+———————————–+———————————–+ | PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | | Libraries | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Director for Digital Scholarship | 2016-present | +———————————–+———————————–+ | - Lead a Digital Scholarship | | | department of eight | | | librarians in: | | | | | | - Digital Humanities – I | | | supervise two DH | | | Specialists who work with | | | Library Colleagues and | | | with the Price Lab for | | | Digital Humanities to | | | expand capacity of | | | faculty and staff to | | | creat new forms of | | | scholarship. Responsible | | | for developing workflows, | | | and | | | | | | - Data Curation & | | | Management – I | | | | | | - Scholarly Communications | | | & Publishing; | | | | | | - Mapping & Geospatial Data | | | | | | - Judaica DH Coordinator | | | | | | - Public & Community Data | | | Curation Fellow | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Haverford College Library | Haverford, PA | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Coordinator for Digital | 2011-2016 | | Scholarship & Services | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | - Developed a sustainable, | | | fully staffed and successful | | | program to support digital | | | scholarship, including | | | staffing, planning, workflow | | | and technical aspects. | | | | | | - Created and led Digital | | | Scholarship Fellows program | | | (year-long fellowship program | | | for sophomores interested in | | | gaining skills and approaches | | | in Digital Scholarship) | | | | | | - Participated in strategic | | | planning for the library as | | | part of the library | | | management team, and | | | contributed to planning for a | | | major renovation of | | | Haverford’s main library, | | | including a new Digital | | | Scholarship Commons | | | | | | - Designed and manage student | | | internships for making new | | | and creative uses of | | | materials from the Quaker and | | | Special Collections in the | | | Libraries | | | | | | - Participated in a team that | | | established strategic | | | priorities, workflows and | | | practices for digitization | | | across Haverford Libraries | | | | | | - Served as first point of | | | contact regarding all data | | | management plans for | | | inclusion in grant | | | applications | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Coordinator for Research, | 2008 - 2011 | | Instruction, and Outreach | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | - Managed a team of 7 staff who | | | > provided all reference, | | | > instruction and circulation | | | > services across three | | | > libraries to support | | | > scholarship, teaching and | | | > learning | | | | | | - Served as liaison to the | | | > Sociology, and (briefly) | | | > English departments, | | | > including collection | | | > development, instruction | | | > and research assistance | | | | | | - Coordinated long and | | | > short-term building plans | | | > across three library | | | > buildings | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Select Haverford & Tri-College | | | Project & Committee Work | | | | | | - Convened and organize the | | | > Tri-College Libraries | | | > Digital Scholarship Team (9 | | | > library and IT staff from | | | > Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and | | | > Swarthmore Colleges) | | | | | | - Served on Tri-College Library | | | > Technology Advisory Group; | | | > Created and implement a | | | > five year strategic plan | | | > for technology across the | | | > Tri-College Libraries, | | | > providing oversight and | | | > leadership for various | | | > library technology | | | > committees | | | | | | - Participated in long and | | | > short term planning for the | | | > Trico as part of the | | | > Tri-College Library | | | > Strategic Advisory Group | | | | | | - Co-chaired Discovery Layer | | | > Team (Disco); Led a team of | | | > librarians from across the | | | > Trico in evaluating, | | | > selecting