library & archival science cv

career goals & research interests

    ● Digital Librarianship & Archiving
    ● Archival Science
    ● Academic or Public Librarianship
    ● Disaster Management
    ● Ecological Sustainability
    ● Alternative Energy Sources for Computing

education

2006
MLIS, School of Library Information Science, Kent State University

2003
PhD University of Toronto, ethnomusicology
Dissertation:  "The Tabla Solo Repertoire of Pakistani Panjab"
Supervisor: Dr James Kippen
Major Area: Indian/Pakistani Classical Music, Music of Islam
Minor Area: Music Technology, Modernity/Modernism, South Asian Studies

1997
MA University of Washington, ethnomusicology

1990
BA Rutgers University, anthropology

experience

2007
HEC visiting professor at the National College of Arts (Lahore, Pakistan)

Technical and archival consultant for Radio-Television Afghanistan digitization project in Kabul, Afghanistan, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

2006-2007
Administrative Assistant, School of Library Information Science, Kent State University (Columbus, OH)

Technical and archival consultant for Radio-Television Afghanistan digitization project in Kabul, Afghanistan, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

2005-2006
Internship, University of Washington, Ethnomusicology Archives (Seattle, WA)

Graduate assistant, School of Library Information Science, Kent State University 
(Columbus, OH)

Library Aide, Old Worthington Public Library (Worthington, OH)

2002-2003
Director of the Archival Restoration Project for the Campana Hindustani Music Collection (University of Toronto)

1998-2002 (intermittent)
Library Worker (University of Toronto)

1996-1997
Library Research Courier
Resource Sharing Service
(University of Washington)

1993
Archival Assistant, University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives

publications

Externalities of the Digital Library (Working Title)

Forthcoming  Library Student Journal

computer skills

Operating Systems/Platforms

    ● MS Windows 98-XP                                           
    ● Macintosh 7-OSX
    ● Linux (Ubuntu) 

Office & Database Applications

    ● MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel)                           
    ● Open Office
    ● Filemaker Pro

Multimedia Audio-Video   

    ● Sonic Foundry (Vegas, Soundforge, Acid Pro)                           
    ● Bias Peak, Wavelab

Graphics Editing

    ● The Gimp                                    
    ● Photoshop
    ● Illustrator

Web Development

    ● XHTML                                    
    ● JavaScript
    ● CSS
    ● metadata

Computer Hardware

    ● trouble shooting                                
    ● design & assembly of systems
    ● hard drive partitioning
    ● operating system installation                             
    ● some networking knowledge

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