Officers (Spring 2013)

CO-CHAIRS

Aliza Leventhal

Aliza is a full-time student in the dual degree Archives Management and History program. She studies urban, landscape and architectural history, and volunteers at the Cambridge Historic Commission archiving architect William L. Galvin’s life work. She received her bachelor’s degree in economics and American studies from Smith College in 2009. Aliza is interested in a career related to architecture materials, with particular passion for preservation, collective memory, and archival description. She sees SCoSAA as an opportunity for the GSLIS community to grow outside the classroom and become active members of the professional community, asking questions (big and small), and engaging in the LAM (Libraries, Archives and Museums) collaborative conversations.  Outside of her archival and history interests, Aliza
enjoys reading Russian literature, baking, and adventuring around the greater-Boston area.

Rosalie Gartner

Rosalie is a second year student in the Archives Management program. Before attending Simmons College, she received her M.A. in History and French from Colorado State University. Afterwards she worked as an Office Manager for a very small company while getting ready to apply to grad school. She was raised in Colorado and is completely lost without the Rocky Mountains! Rosalie has  lived in Boston for about a year, and loves wandering through the North End eating gelato with her husband.  In her spare time, she enjoys reading, baking, hiking, and playing tennis. Rosalie is very excited for this year and meeting all the new SCoSAA members

The co-chairs:

• Schedule and moderate monthly meetings
• Coordinate events (field trips, workshops, panels) and volunteer opportunities
• Moderate SCoSAA e-mail acccount and listserv
• Act as student representatives to the archives faculty
• Attend GSLIS Orientation to speak with incoming archives students
• Order food for events

SECRETARY/ARCHIVIST

Caitlin Birch

Caitlin is a second-year student in the dual degree Archives Management and History program. In 2009, she completed her undergraduate education at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE, earning a bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in Journalism and minors in History and Irish Studies. She then returned to Maryland, where she grew up, and worked as a copy editor and page designer for a newspaper company before eventually deciding to pursue graduate degrees. Since beginning at Simmons, Caitlin has interned at the Cambridge Historical Commission, processing the papers of longtime Cambridge resident and activist Sheila Cook, and WGBH, managing audiovisual and digital assets for the PBS television programs “Frontline” and “American Experience.” She has strong interests in the history of journalism, natural history and environmental history, and upon completing her education at Simmons, would
ideally like to work in the archive of a museum dedicated to one of these topics.
In her free time, Caitlin enjoys swimming, field hockey, running, writing, reading,
and hanging out with her cats, Biggie and Tupac.

• Takes minutes at each meeting
• Maintains SCoSAA files (electronic and hard copies)
• Monitors event registrations
• Photographs and documents SCoSAA events
• Creates event flyers and publications
• Assists co-chairs as needed

TREASURER

Jan Day

Jan is a graduate student in the Archives Concentration at Simmons GSLIS. She achieved a Bachelor of Arts in English from Nichols State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana in 2005, and worked for a number of years as a graphic designer and fine stationer in San Antonio, Texas. Her passion for preservation and cultural heritage brought her to Simmons and the archives concentration in 2011. She has worked on the collections of the Moakley Archive and Institute at Suffolk University, and her research areas of interest are: records management and information governance; long-term digital film curation; and outreach.

• Manages the budget
• Arranges reimbursements
• Assists co-chairs as needed

WEBMASTER

Elise Dunham

Elise is a second-year MLIS student in the Archives Management program at Simmons GSLIS. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri in 2011. It was a 1-year stint as a student worker in the Truman State University Archives/Special Collections Department that solidified her interest in pursuing her MLIS. After moving to Boston from St. Charles, Missouri, Elise began working as a Patron Services Assistant at the Social Law Library, and also volunteers as a blogger for the GSLIS Admissions Office. Elise’s professional interests are metadata and archival description, and she is excited to pursue these interests in her Spring 2013 502 internship with the LEADS Project. In her free moments, Elise enjoys exploring the city, tweeting, and trying to play the ukulele.

• Updates website and verifies links are active
• Maintains social media accounts
• Monitors the wiki
• Helps to publicize the website
• Assists co-chairs as needed