and implementing | | | > a new Discovery Layer for | | | > the Tri-College Libraries | | | | | | - sTrike Force; participated in | | | > supporting ongoing | | | > improvements to discovery | | | > layer and prioritizing bug | | | > fixes and enhancements. | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | University of Pennsylvania Van | Philadelphia, PA | | Pelt Library | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Research & Instructional Services | 2002-2008 | | Librarian | | | | | | Social Sciences Data Services | | | Librarian | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | - Provided reference assistance | | | > at the reference desk, | | | > IM/chat, in one-on-one | | | > meetings, and in trainings | | | > and tours | | | | | | - Served as public services | | | > liaison for Urban Studies, | | | > Criminology, and Women’s | | | > Studies Programs | | | | | | - Served as Social Sciences | | | > Data Services Librarian | | | > (2004-2008) | | | | | | > -Assisted patrons in finding, | | | > selecting, and using | | | > appropriate data sources | | | > throughout the research process | | | > | | | > -Led workshops on Geographic | | | > Information Systems (GIS) and | | | > Census data for graduate and | | | > undergraduate students across | | | > the University | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | PROJECTS & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Monument Lab | 2014-present | | | | | > Working with Paul Farber, Ken | | | > Lum, and others, serve as | | | > Research Director for Monument | | | > Lab, and for the 2015 and 2017 | | | > exhibitions, funded by Pew | | | > Center for Arts & Culture, | | | > William Penn Foundation and | | | > others. Developed and | | | > implemented public engagement | | | > and research system for | | | > citywide exhibition. | | | > www.monumentlab.com. | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Data Refuge | 2016-present | | | | | > Together with Professor Bethany | | | > Wiggin, Margaret Janz, Patricia | | | > Kim and graduate students in | | | > the Penn Program in | | | > Enviornmental Humanities, I | | | > co-founded Data Refuge, an | | | > international effort to | | | > safeguard federal environmental | | | > and climate data. | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Collections as Data | 2015- present | | | | | > IMLS Collections as Data – | | | > Always Already Computational – | | | > Co-PI | | | > | | | > Mellon Collections as Data – | | | > Part 2 Whole | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Fellowship for Digital and | 2017-present | | Inclusive Excellence, Association | | | of Research Libraries | | | | | | > Advisory board member on | | | > National ARL project to provide | | | > fellowships for undergraduate | | | > students from marginalized | | | > communities as they consider | | | > careers in librarianship and | | | > archives. | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Chronicling Resistance, | 2018-present | | PACSCL | | | | | | > Thinking partner, advisory team | | | > member on Pew-Funded grant to | | | > explore ways that Special | | | > Collections Libraries can | | | > support contemporary resistance | | | > movements in the Philadelphia | | | > Area. | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Past | | | | | | > Advisory board member, | | | > Digits.pub Mellon grant-funded | | | > project, 2018 | | | > | | | > Co-Chair, Planning committee: | | | > DLF-Liberal Arts College | | | > Pre-conference 2015 | | | > | | | > Planning Committee: Oberlin 17 | | | > Digital Library Conference. | | | > 2013, 2014 | | | > | | | > MISO Team: Served on a team of | | | > 5 people who conduct and | | | > analyze a survey of Library and | | | > Computing Services across | | | > higher educational | | | > institutions. 