Robert Perret is the Special Collections Librarian at the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives and Vice President of Northwest Archivists. What do you like most about your work? What’s most challenging? I like that there are constant discoveries to be made. Often, I am the first person to open a box in decades, … Continue reading Career Journeys: Robert Perret →

Jennifer Thompson is the Records Analyst and Archivist at the J. Paul Getty Trust. What are your main responsibilities as an archivist? I serve as the organization’s Records Management and Information Management specialist, as well as Program Liaison for Trust Administration (the Trust oversees the four Getty programs - Museum, Conservation Institute, Foundation, and Research … Continue reading Career Journeys: Jennifer Thompson →

Dave Lewis is the sound archivist at Bowling Green State University’s Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives. He holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from Indiana University-Bloomington and an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh. He currently chairs the Conference Grants Committee for the Association of Recorded Sound Collections and the Society for Ethnomusicology’s Special … Continue reading Career Journeys: Dave Lewis →

John Esh is a Processing Archivist at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. John holds a BA in Anthropology from Portland State University and a MLS from Emporia State University. John is a member of SAA's SNAP (Students and New Archives Professionals) section and Performing Arts section steering committee member. What are your main responsibilities as … Continue reading Career Journeys: John Esh →

Judy Tyrus is the CEO of ChromaDiverse, Inc., recipient of the 2021 SAA Diversity Award, and author of Dance Theatre of Harlem: A History, A Movement, A Celebration. What do you like most about your work? What’s most challenging?I enjoy helping dance companies preserve their historic records so their history can be told dynamically and … Continue reading Career Journeys: Judy Tyrus →

Jennifer Olguin Jennifer Olguin, MLS, is the Rio Grande Historical Collections Archivist at New Mexico State University Library, Archives, and Special Collections. Jennifer, what are your main responsibilities as an archivist? As a tenure-track archivist at a university archive, my main responsibilities include the following:  Assist the campus community along with the public with their … Continue reading Career Journeys: Jennifer Olguin →

Erik R. Bauer This post is from Erik R. Bauer. Erik is chair of the Local History Roundtable (New England Archivists) and has served as an SAA mentor. Before leaving New England, Erik worked at the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, MA; Haverhill Public Library (Haverhill, MA) as their archives manager; and as project archivist … Continue reading Career Journeys: Erik Bauer →

Nicole Diehm, M.A. and M.S.I., is Digital Collections Librarian at the St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library. Nicole is also Co-Chair of the Conference Committee of the Florida Digital Humanities Consortium. What are your main responsibilities as an archivist? While not an archivist by title, my main responsibilities are digital preservation and access. We’ve established … Continue reading Career Journeys: Nicole Diehm →

Caroline J. White. This post is from Caroline J. White, Archives and Manuscript Librarian at Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA), UMass Amherst Libraries. Caroline was first hired in 2012 in a three-year position. She has also held several short-term archives positions at Mount Holyoke College. She is a graduate of Simmons School of Library … Continue reading Career Journeys: Caroline J. White →

Heather Bidzinski, in the stacks. This post is from Heather Bidzinski, Head of Archives at Special Collections at University of Manitoba. Heather is an active member of SAA and is a member of the ACACKRN (Canadian Research Knowledge Network) Conference Planning Committee; the CKRN NATIONAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION STRATEGY Advisory Committee; and the ACA Governance Committee. … Continue reading Career Journeys: Heather Bidzinski →