Weiss, Karen
Head of Digital Operations
Weiss, Karen
Head of Digital Operations
Karen Weiss currently oversees the development of the Archives’ collection information and digitization systems and website. Since 2005, she and a collaborative team of archivists, digital scanning technicians, database and digital asset managers, and a webmaster, develop the Archives’ systems and workflows supporting the Archives’ digitization of, and online access to, archival collections in their entirety as well as digitization services such as Digitization on Demand.
Positions
- Archives of American Art: Archives Specialist - Collections Cataloger, Archives of American Art 1989 - 1993
- Project Mgr., Getty-Mellon Retrospective Cataloging Project, Archives of American Art 1985 - 1989
- Archives Technician, Archives of American Art 1980 - 1985
- Curatorial Assistant, Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum 1978 - 1980
- Archives Assistant, University of Buffalo, University Archives 1977 - 1978
Geographic Focus
- United States of America Country
Background And Education
Education And Training
- M.L.S., University of Maryland, College Park , College of Library and Information Science 1989 - 1992
Research And Grants
Investigator On
- Worldwide Access: Sharing the Riches of the Archives of American Art awarded by The Brown Foundation, Inc. 2016 -
- Advisory Committee awarded by Terra Foundation for American Art
- Archival Resources Survey, Oral History Interviews and Innovative Web Portal awarded by Terra Foundation for American Art
- Archives of American Art’s Collection Digitization and Access Program awarded by Terra Foundation for American Art
- Digitization of the Personal Archives of Wilhelm R. Valentiner and W.G. Constable awarded by Samuel H. Kress Foundation
- Expanded Digitization of Primary Sources at the Archives of American Art awarded by Walton Family Foundation
- Save America's Treasures: Smithsonian's Archives of American Art Oral History Collection awarded by National Park Service
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
Affiliation
Member Of
- Society of American Archivists Member 1989 -
Contact
Location
- Archives of American Art Department
