• Harvard University
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  • Library Notes
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  • March 2008
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  • No. 1342
New Appointments

Katherine Beaty
Book Conservator (HCL) (January)
Weissman Preservation Center
Harvard University Library

Katherine Beaty has interned at the Library of Congress in the book conservation department, and also worked as a fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library. She earned a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MA, with a certificate in conservation, from Buffalo State College. 

 

Jing Zhu Chiang
Microfilm Camera Operator (January)
Preservation and Imaging Services
Harvard College Library

Jing Zhu Chiang formerly worked as a patient service coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has an associate’s degree from China’s Shanghai College of Accounting.

 

Claire Cramer
Library Assistant (January)
Access Services
Widener Library
Harvard College Library

Claire Cramer recently worked as a library intern at the Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital, Boston. She has a BA in anthropology from Vassar and is working on an MSLIS at Simmons.

 

Qing Gao
Preservation Cataloger (January)
Preservation and Imaging Services
Harvard College Library

Since 1991, Qing Gao has worked as an acquisitions assistant in HCL’s Harvard–Yenching Library. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University in China and an MSLIS from Simmons.

 

Samuel E. Hong
Weekend Supervisor (January)
Gutman Library
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Samuel E. Hong has an MA and an MTS from Boston University, and a ThM and a BA from Yonsei University in South Korea. He is a PhD candidate at Northeastern University’s Bouve College of Health Sciences, and he  recently completed service as a lieutenant in the US Army Reserve.

 

Stephen Jennings
Copy Stand Photographer (January)
Fine Arts Library
Harvard College Library

Stephen Jennings has over 20 years of experience as a professional photographer. His past library projects include production of government records inventories, surveys of academic library gifts, and cataloging and digital conversion of family and corporate archives. He earned a BA in English from Bridgewater State College.

 

Sabrena Johnson
Conservation Technician (February)
Collections Conservation Laboratory
Preservation and Imaging Services
Harvard College Library

Sabrena Johnson is a former special collections assistant at Harvard Law School Library, where she performed preservation and conservation procedures on a variety of materials. She has a BA and an MA in English from Tulane University and an MSLIS from Simmons.

 

Mikel Kearns
Administrative Coordinator (January)
Social Sciences Program
Harvard College Library

Since 2005, Mikel Kearns has worked in the Office of the Librarian of Harvard College as a staff assistant. She received her BA in English from Stonehill College, and is currently working towards her MSLIS at Simmons.

 

Wai Fan Leung
Library Assistant (January)
Chinese Acquisitions and Reference
Harvard–Yenching Library
Harvard College Library

Wai Fan Leung has worked at the Harvard–Yenching Library since 2006. She has worked previously as a registered nurse in Hong Kong.

 

Jaime McAllister-Grande
Materials Management Project Manager (February)
HCL Technical Services
Harvard College Library

Jaime McAllister-Grande has worked in Technical Services as a library assistant in the English Division and as a Materials Management assistant. She holds a BA in music and Spanish from Holy Cross and an EdM from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. 

 

Abigail McGuire
Staff Assistant (January)
Human Resource Services
Harvard College Library

Abbey McGuire has been working in Human Resource Services on a temporary basis since September. She has a BA in English and American studies from Colby College.

 

Steven Ng
Network and Systems Administrator (January)
Information Technology Services
Harvard College Library

Prior to joining HCL, Steven Ng worked as a senior consultant and systems administrator for Capgemini; he has also worked as a systems applications administrator for the Harvard Risk Management Foundation. He holds a BA in management information systems and marketing from Northeastern University.

 

Chiu In O
Library Assistant (January)
Chinese Acquisitions and Reference
Harvard–Yenching Library
Harvard College Library

In this position, Chiu In O will prepare the Chinese Collection for the replacement of the library’s compact shelving. She has worked in Harvard–Yenching Library on a part-time basis since 2003.

 

Robert Seaback
Library Assistant (January)
Binding and Shelf Preparation
Harvard College Library

Robert Seaback is working toward a BS in music technology at Northeastern University.

 

Hugh Truslow
Librarian for the Davis Center Collection (January)
Social Sciences Program
Harvard College Library

Hugh Truslow holds a BA in Russian language from the University of Vermont. He also spent a year at Moscow University and attended the Middlebury College Russian Language School. He received an MSLIS from Simmons in May.

 

Ruth Tucker
Ward Music Cataloger (January)
Houghton Library
Harvard College Library

Ruth Tucker will catalog the collection of ballet, opera, and dance materials given by Professor Emeritus John Ward to the Harvard Theatre Collection. She has worked in the Weissman Preservation Center as a projects cataloger since 2003 and as a project cataloger in the Houghton Library from 1994 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2001. She has a BA in music and English and an MLS with a certificate in music librarianship from UCLA, as well as a JD from Suffolk University Law School.

 

Darla White
Records Manager and Archivist (December)
Center for the History of Medicine
Countway Library of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Darla White worked for seven years for the Hunt Alternatives Fund, most recently as archivist and librarian.  She also serves as the librarian for the Massachusetts Orchid Society. In addition to a dual MSLIS/MA in history from Simmons, she has a BA from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in English literature and religious studies.

 

Allan Wright
Binding Manager (February)
Binding and Shelf Preparation
Preservation and Imaging Services
Harvard College Library

Allan Wright has worked in the Binding and Shelf Preparation unit since 2005. He earned a BA in psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

 

Shelley Zatsky
Imaging Technician (February)
Preservation and Imaging Services
Harvard College Library

Shelley Zatsky worked recently as a photography teacher at Belmont High School. She has an AS in photography from Endicott College, a BFA in photography from California Institute of the Arts, and an MFA from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts.