Preservation Services at Dartmouth College: Helen Bailey: 2011 DLF Fall Forum Fellowship Winner

Monday, October 31, 2011

Helen Bailey: 2011 DLF Fall Forum Fellowship Winner

I am very pleased to announce that Helen Bailey, Preservation Specialist, was selected to be a 2011 Digital Library Federation Forum Fellow for the upcoming Fall Forum. The DLF, a program of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), is a network of libraries and related agencies pioneering innovative uses of information technologies and community expertise to extend collections and services.

Helen was one of three fellows selected from an international application process and will receive complimentary hotel, travel, board, and registration (up to $1,000) for the 2011 DLF Fall Forum in Baltimore, MD. The Fellowships are awarded to a librarian or LIS student new to the profession, based on strength of application essay, nomination, and resume. This is our second success in this prestigious fellowship program: Mina Rakhra was also a DLF Forum Fellow in Fall 2004.

Helen first joined the Library as an intern in Preservation Services, while finishing her MSIS degree (2009-10), a year later she was the successful applicant for the Preservation Specialist. She has been an active member of a number of Library teams working on digital library issues, most notably the Library's Digital Projects and Infrastructure Group (DPIG), which has just completed a digital program plan, including our first digital preservation policy, to guide our digitization efforts moving ahead.

To read more about Helen and the other 2011 Fall Forum Fellows go to: http://www.diglib.org/archives/2372/

Written by Barb Sagraves

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Deborah Howe Is the Collections Conservator at Dartmouth College Library. She's been involved in the book community for over 20 years. She is a member of the Guild of Book Workers and teaches classes in the Book Arts program.

Ryland Ianelli Is a cartoonist and Project Specialist in the Dartmouth Preservation Services department. He graduated from Reed College with a BA in Art History in 2008 and, more recently, from the Center for Cartoon Studies with an MFA in Cartooning in 2010. In addition to his work in Preservation and the Digital Production Unit, he is currently drawing and writing for various independently published comics and anthologies.

Barb Sagraves has been head of Preservation Services since its creation in 1995. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan SLIS program, has an MA in Medieval History from Michigan State University, and a BA in History from the University of Oklahoma. In her role as department head, Barb has overall responsibility for the preservation program and policies at Dartmouth College Library and is in charge of the Book Arts Program.

Jenny Mullins has been the Digital Preservation Librarian for Dartmouth College Library since May of 2014. Prior to coming to Dartmouth, she preserved video and audio collections, helped build a digital repository and worked in book and paper conservation labs. Jenny is a member of ALA and co-chair of the Preservation Metadata Interest Group for 2015-17.