EDUCATION & SPECIAL TRAINING

Education
Dominican University, River Forest, IL • Master of Library & Information Science  with concentration in Archives and Digital Libraries • 2010
  • Dominican University: Four GSLIS Scholarships
  • Carol Anne Robbins Scholarship (Helen Plum Library in Lombard, IL)

Pepperdine University, Culver City, CA • Master of Science in Educational Computing • 1988
  • Pepperdine University: Two GSEP Scholarships
  • Pepperdine University: Teacher Assistant for two Professors

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA • Teacher Certification • 1986

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography • 1984

SPECIAL TRAINING
Heritage Preservation & Institute of Museum and Library Services: Caring for Yesterday’s Treasures Series • 2013 - 2014
  • Multi Session Webinars with course credit: 
“Fundraising for Collection” • “Caring for Audio Visual Materials” • “Out Reach Activities for Collection Care”   
  • Webinars Single Sessions: "Caring for Books" • "Storage Solutions"

Dominican University, River Forest, IL • 2014
  • Webinars: Copyright Basics Three Part Series, "What Every Library Worker Should Know"

Barat Education Foundation, Lake Forest, IL • 2011
  • Workshop: “Teaching with Primary Sources Program: Learning @ the Source Workshop Series” 

Midwest Archivist Conference Workshops • 2010 – 2018

  • Workshops & Classes: “Fundamentals of Reference,” • “Creating Exhibits with Impact: Design and Curation in the Archives” • “Mysteries of Magnetic Tape Revealed!” • “Introduction to Digital Preservation Concepts” • “Copyright Issues for Digital Archives” • "Strategic Planning Workshop"

George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film and Image Permanence Institute, Rochester NY • 2008
  • Workshop: “Preserving Photographs in a Digital World”

Dominican University, River Forest, IL • 2007 – 2010
  • Special Classes: Digital Libraries LIS 759 • Preservation & Conservation LIS 713 • Internet Fundamentals & Design LIS 753 • Special Libraries LIS 774 • Archives Administration & Services LIS 775

Society of American Archivists • 2007 – present
  • Classes: “Project Management for Archivists” • “Digitization Matters: Breaking through the Barriers-
Scaling up Digitization of Special Collections” • “Leadership & Management of Archival
Programs” • “Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)” • 
  • Webinars - “Electronic
Records Disaster Planning for Archivists” • “Copyright Issues for Digital Archives” • Webinar - “Archival Collections Management Systems”

The American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, OH • 2003
  • Workshop: "Planning for Archivists 'Synagogue Archiving'"