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LORRAINE A. DONG
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Information
1616 Guadalupe St. #5.202
Austin, TX 78701-1213
lorrie.d@gmail.com
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ldong
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. in Information Studies, expected December 2014
University of Texas (UT) at Austin
M.S.I.S. in Information Studies, Certificate of Advanced Study in Preservation
Administration, August 2008
UT-Austin
M.Phil. in Renaissance literature, October 2005
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
B.A. with highest honors in English, May 2004
University of California (UC) at Berkeley
Minor in Education
PUBLICATIONS
 Dong, L. (2014, forthcoming.) Taking the long view of medical records preservation
and archives. Journal of Documentation.
 Dong, L. (2012.) The ethical and legal issues of historical mental health records as
cultural heritage. Proceedings of The Memory of the World in the Digital Age:
Digitization and Preservation, 26-28 September 2012, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 735744.
http://www.ciscra.org/docs/UNESCO_MOW2012_Proceedings_FINAL_ENG_Comp
ressed.pdf
 Crow, J., Broussard, R., Dong, L., Finn, J., Wiley, B., & Geisler, G. (2012.) A
synthesis of research on ICT adoption and use by medical professionals in SubSaharan Africa. Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Health Informatics
Symposium, 161-170. doi: 10.1145/2110363.2110384.
 Dong, L. (2011.) The economics and politics of international preservation
collaborations: A Malian case study. Archival Science, 12(3), 267-285. doi:
10.1007/s10502-011-9156-z.
 Dong, L. (2008.) Online appendices. In J. Drewes & J. Page (Eds.), Promoting
preservation awareness in libraries: A sourcebook for academic, public, school, and
special collections. Westport, CT: Greenwood Presss. http://www.abcclio.com/BookCompanion.aspx?id=2147498078&section=1.
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Kim, S., Dong, L., & Durden, M. (2006.) Batch archival processing: Preserving
Arnold Wesker’s digital manuscripts. Archival Issues, 30(2), 91-106.
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
 William Powers, Jr. Graduate Fellowship, 2012-2013
 Institute of Museum & Library Services Doctoral Preservation Fellowship, 20082012
 Archival Education and Research Institute Conference Scholarship, 2009-2011
Carolyn Hixson Harris Endowed Presidential Scholarship, 2007-2008
 Council on Library and Information Resources’ Rovelstad Scholarship in
International Librarianship, 2007
 Billie Grace Herring Endowed Scholarship, 2006
 Houston Endowed Presidential Scholarship, 2006
 Cambridge Overseas Society Fellow, inducted 2005
 Cambridge Overseas Trust bursary, 2004
 Phi Beta Kappa, inducted 2004
 Dean’s Honors List, Spring 2003 and Spring 2004
 Golden Key International Honor Society, inducted 2002
 National Society of Collegiate Scholars, inducted 2001
 Edward Frank Kraft Scholarship, 2001
PRESENTATIONS
 Dong, L. (2014, forthcoming). Preventative conservation in the archives: Broad
approaches for a big impact. Panel chair. Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archivists (SAA), Washington, D.C.
 Dong, L. (2014, February). Recordkeeping ecologies of a state mental facility. Paper
Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, St. Louis, MO.
 Dong, L. (2013, May). Records as agents: The role of materiality on the lives of
African American patients in a state mental institution. Paper. American Association
for the History of Medicine (AAHM), Atlanta, GA.
 Caswell, M., Anderson, K., Dong, L., & Punzalan, R. (2013, January). Archival
education in the undergraduate classroom. Panel co-presenter for “New directions in
archival education: Teaching pluralized curricula.” Annual Conference of the
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Seattle, WA.
 Dong, L., & Finn, J. (2012, November). Why should we care about studying objects
in order to better understand how people interact? Paper. UT School of Information
colloquium, Austin, TX.
 Dong, L. (2012, September). The ethical and legal issues of historical mental health
records as cultural heritage. Paper. UNESCO Memory of the World Conference,
Vancouver, Canada.
 Dong, L., Luehrsen, V., Norberg, E., Norris, A., & Pierce, K. (2012, July). Strategies
for designing undergraduate archival courses. Workshop co-organizer. Archival
Education & Research Institution (AERI), Los Angeles, CA.
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 Davis, K., & Dong, L. (2012, March). Central State Hospital: A century of African
American mental health care. Paper. Virginia Forum, Harrisonburg, VA.
 Doty, P., Galloway, P., Becker, S., Blaha, C., Brock, C., Dong, L., Kim, S., Luehrsen,
V., & Norris, A. (2012, January). Student led conferences and internships: Integrating
professional community engagement into an iSchool doctoral program. Panel copresenter. ALISE, Dallas, TX.
