Meet Some People In Preservation

I found an interesting article that showcased two women from the Library and Information Science field that have been promoted to higher positions in the preservation field. The first woman goes by the name of Diane Vogt-O'Connor. Diane is a double major graduate who holds a degree in Library Science/Archives and Art History/Museums. She was the senior manager of conservation activities at the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Park Services and the Smithsonian Institution (Library of Congress, 2006). In each one of these jobs she served different roles.

Her Roles

National Archive -was the manager of extensive holdings in the regional archives and served as the affiliated archives liaison.

National Park Services - produced several works on preservation, wrote grants, and provided on site consultations to help the staff.

Smithsonian Institution - She served as the director of the Photographic Survey Project and surveyed its 13 million photos from the massive collection.

Through her extensive work she was recognized and promoted to the overseer of the Conservation Division for the Library of Congress.

The other women who was promoted goes by the name of Jeanne Drewes. She was the assistant director for access and worked at Michigan State University. Her duties at Michigan State included overseeing the binding of preservation and collections conservation, stacks maintenance, microfilming, enviornmental monitoring, and management of personnel (Library of Congress, 2006).

Among those jobs Jeanne has also made personel achievements. She has co-authored many books and as also been an asset to many committees that dealt with preservation. That's why she was given the position of cheif binding and collections care.

SOUND OFF!!!!!!!!!!

Who do you know that has made it big in the preservation field?


Reference

Library of Congress. (Jul/Aug, 2006). New Faces in Preservation. Library of Congress Information Bulletin. 65(7/8),190.