Education, Certifications, and Training

Education and Certification:

Masters Degree, Library and Information Science. Indiana University, Bloomington, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering. 2001.

Bachelors Degree, Honors in Music. University of Puget Sound. 1998.

Certification: Associate Business Continuity Planner (ABCP). Disaster Recovery Institute International. 2008.

Certification: Credential of Readiness (CORe), Harvard Business School Online. 2023.

Continuing Education:

  • Designing Storage Architectures. Invitational meeting of technical and industry experts; IT and Library subject matter experts; government specialists with an interest in preservation; decision-makers from a wide range of organizations with digital preservation requirements; and recognized authorities and practitioners of digital preservation. (2017–2023; Ongoing) Washington, DC.
  • Principles of Appropriations Law. (April 30–May 2, 2019) Washington, DC.
  • High-Threat Security Overseas Seminar: HT401. (June 7, 2019) Washington, DC.
  • Library of Congress Supervisor Development Program. Six month program of 10 modules on management practices incorporating 360-degree reviews and special assignments. (February 7–September 12, 2018). Washington, DC. 
  • Islamic Manuscript Collections in Conflict Zones: Safeguarding Written Heritage. (October 5-7, 2015) Royal United Services Institute/Islamic Manuscript Association, London, UK.
  • Human Rights and Cultural Heritage: From the Holocaust to the Haitian Earthquake (March 31, 2011) Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY.
  • Japanese Basics I – II. (September 2009 – January 2011) Beverly Hills Lingual Institute, Beverly Hills, CA.
  • TechFocus I: Caring for Video Art. (September 1-2, 2010) American Institute for Conservation. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.
  • Curation Technology Camp 2010. (August 16-17, 2010) Berkeley, CA.
  • University of California Computing Services Conference. (July 19-20, 2010) Los Angeles, CA.
  • Data Curation (May 6, June 1 & July 1, 2010) D. Scott Brandt, Sayeed Choudherry, Anne Graham, Charles Humphrey. Greater Western Libraries Association Webinar.
  • Missing Materials. (May 11, 2010) Merilee Proffitt, Jennifer Schafner. RLG Missing Materials Workgroup Webinar.
  • Economics of Sustaining Digital Information. (April 20, 2010) OCLC Research Webinar. Brian Lavoie.
  • National Archives and Records Administration: Plan for Preservation: Assess, Prioritize, and Manage. (March 18, 2010) Washington, DC.
  • University of California Business Officers Institute. (December 1-3, 2009) Newport Beach, CA.
  • iPres 2009: The Sixth International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects. (October 5-6, 2009) San Francisco, CA.
  • The Preservation Function in Research Libraries. (September 15, 2009) ARL Webcast. Lars Meyers, James Neal, Deborah Jakobs.
  • Books of the Far West, With an Emphasis on California. (August 10-14, 2009) Gary Kurutz. California Rare Book School/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • Digital Preservation: Planning and Activities. (June 10, 2009) Infopeople Project/California State Library.
  • Whose Music is This? Threading Through the Tangled Aftermath of Cultural Encounters. (January 15, 2009) Anthony Seeger, UCLA. Los Angeles, CA.
  • Climate Change and Preserving Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century. (November 8, 2008) Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
  • P(l)anning for Gold: Preservation Models in California and the West. (June 28, 2008) California Preservation Program. ALA Annual Conference: Anaheim, CA.
  • BCLE-1000: Introduction to Business Continuity Planning Intensive. (July 10-21, 2006) Disaster Response Institute, International: New York, NY.
  • Integrated Pest Management: Museum Marauders. (May 22, 2006) Tom Parker Ph.D., Entomologist: New York, NY.
  • Beyond the Numbers: Specifying and Achieving an Efficient Preservation Environment. (March 16, 2006) National Archives and Records Administration: Washington D.C.
  • Building Good Digital Collections: The 10th Anniversary School for Scanning. (June 1-3, 2005) Northeast Document Conservation Center: Boston, MA.
  • Direct Digital Capture of Cultural Heritage. (September 21-22, 2004) Rochester Institute of Technology Munsell Color Science Laboratory, Image Permanence Institute & Andrew Mellon Foundation: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
  • Economics of Digitization. (May 17-18, 2004) Newberry Library and InnoData Isogen: Chicago, IL.
  • Digital Preservation Management Workshop. (May 10-14, 2004) Cornell University and National Endowment for the Humanities: Ithaca, NY.
  • Library Binding Workshop. (May 13, 2004) Great Western Library Alliance, Association for Library Collections and Technical Services and Heckman Bindery: Kansas City, MO.
  • Alliance for Response. (December 12, 2003) Federal Emergency Management Administration and Heritage Preservation: Cincinnati, OH.
  • Preserving America’s Printed Resources. (July 21, 2003) Center for Research Libraries and Chicago Historical Society: Chicago, IL.
  • Mold and Environmental Control. (July 19-20, 2002) Southeastern Library Network and Association for Library Collections and Technical Services: Chicago, IL.
  • Redefining Preservation, Shaping New Solutions, Forging New Partnerships. (July 7-8, 2002)  Association of Research Libraries & University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI.