Michigan Stadium under construction, from the Bentley Historical Library.

hey it's me, your pal, jay

Hi! I'm jay winkler. I'm the Archivist for Athletics at the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library. This is my website. I use he/him pronouns.

I am an athletic archivist because I think the history of sport is vital to understanding community history, and that sport history can provide us clues to understand the history of social change. Additionally, I think many of the materials are very, very fun to look at. As a lifelong Michigan fan, this is personal to me. If the Wolverines played it, I am interested in it. If you are a sport history researcher, Michigan history researcher or you're otherwise trying to contact me professionally, contact jmwink at umich dot edu.

I am/was also a contestant on Season 3 of Fox's The Floor. I know! I think it's crazy too! If for some reason you want to contact me about that or anything else, [email protected] will get to me, promise.

To a large extent this website only exists because I bought yourpaljay.biz so I could use something bespoke on Bluesky so you can follow me on there if you want, but I can't promise you're going to come out of the experience thinking more highly of me, unless you also like the Tigers and Michigan WBB and updates on what pencils I've been liking lately.

I live in Ypsilanti with my spouse, my dog Ernie, and my cat Lava.

One last thing: I do that thing with my name on purpose. It's "jay winkler", and that is how I'd prefer you to write it too if you don't mind. The short answer is "I like the way it looks better."

Website borrowed from Jack and you can too!

jay winkler

jmwink at umich dot edu | he/him

CV PDF

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Information
May 2017
University of Michigan School of Information
Concentration: Archives and Records Management

Bachelor of Arts
December 2013
Albion College
Major: Political Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Archivist for Athletics, October 2024-Present
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Provide reference and outreach services with subject matter expertise on the history of intercollegiate athletic competition at the University of Michigan.
Strategize around acquisition, digitization, and other areas.

Associate Archivist, January 2021-October 2024
ICPSR, University of Michigan

Primary metadata manager for ICPSR catalog
Responsible for maintenance of standards and practices surrounding metadata
Collaborate across organization to help other units with metadata-related questions and requests
Project work as necessary

Data Curator, March 2019-January 2021
ICPSR, University of Michigan

Process social science research data for use by future researchers.
Critical functions include evaluating disclosure risk, manipulating data through SPSS syntax, and creation of documentation.
Perform detailed review of both my own work and the work of other curators, checking for accuracy and adherence to standards.

Digital Content Specialist, November 2017-March 2019
Allied Vaughn, Livonia, MI

Applied and improved metadata for photography and logo assets for multiple large corporate clients’ Digital Asset Management System.

AWARDS AND HONORS

LIS Education and Data Science Integrated Network Group (LEADING) Fellow, 2021
Drexel University Metadata Research Center

Attended a coding “boot camp.”
Worked on a six-month internship with the Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio at Temple University, enhancing, querying, and visualizing data on Black artists in Wikidata.

36 Under 36, Detroit Jewish News, 2024

Named to annual list of young Jewish leaders selected for their contributions both to the Jewish community and their own professions.

PRESENTATIONS

“LEADING to Data Science in Libraries”, CNI Fall 2021 Membership Meeting, panelist. Washington D.C., December 2021

winkler, j. “Visualizing Wikidata: Using Python to Analyze Identity and Representation in Wikidata about Black Art Exhibitions”, Present Encounters: Digital Humanities Meet Afrofuturism, speaker. Philadelphia, PA, April 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2023 from https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/9597

Lyle, J., Shallcross, M., and winkler, j. (2022). “Metadata & Preservation activities at ICPSR to make our data FAIR and TRUSTworthy.” Presentation for the virtual ICPSR Data Fair 2022, September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 from https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/6476

winkler, j., Shallcross, M., “Introducing the ICPSR Metadata Documentation Portal.” Webinar for ICPSR Love Data Week 2024, February 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024 from https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/22373

winkler, j. “Balancing External and Institutional Needs in Internal Thesaurus Maintenance”, Midwest Data Librarian Symposium, speaker. Cincinnati, OH, October 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023 from https://osf.io/x4auc/

Picard, C., winkler, j., Lyle, J., and Mani, M. “Metadata Augmentation for Social Science Datasets Using Generative AI”, IASSIST/CARTO 2024, speaker. Halifax, NS, Canada, May 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376139

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Online Publications

winkler, j. “Querying Wikidata with SPARQL”, Temple Library Scholars Studio Blog, December 2021. https://sites.temple.edu/tudsc/2021/12/15/querying-wikidata/

winkler, j. and Bayeck, R. “Visualizing Wikidata: Using Python to Analyze Identity and Representation in Wikidata about Black Art Exhibitions”, Temple Library Scholars Studio Blog, January 2022. https://sites.temple.edu/tudsc/2022/01/24/visualizing-wikidata-using-python-to-analyze-identity-and-representation-in-wikidata-about-black-art-exhibitions/

Interviews

"A look back at when the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago played on Thanksgiving," CBS Detroit, Detroit, MI: WWJ-TV. November 28, 2024 https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/video/a-look-back-at-when-the-university-of-michigan-and-the-university-of-chicago-played-on-thanksgiving/#x

Continuing Education

Library Juice Academy, “Transforming and Querying XML with XSLT and XQuery”, Winter 2021

Other

Contestant, The Floor Season 3, FOX.

All Blue

I used to write a blog called All Blue, about Michigan athletics Beyond the Big House. One day I'll move the archives but for now they're at all blue dot fans.