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Baltimore, MD, US

Developed and taught courses in Collections Management, Collections Information Management Systems, and Digital Curation

Analysis and planning assistance for museum object information management, including image and document management, with emphasis on the implementation of standards and data integration. Specialization in Collections Information Management.

Continuing service as a reviewer for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), for the National Leadership, and Museums for America programs.

Advising on an NEH-funded planning grant for a digitization and cataloging project intended to integrate information in the museum's historical curatorial research files, with data in the Collections Management System, archives and library, ultimately providing this new information store as Linked Open Data.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Carried out a multiple-year project funded through an IMLS Museums For America grant to develop collections policies and procedures, implement a collections management system, inventory and digitize the permanent collection.

Consulted with the Portland Art Museum on collections information management and digital asset management. Carried out a comprehensive analysis of current practice, and developed a strategic plan for the creation and ongoing management of digital assets. Identified key positions and developed job descriptions needed to implement the plan. These positions.

Open Source Application Design and Development by and for the Conservation Community.With funding from the Research in Information Technology Program of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, two community design meetings for conservation documentation were held in 2009, the first in early March at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, primarily for North.

Conducted a documentation creation and management needs analysis of the curatorial departments of the National Gallery of Art, for the Information Technology department.

Analyzed current documentation practices in the Conservation division of the National Gallery of Art and wrote requirements document for a system to digitize conservation documents. Activities included a detailed survey of paper and electronic documents, a market survey and on-site visits to museums in Philadelphia and Boston.

THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTIONInformation Technology administrator for a museum and history research center. Responsibilities included budgeting for automation and telecommunication services; selection and implementation of all application software, network hardware and software; analysis, design and implementation of in-house digital imaging and.

Responsibilities included the management of a mini-computer facility, the creation of refinements to existing software systems and daily maintenance of an on-line collections management system. Trained staff in the use of computer hardware and software on both micro- and mini-computers and acted as a general computer information resource.

Served on the general Board of Directors and as Treasurer, President and Past-President

Founded in 1967, the Museum Computer Network has been serving the cultural heritage community for over 40 years. The Museum Computer Network is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation incorporated in the State of New York.

Managed corporate media library consisting of 500,000+ images, films, video and audio tapes documenting the history of the offshore oil industry. Selected the library's first computerized image management system.

Master Of Science, Landscape Architecture; Historic Preservation

Bachelor Of Arts, English