 Dong, L. (2011, July). Historical mental hospital records: Classification,
communities, & archives-creation. Paper. AERI, Boston, MA.
 Dong, L. (2010, August). The Timbuktu Manuscript Project: A decade of global-local
collaboration. Paper and panel chair for “Preserving and Digitizing Records in the
Developing World: Trust, Accountability, and International Cooperation.” SAA,
Washington, D.C.
 Dong, L. (2010, July). New constructions of Malian identity: International
collaborations & digital interpretations of the ancient past. Paper. UK and Ireland
Forum for Archives and Records Management Education and Research/Network of
Archival Educators and Trainers, Oxford, UK.
POSTERS
 Dong, L. (2012, July). The role of subject agency in the appraisal of institutional
collections. AERI, Los Angeles, CA.
 Dong, L. (2011, August). Community archives-building with mental institution
records. SAA, Chicago, IL.
 Dong, L. (2010, July). The publication of private lives: Creating digital access to
mental hospital records. AERI, Ann Arbor, MI.
 Dong, L., Healey, E., Mueller, S., & Ticer, S. (2009, August). Reconstructing the
digital preservation & archival practices of a conservator: The Paul N. Banks
collection. SAA, Austin, TX.
 Dong, L. (2008, April). Assessing commercial binding at the Smithsonian Institution
Libraries. Annual Conference of the Association of North American Graduate
Programs in the Conservation of Cultural Property (ANAGPIC), New York, NY.
TEACHING
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Teaching Assistant, School of Information, UT Austin, Aug. 2013-May 2014
Assistant Instructor, School of Information, UT Austin, Aug. 2011-May 2012:
Instructor for a blended learning undergraduate class, “Introduction to Information
Studies”
Guest lecturer for UGS 303: “Knowing: Acquiring and Sharing Information in the
Information Age,” April 27, 2011
Assistant Instructor, School of Information, UT Austin, Jan.-May 2011
 Co-instructor for an online-based undergraduate class, “Information in
Cyberspace”
 Developed and refined course modules and assignments
 Attended to student questions both in person and online
 Graded student assignments
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 Oversaw a Master’s-level teaching assistant
Teaching Assistant, School of Information, UT Austin, Aug.-Dec. 2010
 Addressed questions and concerns from undergraduates enrolled in “Information
in Cyberspace” via an online chat system during online office hours
 Graded student projects and participation
Teaching Assistant, School of Information, UT Austin, Aug. 2007-May 2008
 Designed and presented PowerPoint presentations to graduate-level classes on
various topics such as cost analysis and batch processing materials for DSpace
 Prepared class readings and syllabi for online accessibility; included readying
websites and developing batch processes for digital migration workflows
 Researched and prepared précis for professor on topical subjects such as
campaign record appraisal and text analyses software
OTHER PROFESSIONAL WORK
 Conservation Technician, Architecture & Planning Library, UT Austin, Aug.
2008-May 2014
 Determine damage to library items and conduct repairs; requires frequent
communication with library staff to order conservation materials and to maintain
workflow
 Environmental monitoring and pest management
 Project Archivist, Central State Hospital, Petersburg, VA, June-Aug. 2010
 Organized, described, and conducted preservation activities on mental hospital
documents and photographs from 1868 to present
 Oversaw one information studies Master’s student
 Graduate Assistant, School of Information, UT Austin, Aug. 2007-May 2008
 Editor for ANAGPIC: published annual conference papers and posters on the
website and the School of Information digital repository, DSpace
 Redesigned website for the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural
Record
 Organized and led volunteer team for two-day symposium, “From Gray Areas to
Green Areas” (Nov. 2007); included soliciting gifts from local organizations,
preparing handout materials, and assisting speakers
 Preservation intern, Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL), Washington, D.C.,
July-Aug. 2007
 Conducted a needs assessment to determine the commercial binding requirements
of the 18 SIL branches and over 5,500 serial subscriptions
 Involved a literature review and external and internal surveys
 Cataloguing Assistant, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, Austin,
TX, Sept. 2006-July 2007
 Reviewed and organized over 40 years (approximately 102 linear feet) of archival
materials for non-profit corporation
 Created more than 3,000 entries in internal database in accordance with the
Library of Congress classification system
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Conservation/Preservation Hourly, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Nov. 2005-Aug. 2006
 Constructed preservation binders, performed tissue paper mends, and made
encapsulations for the Carl Sandburg collection
 Repaired hundreds of general stacks materials; procedures included guarding,
leather reconstruction, and re-casing
 Assessed and measured thousands of brittle folios and government serials for
preservation boxing; prepared and issued box orders; re-housed and shifted
materials