2009 - 2010 | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | Formal training or certification | | | in: | | | | | | > Project Management, TEI, XSLT, | | | > and Digital Preservation | | | | | | Awards: | | | | | | > ALA Movers & Shakers, 2018. | | | > SPARC Innovators award (with | | | > Data Refuge Team) | | | | | | Experience working in: | | | | | | > HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML | | | > (especially TEI), XSLT, Python, | | | > PHP, Unix, Apache, Nginx, | | | > goserver, Postgresql, Mysql, | | | > Jekyll, Drupal, Wordpress, | | | > Omeka | | +———————————–+———————————–+ | SELECT PRESENTATIONS | | | | | | Collections As Data: Digital | | | Collections for Emerging Research | | | Methods. Library of Congress | | | | | | > Radical Open Access | | | > | | | > Open Access Week at Columbia | | | > | | | > MARAC Panel | | | > | | | > “Collections as Data: Cultural | | | > Heritage | | | > designed for computation?” | | | > Invited talk at Columbia | | | > University Libraries. New York, | | | > New York. March 29, 2018 | | | > | | | > “Working out of scope: From | | | > Evidence to Scholarship” | | | > Invited Keynote. Reed | | | > College. Portland, OR. March | | | > 15, 2018 | | | > (<http://www.reed.edu/e2s/confe | | | rence/index.html>) | | | > | | | > Data Rescue Party. NICAR 2018 | | | > (<https://www.ire.org/events-an | | | d-training/event/3189/3589/>) | | | > NICAR 2018. Investigative | | | > Reporters and Editors Computer | | | > Assisted Research Conference. | | | > March 11, 2018. Chicago, IL. | | | > With Charles Minshew | | | > | | | > “Conversation: Cultural | | | > heritage data? Computational | | | > use, needs, and opportunities.” | | | > <https://www.ire.org/events-and | | | -training/event/3189/3728/>. | | | > NICAR 2018. Investigative | | | > Reporters and Editors Computer | | | > Assisted Research Conference. | | | > March 10, 2018. Chicago, IL. | | | > With Thomas Padilla | | | > | | | > Always Already Computational: | | | > Collections as Data. | | | > (<https://www.cni.org/topics/di | | | gital-curation/always-already-com | | | putational-collections-as-data>) | | | > CNI Fall Meeting. December | | | > 10, 2017. Washington, DC. With | | | > Thomas Padilla and Hannah | | | > Frost. | | | > | | | > “Collections as Data Workshop.” | | | > (https://forum2017.diglib.or | | | g/collections-data-workshop/)/Digital) | | | > Digital Library Federation | | | > Forum. Pittsburgh, PA October | | | > 25, 2017. With Thomas Padilla, | | | > Elizabeth Russey-Roke, Stewart | | | > Varner, Hannah Frost, and Sarah | | | > Potvin. | | | > | | | > “Gatherings of Pages: Saving | | | > Federal Scientific Data.” | | | > Invited Lecture at Rare Book | | | > School. University of | | | > Pennsylvania. Philadelphia PA. | | | > July 25, 2017. | | | > (https://rarebookschool.org/all | | | -programs/lectures/allen-federal- | | | data/) | | | > | | | > “New Kinds of Collections: New | | | > Kinds of Collaborations.” | | | > American Libraries | | | > Association Annual Meeting. | | | > June 24, 2017. Chicago, IL. | | | > (<https://www.eventscribe.com/2 | | | 017/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=p | | | resInfo&PresentationID=257851>) | | | > | | | > “Save the Data: The Role of | | | > Librarians in #datarescue | | | > Collaborations” ACRL/SPARC | | | > Forum, American Libraries | | | > Association. June 24, 2017. | | | > Chicago, IL. | | | > (<https://www.eventscribe.com/2 | | | 017/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=p | | | resInfo&PresentationID=265969>) | | | > | | | > “Data Communities, contexts and | | | > institutions” Invited | | | > Keynote. csvconf. Portland, | | | > OR May 3, 2017. | | | > (https://www.youtube.com/watch? | | | v=V2gwi0CRYto) | | | > | | | > “Monument Lab: Cultural Memory | | | > and Artistic Imagination as | | | > Open Civic Data” Digital | | | > Dialogue Series at Maryland | | | > Institute for Technology in the | | | > Humanities. University of | | | > Maryland. College Park, MD. | | | > March 13, 2018. | | | > (<http://mith.umd.edu/dialogues | | | /dd-spring-2018-laurie-allen/>) | | | > | | | > “The Data Refuge