Martha Mahard: Lessons from the Boston Public Library - A SLIS PLS lecture

Maggie Anderson, Dean's Fellow for International Initiatives and Events Coordination, School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College

Martha Mahard is currently overseeing a major inventory project in the Print Department at the Boston Public Library. The inventory project is the result of a year-long study she conducted and a crisis surrounding two mis-filed prints. With no known model on which to base such an inventory, Mahard and a team of Simmons interns are gathering data on a collection of prints which spans the entire history of printmaking - both fine art and reproductive prints - as well as posters, postcards and ephemera. In her talk, Mahard will describe some of the problems encountered during her initial survey and the actual implementation of the inventory project. 
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About the Speaker:
Martha Mahard has more than three decades of professional experience with the Harvard University Libraries, including work in photography and visual collections at the Fine Arts Library, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and the Harvard Theatre Collection of The Houghton Library. In addition to her numerous journal articles and presentations in the field of photographic archives, cultural heritage, and digital preservation, she is the co-author with Ross Harvey, of The Preservation Management Handbook: A 21st Century Guide for Libraries, Archives and Museums (published by Rowman and Littlefield in April 2014). With Michele Cloonan she was co-principal investigator for the IMLS (Institute of Library and Museum Services) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians grant which supported the development and implementation of the Cultural Heritage Informatics concentration. She has served as a consultant on major projects for museums and libraries, including the Worcester Art Museum and the Boston Public Library, and is a current board member at the Northeast Document Conservation Center. Mahard received an M.A. in Theatre History from Tufts University, and her M.S. and D.A. from Simmons SLIS.
The Public Lecture Series is a project of Simmons College School of Library and Information Science (SLIS). It seeks to share the research and projects of SLIS faculty and adjunct professors. A full schedule of this semester's lectures can be found on the <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://web.simmons.edu/~benoit/pls/index.html#" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PLS website</A>. Previous lectures from this semester can be found on the <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfL9EJxja-h78rIoX9K4aAI_yOaAzwQS3" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SLIS Youtube channel</A>.

Room P-207, Palace Road Building

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