 Prepared books and orders for access-copy facsimiles; assessed quality of
products received from facsimile company
Dean’s Assistant, UC Berkeley Letters & Science (L&S), June-Aug. 2004
 Actualized special projects including the reorganization of nearly 800 faculty files
 Facilitated public inquiries directed to the dean
 Delivered written communications between the university and L&S staff
SERVICE & OUTREACH
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Member of the 2014 SAA Student Program Subcommittee, 2013-present
Member of the SAA Committee on Education, 2012-present
Riding assistant for Learning Together Equestrians, Austin, TX, 2012-present
 Lead disabled children in physical therapy and speech therapy activities
 Maintain upkeep and well-being of horses
Co-founder and co-director of the Cultural Heritage & Information
Preservation Society, Jan. 2010-present: developed a UT Austin student group for
students and faculty from diverse departments to come together to discuss current
heritage preservation issues, meet with practitioners, and collaborate with one another
(http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~chips/)
Ad hoc reviewer, Archives and Manuscripts, Fall 2013
Graduate mentor for Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-graduate School
Internship program (http://moody.utexas.edu/ie/), Spring 2013
Ad hoc reviewer, Archival Science, Spring 2011, Fall 2012
Ad hoc reviewer, InterActions, Spring 2012
Co-organizer for Preservation Week, Austin, TX, 2011-2012: coordinated a series
of speakers, displays, and demonstrations to inform the public about preservation and
conservation during the American Library Association’s Preservation Week each
April
Editor for ANAGPIC, June 2008-March 2011
(http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~anagpic/)
Graduate Student Assembly Representative for the University of Texas
Libraries Committee, Aug. 2009-May 2010
 Served as a liaison between graduate students and UT libraries
 Advised on the development of library policy and procedures
Riding assistant with Thoughtful House Equestrians, Austin, TX, 2006-2009
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Volunteer photo archivist and conservator at Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center (HRC), UT Austin, Jan. 2007-May 2007
 Applied intellectual control to the standard-sized Eugene Omar Goldbeck photo
collection
 Surveyed the Goldbeck panorama collection for future humidification project
Tutor with the Cal Literacy and Skills Project, Berkeley, CA, 2003-2004
 Instructed university employees in reading, writing, and conversational skills
through one-on-one tutoring
 Managed CALS Project library
Research intern, UC Berkeley Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship
Program, Sept. 2003-May 2004
 Compiled data on untracked high school English classes for Professor Sarah
Freedman’s research study
 Collaborated with team members to analyze data
Swimmer with the Special Needs Aquatic Program, Berkeley, CA, 2003-2004:
led disabled children in physical therapy activities
Conversation partner for YWCA’s English-in-Action program, Berkeley, CA,
2002-2003: tutored foreign UC Berkeley extension student to improve her English
language skills
Tutor at the Richmond, CA, YMCA, 2002: instructed elementary-aged children on
math and language arts homework
Volunteer teacher at LaFayette Elementary School, Oakland, CA, 2001:
developed, organized, and supervised weekly science lessons as the leader of a fourperson team for kindergarten class
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
 SAA since 2009
 Current member of the Preservation Section
 Current member of the Archival Educators, Archivists & Archives of Color,
Human Rights Archives, and Privacy & Confidentiality Roundtables
 ALISE since 2011
 AAHM since 2013
 Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences since 2013
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
 2010:
 Co-organizer, panel chair, and emcee for a two-day graduate student conference,
Engaging in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage 2010 Student Symposium;
conducted peer-review process to select speakers; raised $1.5K for conference
expenses; coordinated room reservations, food, and activities
(http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~epoch/)
 Conducted research for the design and implementation of eMicrobes, a digital
library for learning about infectious diseases, in Africa
 2008:
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 Developed the content and design for a UT website to promote the architectural
significance and history of Battle Hall, one of most renowned buildings on the UT
Austin campus (http://lib.utexas.edu/apl/about/battle_hall)
2007:
 Conducted a conservation assessment of the O. Henry Museum in Austin, TX
 Migrated the Sir Arnold Wesker digital collection for preservation and access
purposes at the HRC
 Wrote a suggested grant for the Russell Lee negative collection at the Center for
American History at UT Austin; researched relevant granting agencies for
recommendation
2006:
 Processed the Betty Wilke Cox collection at the Austin History Center
 Conducted a preservation needs assessment for the Blake Alexander slides at the
Alexander Architecture Archive, UT Austin
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