Judy Hallman's Home Page
Judith Huntress Hallman (hallman@rtpnet.org) [picture taken in 1992]
Work experience at UNC
I provided computer support services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1967-1999. My work, over those years, included supervision of the Help Desk, training, documentation, and program development. When I retired (March 1, 1999), I was Campus Webmaster and a Tier 2 Analyst in the IT Response Center (Help Desk). I started developing the Info service at UNC-CH in 1987 and was an active participant in the CWIS-L list (cwis-l@msu.edu).
The paper "Coordinating a University Web Presence" gives an overview of the evolution of the UNC-CH service.
Current interests
I'm currently learning Drupal and CiviCRM, installing them on rtpnet.org at nccommunities.org. I restructured the CiviCRM Frequently Asked Questions, about 200 entries — an excellent learning project.I'm working with a team gathering resources and information that record the history of computing on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. I set up a Drupal site for the project at ibiblio.org/comphist.
RTPnet
I've worked toward a community information service, RTPnet (previously known as Triangle Free-Net), for the local area since 1989.Fiona Morgan wrote a nice article about me and RTPnet, "Judy Hallman has been connecting nonprofits since the Internet was young," as part of a special issue — Bridging the divide: Techies across the Triangle are finding ways to connect people around the world — for the Independent Weekly, February 2007.
My RTPnet service includes:
- Volunteer and Advisors Council: March 2007 -
- Board of Directors Member: August 1990 - March 2007
- Executive Director: August 1994 - March 2007
- President: May 2004 - March 2006
- Vice President: August 1994 - May 2004
- Secretary: August 1990 - August 1994
- Created an online archive site which documents the history of RTPnet and community networks with plans, reports, news clippings, project descriptions, grant proposals, conference materials, email discussions, and other associated files, and also donated paper archives to the
Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Assisted RTPnet Members in using RTPnet's hosting services.
- Maintained the RTPnet Web site.
- Coordinated the VISTA Program: Wrote workplans, found funding, supervised, wrote reports, and promote services of RTPnet's Americorps/VISTA members. We had nine VISTAs in the period 2001-2005.
- Designed and managed Tech LinkUp, a Web service that links together technology needs and resources to support nonprofit organizations. The project was not successful.
- Managed Triangle Area Centers for Technology (TACT) activities with particular emphasis on the Hargraves Technology Center, in Chapel Hill, and the Birchwood Learning Center, in Durham.
- Coordinated six annual RTPnet Conferences.
- Coordinated RTPnet's public access and training project. Developed training materials and coordinated beginning computer classes for adults.
- Coordinated many of RTPnet's requests for funding.
- Prepared annual reports and goals.
Publications
I authored the chapter "A Regional Free-Net and Internet Access," published in The Internet Initiative: Libraries Providing Internet Services & How They Plan, Pay, and Manage, published by American Library Association, 1995 (ISBN 0-8389-0668-0).In 1992, I wrote an article on the history, software options, maintenance issues, and future directions of CWISs for publication in Advances in Library Automation and Networking, published in Volume 5, 1994. The article was also distributed electronically through the CWIS-L list.
I authored a chapter on CWISs for the book The Internet Unleashed, published by Sams.net; Second Edition (ISBN 0-672-30714-6), 1995.
Further, I was a keynote speaker at the AARNet conference in Brisbane, Australia, in December 1992, where I spoke about maintenance issues of CWISs while demonstrating the UNC-CH system in Chapel Hill — Video Part A and Video Part B, about 30 minutes each — demonstration using precursors of gopher and World Wide Web, formatting and maintenance issues, World Wide Web, Free-Nets, Youngstown Free-Net at end — download Flash 8. I visited seven university campuses while in Australia, discussing CWIS issues with people bringing up services on their campuses.
Work experience
As a computer professional for more than 30 years, I learned programming at Bell Telephone Laboratories (on a vacuum-tube computer). After five years as a programmer with Western Electric Corporation, I came to UNC-CH where I remained until retirement (1999).Education
- Graduate: UNC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1959-1961. Degree: MA in mathematics, August 1965.
- College: UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina (Woman's College of the University of North Carolina), 1955-1957.
UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1957-59. Degree: BA in mathematics, June 1959
- High School: Suffern High School, Suffern, New York. Graduated June 1955.
Professional activities
- Received a special award — For Years Of Dedicated Service To RTPnet and Community Technology In North Carolina — at the 6th Annual RTPnet Conference, May 20, 2005.
- University Management Development Program and Association: Completed the University Management Development Program in May, 1982, and have been a member of the University Manager's Association since then.
- Society for Technical Communication: Member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) for many years, serving as chair of the local chapter for two years, 1979-1981.
Hobbies
I like to cook and garden, and I used to knit (before the Web). Some of my favorite recipes are available online.Home and yard
Spring pictures 2008.Pictures of our home and some spring pictures (2003-4) of the yard.