The search committee for the position of Special Collections Librarian/Archivist has identified another candidate to interview. The candidate’s resumes, cover letters, and reference letters will be forwarded to library staff as part of an Outlook schedule-a-meeting notice. The itinerary and evaluation form will be distributed closer to the interview date. A third candidate was invited to interview but withdrew from the search.
Elspeth Healey will interview Wednesday, Nov. 3. Ms. Hansen recently completed her MSIS at the University of Texas at Austin (Aug. 2010). She has a Masters (2003) and a PhD (2008) in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan. Dr. Healey’s work experience includes a Public Services Internship at Harry Ransom Center, UT-Austin (2008-2010), a Text Editor for EEBO – Text Creation Partnership, Univ. of Michigan (2005-2008), and a Preservation Assistant at the John Hay Library, Brown University (1997-1999).
Dr. Healey’s presentation will take place from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., room 4F51-A Ellis Library .The topic is “Assuming you believe an academic library’s special collections and rare books department to be an important teaching tool and a resource for scholarly research, what are three concrete ways the Special Collections and Rare Books unit of the MU Libraries can make its collections and services more relevant in the academic curriculum of the University of Missouri?”