head of

• Library Annex
• Preservation and Collection Maintenance

administrative responsibilities

• Heads department of forty-two staff whose responsibilities include conservation, reformatting, commercial binding, Annex Library, stacks management,  and  microforms. Activities include grant writing and project management, budgeting, planning, and personnel responsibilities. Successful proposals include IMLS Native American Conservation Training, Save America’s Treasures; Conservation of the Native American Collection,  New York State Conservation Technician Training program, and Ford Foundation Hermetic Sealing Research.

principal investigator on

• A PRESERVATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE STAFF OFCHINESE ACADEMIC LIBRARIES  awarded by LUCE, HENRY FOUNDATION 2012 - 2014
• CONSERVATION AND DIGITIZATION OF THE TRIALS PAMPHLET COLLECTION AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY  awarded by NATL ENDOWMENT HUMANITIES 2011 - 2013
• NYS AID  awarded by NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 2011 - 2012
• NYS AID  awarded by NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 2012 - 2013

individual publications

• report

  • Illustrated Book Study: Digital Conversion Requirements of Illustrations.  Library of Congress Preservation Research Publications: Research and Testing Series. 1999

talks and presentations