non-profit, profit and government sectors.
