Vicki Tobias Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wi, Us

Wisconsin, United States

Coordinate an 18-month program to pair information school graduate students with Wisconsin public libraries and local history organizations to complete digitization projects publicly shared through Recollection Wisconsin. https://recollectionwisconsin.org/rwdi

Madison, Wisconsin

Teaching LIS 640-Genealogy for Librarians (Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025)LIS 644-Digital Tools, Trends and Debates (Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018)LIS 818-Archives Accessioning and Appraisal (Spring 2017, Spring 2019)LIS 855-Genealogy for Librarians (Spring 2023, Spring 2024)Instructor for online and in-person courses. Former graduate advisor for students pursuing the Archives track at UW-Madison iSchool. Helped develop new practicum experiences for graduate students in non-profit, for-profit and government employment sectors focused on assessment, data analysis, UX design, web development and project management. Served on the iSchool Diversity Committee. https://ischool.wisc.edu

Madison, Wisconsin

Company founder, project manager and lead researcher. Responsible for new business and product development, marketing and outreach, and research tools evaluation. We specialize in North American family and community history research. Research services also include archives and public records research, archival assessment and planning, corporate history research and writing, digitization consultation, heir search/forensic genealogy, personal archives organization and preservation, prospect research. We help clients discover family who may have been lost to history and forgotten by their descendants for generations. We honor them by illuminating the details of their lives and reconnecting them to the present. Know your history to better know yourself. Let us help you tell your story!www.tobiashistoryresearch.com

Madison, Wisconsin

Provide support and outreach for Recollection Wisconsin, our statewide portal that brings together digital cultural heritage resources from Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies and shares them with the world in partnership with the Digital Public Library of America. https://recollectionwisconsin.org/Coordinate grant-funded projects for Recollection Wisconsin including:- (2019) IMLS Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries - Community Memory Cohort. Facilitate a national cohort of ten small and rural libraries and archives participating in this initiative. WiLS staff will collaborate with IMLS to design, execute, and evaluate a mentorship strategy to equip the APP cohort to carry out successful projects. This innovative program will serve as a model for future cohort-driven approaches to documenting, preserving, and sharing community memory.- (2019) Planning for a Digital Readiness Community of Practice, an NHPRC funded program to develop a plan for a Digital Readiness Community of Practice that will increase affiliates’ capacity to create, manage and share digitized historical resources. https://recollectionwisconsin.org/cop- (2017-2019) Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC), an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded program for Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS). CCDC is a two-year project in partnership with the UW-Madison's iSchool and the UW-Milwaukee's School of Information Studies to provide library school graduate students with practical experience in digital stewardship through summer fieldwork positions at small and under-resourced memory institutions across Wisconsin. http://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres

University Of Wisconsin-Madison Archives

Managed and provided reference service for image, audio and film collections held by the University Archives. Collection development outreach to campus groups. Database development to provide internal and public access to collections. Developed and employed data standards for media collections. Assessed and collected born-digital and Web content from campus partners; managed Archive-It platform. Built and maintained social media platforms including Flickr, YouTube, Tumblr and Twitter. Represented the Archives at campus events that celebrate University of Wisconsin-Madison history. Supervised and mentored student and volunteer staff including current SLIS students. Guest lecturer in UW-Madison SLIS courses.www.library.wisc.edu/archives

University Of Wisconsin-Madison

Worked cooperatively with UW faculty, staff and librarians to create digital resources for public use. Facilitated new project assessment and development. Initiated outreach activities. Managed department professional and student staff and production work. Developed and executed process and policies to improve digital project management and work flow. Communicated with University faculty and librarians to define digitization projects and project materials. Publicized UWDCC digital resources through a variety of media, events, and personal presentations.http://www.library.wisc.edu/digital-library-services/

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Managed research, client services and production work for approximately 20 employees. Successfully maintained group's work quality and quantity during a period of unprecedented growth and company-wide restructuring.

Madison, Wisconsin

Evaluated and recommended new technologies to improve online collections and reference services. Created and implemented project development models and digitization and metadata standards. Collaborated with staff to build innovative web content and digital collections, promoting Society holdings, services and programs. Researched and assisted in writing project grants.www.wisconsinhistory.org

Master'S Degree, Archives, Digital Librarianship, Technology

Activities and Societies: Student Archives Association, F. Gerald Ham Fellow (Archives Administration)Student Chapter-Society of American.

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Activities and Societies: Delta Gamma sorority, UNL Women's Chorale, UNL Marching Band, Nebraska State Legislature page and intern, Young.