Scholarly History in the Digital Age |
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Christian D. Kelleher is an Archivist and
Professional Librarian at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American
Collection at the University of Texas at Austin where he supervises,
plans, and directs the work of the Rare Books and Manuscripts
division. He now manages the University Libraries ' Human Rights
Documentation Initiative to collect and document human rights conflict
worldwide. He has a B.A. from Wabash College where he graduated Magna
Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and an MLIS degree from the University of
Texas at Austin. Mr. Kelleher has extensive experience as an archivist
for prestigious institutions and is a member of the Academy of
Certified Archivists , the Society of American Archivists, and the
Society of Southwest Archivists.
Tiffany-Kay Sangwand has a MLIS and an MA in Latin American Studies
from UCLA and a B.A. in Gender & Women's Studies from Scripps
College. Since April, 2009 she has been a Human Rights Archivist at the
Benson Latin American Collection at U.T Austin, where she has
been assigned to seek out, develop, and maintain partnerships for the
preservation of fragile human rights collections locally and
internationally. She has studied abroad extensively in Brazil and in
Mexico. As Phi Beta Kappa from Scripps College, Ms. Sangwand has
received numerous scholarships and fellowships from prestigious
institutions and is a member of the Society of American Archivists, the
American Library Association, and the Society of American Archivists.
She has authored numerous published articles and online published
finding aids.