SAA-Student Chapter Presents Lecture
The Bloomington Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists invites graduate students, faculty and staff to attend a lecture by Carolyn Texley, Archivist, Director of Collections, Curator, and Head of Research at the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne. She will speak about her experiences as a field archivist and about the challenges and rewards of her responsibilities at the Lincoln Museum.
Date: Saturday, November 23, 2002
Time: 10:30 AM
Place: SLIS Room 031
Refreshments will be served.
BIO
Carolyn Texley currently serves as the Director of Collections, archivist, curator and head of research at The Lincoln Museum. She has curated both the Museum's permanent and temporary exhibits since 1994, served as part of the design team for the new Museum in 1995, and was responsible for overseeing the moving of the Museum collection in the fall of 1995.
In addition to maintaining the Museum's archival records, her other responsibilities at the Lincoln Museum include developing policies and procedures for cataloging, description, research, and automating access to the Museum's wide variety of collections.
Her prior archival experience includes two years at the State Archives of Michigan, as a recipient of an NHPRC grant. She also served for five years as archivist at Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and another five years as a part-time archival consultant at the Michigan State University Art and Map Library.
Active in several professional organizations, Texley has served as preservation columnist for the Midwest Archives Conference Newsletter, chair of the SAA Visual Materials Cataloging and Access Roundtable, and is currently a member of the SAA Jameson Award Committee. Her educational credentials include a BA from Kalamazoo College, and a Masters degree in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University.
For further information on this Saturday's presentation, contact SAA Student Chapter Secretary, Marybeth Gaudette at megaudet@indiana.edu.
Posted November 20, 2002