Lukas Koster : Curriculum Vitae
Analytical, practical and creative coordinator, focused on researching, opening up and presenting cultural heritage on the web.
Expertise
- Social sciences
- Computer science
- Linked data
- Project management
- Data and systems architectures and infrastructure
- Digital Humanities
- Geolocation
- History
- Cartography
- Urban history
- Art
Education
- MSc. Sociology of Labor and Organizations (University of Amsterdam 1987)
- Computer science (PION 1988)
Work
- Independent consultant (2021 - current)
- Linked open data
- Digital infrastructure
- Digital heritage
- Urban history
- Cartography/GIS
- Library of the University of Amsterdam
- Project manager/Digital infrastructure coordinator: 2019 - 2021
- Library systems coordinator: 2010-2019
- Head of Library Systems Department: 2007-2010
- Systems manager/digital library consultant: 2006-2007
- Panteia
- External consultant Central Library of the European Commission (acquisition new Integrated Library system): 2014-2015
- Library of the Free University Amsterdam
- Systems manager: 2006
- National Library of The Netherlands
- Project staff Digital Library: 2003-2006
- NIWI-KNAW
- Application developer: 1998-2002
- Leiden University, Law Faculty
- Systems designer: 1990-1998
Projects
University of Amsterdam
- Digital Data Infrastructure University Library
- Implementation of ARK Persistent Identifiers for collection objects: http://purl.org/cpl/3110
- Publication of collection data as open and linked data: http://purl.org/cpl/3227
- Renovation of the University Library Discovery Environment: https://lib.uva.nl
- Adamlink - Amsterdam cultural heritage linked data platform: https://adamlink.nl
- DataMap - Overview of University Library digital infrastructure and dataflows
National Library of The Netherlands
- Implementation of Digital Library Portal