Project” | | | > Coalition for Advanced | | | > Scientific Computation (CASC) | | | > Spring Meeting. | | | > <https://casc.site-ym.com/page/ | | | S17Agenda>. | | | > March 27, 2017 | | | > | | | > “Lead, Follow, or Listen” | | | > Digital Library Federation | | | > Liberal Arts College | | | > Pre-conference. Vancover, | | | > British Columbia. October 25, | | | > 2015. With Katherine Rowe, | | | > Trevor Muñoz, Eric Luhrs, Angie | | | > Behringer, Kevin Butterfield, | | | > and Bethany Nowviskie. | | | > | | | > “The Radical and the | | | > Incremental: Expanding the | | | > librarian's tool kit to | | | > prepare the undergraduate | | | > digital scholar/citizen” | | | > Digital Library Federation | | | > Forum. Vancouver, British | | | > Columbia. October 26-28, 2015. | | | > With Barbara Rockenbach and | | | > Stewart Varner | | | > | | | > “Archives, morphological | | | > analysis, & XML encoding: | | | > interdisciplinary methods in | | | > the creation of a digital text | | | > explorer for Colonial Zapotec | | | > manuscripts” Humanidades | | | > Digitales Hispánicas. Madrid, | | | > Spain. October 5-7, 2015. With | | | > Professor Brook Lillehaugen | | | > | | | > “Strategic Planning for Digital | | | > Scholarship.” Keystone | | | > Digital Humanities | | | > Conference. University of | | | > Pennsylvania. July 24, 2015. | | | > With Mike Zarafonetis | | | > | | | > “Turning Library Records into | | | > Data: A Conversation & | | | > Workshop.” Library Company of | | | > Philadelphia. Philadelphia, | | | > PA. December 9, 2014. With | | | > Delphine Khanna, Doreva | | | > Belfiore, Nabil Kashyup, & | | | > Nicole Scalessa | | | > | | | > “Collaboration Not Chaos.” | | | > Bucknell Digital Scholarship | | | > Conference. Bucknell | | | > University. [ ]{.underline} | | | > (http://dsconf.blogs.bucknell.e | | | du/schedule/)[\ | | | > ]{.underline} November 15, | | | > 2014. With Mike Zarafonetis | | | > | | | > “Catastrophic Success: The | | | > Opportunities and Challenges of | | | > Digital Scholarship in the | | | > Liberal Arts.” Digital | | | > Library Federation | | | > Forum, | | | > Atlanta, Georgia. October 27, | | | > 2014. With Jennifer Vinopal, | | | > Gina Siesing, Kelcy Shepherd, | | | > and Eric Luhrs | | | > | | | > “Workshop: Digital Projects | | | > from the Ground Up.” Urban | | | > History | | | > Association | | | > October 10, 2014 | | | > | | | > “Digital Humanities: What Does | | | > It Really Mean for Libraries | | | > and Cultural Institutions?” | | | > Special Libraries | | | > Association. | | | > Vancouver, June, 2014. With | | | > Mitch Fraas and Matt Shoemaker. | | | > | | | > Speaker. Digital Humanities | | | > for Liberal Arts Colleges | | | > Symposium. Smith College. | | | > Northampton, MA. June 13, 2013. | | | > With Professor Laura McGrane | | | > and Jen Rajchel | | | > | | | > “Analyzing the MISO Data: | | | > Perspectives on Library and | | | > Computing Trends”. ARL | | | > Library Assessment | | | > Conference. Baltimore, MD. | | | > October 19, 2010. With MISO | | | > Team | | | > | | | > "Reshaping Information | | | > Services for a Changing Faculty | | | > Population: Evidence and | | | > Insights from the MISO | | | > Survey." 2009 EDUCAUSE | | | > Annual Conference. Denver, | | | > CO. Nov 5th, 2009. With MISO | | | > Team | | | > | | | > “PennTags: Building a Social | | | > Tagging System in an Academic | | | > Library.” ACRL Annual | | | > Conference. Baltimore, MD. | | | > March 30, 2007. With Mike | | | > Winkler | | | > | | | > “PennTags: Social Bookmarking | | | > in an Academic Environment.” | | | > Digital Library Federation | | | > Fall Forum. Boston, MA. | | | > November 8, 2006. With Mike | | | > Winkler | | | > | | | > “PennTags: Creating and Using | | | > Social Bookmarking in a | | | > University Library.” | | | > 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual | | | > Conference. Dallas, TX. October | | | > 12, 2006. With Mike Winkler | | +———————————–+———————————–+