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Society of Georgia Archivists Preserving the past and the present for the future...

Volume 42, Issue 2, Summer 2010



 
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Membership Spotlight

by Nora Lewis

Name: Teresa M. Burk

SGA Member since: 2001

Job Title: Head Librarian, ACA Library

Place of Employment: Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Atlanta

Years in Current Position: 7 months

Job Description: I provide administrative supervision, direction, scheduling, and planning in a stand-alone art and design college library environment. I work in close collaboration with the dean of library services in Savannah to maintain communication and integration with staff, resources, collections and services among all SCAD libraries (Hong Kong campus library is opening this fall). I also oversee the staff activities related to development and promotion of artist’s book and rare book collections in Atlanta. SCAD has archival collections in Savannah but not in Atlanta (sadly) so to stay connected to archival work I am the Chair of the Inman Park Neighborhood Association Archives (my “historic” neighborhood in Atlanta).

Education:
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, 
Urbana-Champaign, IL
-Master of Science, Library and Information Science via distance learning program LEEP
-News Librarian Practicum, CNN News Library, Atlanta, GA, May-Aug. 2001

Reed College, Portland, OR
-Bachelor of Arts, Art History
-Thesis: “The Exquisite Scarification of Photography: Conditional Investigations of Joel –Peter Witkin”

Other Work Experience:

Research Services Archivist, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Circulation/Reserves Desk Supervisor, Access Services, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 
Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Professional Memberships:
Art Librarians Society of North America (ARLIS)
Society of American Archivists (SAA)

Most Enjoyable Aspect of Your Job:
Working with artists books and space planning in the library

Alternative Career Path (not in archives):
Library work is currently my alternative career path. I’m also very interested in museum and historic preservation work.

Favorite Pastimes:
Working on my old house
Traveling

Comments on the Profession Today:
I am inspired by initiatives such as the Connecting to Collections collaboration between museums, archives and libraries through IMLS: http://www.imls.gov/collections/
I hope these kinds of partnerships continue to be visible in our professions and at our conferences.

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