April-June 1986 Intern, Dunbar Library, Wright State University, Reference Section.

     Jan.-March 1982 Archivist Intern, Health Science Library, Wright State University.

     Appraised, arranged, and described the H.T.E. Hertzberg Collection.

     March-Sept. 1981 Archives & Special Collections Assistant, Dunbar Library, 
                              Wright State University.

• Appraised, arranged and described four collections:
• Two Pioneer Families of Southwestern Ohio.
• History of the Possum Creek Farm.
• Axel Bahnsen and Eleanor Bahnsen.
• Background of the Bahnsen Family.

EDUCATION

     M.L.S. 1996, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio - Library and Information Science.

     M.A. 1982, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio: - American History with
                    concentration in Archival Management.

     B.A. 1979, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio: - Classical Humanities, Magna Cum
                    Laude.

     A.A. 1978, De Anza Junior College, Cupertino, California: Major- Liberal Arts.


ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK

     1994, Intermuseum Laboratory, Oberlin, Ohio: “Paper Preservation” 

     1993, Intermuseum Laboratory, Oberlin, Ohio: "Preservation of Historic Photographic 
             Materials”. 

     1991, University of Cincinnati: 10 week class on “Conservation and Rare Book 
             Binding”. 

     1989-1990, University of Dayton: 10 hours per week “Hands-on Conservation”. 

     1984-1986, Dunbar Library, School of Graduate Studies: Major- Library Media.


SPECIAL PROJECTS 

     1990-2007 Appraised, arranged and published many collections at the Dayton Metro 
                   Library, including:
.

• Wright Brothers Collection
• Preserving the Wright Brothers Legacy: Proceedings
• 1913: Preserving the Memories of the Great Flood: Proceedings
• Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection
• Women’s Suffrage Collection 
• The Roy Fitzgerald Collection
• The Dayton Metro Library History Collection
•  Flood of 1913 Collection
• The Luthman Collection
• The Hiram Strong Collection
• The Kelso Company Collection
• The Montgomery County Picture File [four volumes, 700 images each]
• The Schenck Collection 
• Map Collection (1200 maps)
• Lutzenberger Collection
• Fred Marshall Collection
• Shaker Collection
• Montgomery County Horticultural Society Collection
• Montgomery County Historical Society Collection

PUBLICATIONS

     Over 70 reports, reviews and articles appearing in archival journals (Society of American Archivists, Midwest Archives Conference, Ohio Preservation Council, Ohio Library Council, Miami Valley Archives Roundtable).

PROGRAMS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

     1990-2007 Organized and chaired symposia and public programs, including:

      “Preserving Women’s History in Ohio” 

      “Preserving the Wright Brothers Legacy” 

      “Preserving the Memories of the Flood of 1913” 

      “Preserving the Memories of the Greek Community in Dayton”

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

      Ohio Library Council, Subjects and Special Collections Division 

      Midwest Archives Conference, Assistant Editor 

      Society of American Archivists, Key contact for District 5 

      Phi Alpha Theta History Society 

      Miami Valley Archives Roundtable

COMPUTER SKILLS

      1989-2007 Familiarity with software includes: 

            Hyper Text Markup Language from MS-Word to HTML, SGML and XML for
            displaying online manuscripts and images.

            PERL Programming for creating web pages of large photographic collections 

            Encoding Archival Description [EAD] for the publication of finding aids online 

            Microsoft Access for the designing of databases. 

            Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop and ThumPlus Software for digital 
            imaging and online publishing.

SPECIAL AWARDS

     2008 Distinguished Alumni Award, Department of Classics, Wright State University

References Available Upon Request