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University of Minnesota Institute of Technology
R. Arvid Nelsen
Archivist

Contact Information
Charles Babbage Institute
University of Minnesota
211 Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
tel: 612.625.4867
fax: 612.625.8054
nels0307@umn.edu

CBI Home Page:
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Brief Curriculum Vita

Education
MLIS (Library and Information Studies), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002

MA (Classics), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000

BA (Greek and Latin), Summa Cum Laude, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1997

Professional Positions
Archivist, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007-present

Coordinator of Technical Services, Mandeville Special Collections Library & Classical Studies Librarian, Social Sciences & Humanities Library, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 2004-2007

Special Collections Cataloger, Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 2002-2004

Selected Professional Service

ACRL/RBMS 2009 Preconference Program Planning Committee, Chair

ACRL/RBMS Seminars Committee, Chair 2006-2008

Publications
Thinking Inside the Box: Ian Tyson – to date: a Retrospective Exhibition in Honor of the Artists’ 70th Birthday. La Jolla, Calif.: Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego, 2004.

Papers Delivered
Digital Alchemy: Khunrath, Alchemy and Rare Book Preservation in the Digital Age. Delivered on February 13, 2004 at Millsaps College in Jackson, MS.

Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Impressions? : The Impact of Digitization on the Use of Original Artifacts in Special Collections. Delivered on June 18 at the 2002 Rare Book and Manuscript Section Preconference in Toronto.

 

Fellowships & Honors
Adams-Slaughter Fellowship in Classics, Classics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1998-1999

Beta Phi Mu,. International Library and Information Studies Honor Society, 2002 inductee

Goldschmidt Fellow, Rare Book School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2002

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