Qualifications

Indexing Projects

• Phillips, Kendall R. Controversial Cinema: The Films That Outraged America. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2008.
• O'Brien, Donald C. Amos Doolittle: Engraver of the New Republic. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press and the American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2008.

• Mandle, Jay R. Democracy, America, and the Age of Globalization. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

• Syracuse Peace Council. Peace Newsletter Index: 1936-1985. In two parts, 1936-1960 PDF (482 KB) & 1961-1985 PDF (970 KB).

• Syracuse University Library Associates. Library Connection Index: 1994-2004. Updated in 2005 and 2007.

• Syracuse University Library Associates. Syracuse University Library Associates Courier Index: 1958-2001.

• Levine, Joseph M. Re-enacting the Past: Essays on the Evolution of Modern English Historiography. Aldershot, Hamilton, UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd. (Variorum Collected Studies Series, #788), 2004.

• Guild of Book Workers. Guild of Book Workers' Newsletter Index: 1976-2001.

• State University of New York. College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Eastwood Neighborhood Study, 2000. Syracuse, New York. (aftermarket index).

• Erie County (PA) Council Meeting Minutes Index, 1998-2001. Indexed and encoded minutes in HTML for posting on a public service Web site I created and maintained from 1999-2002. Developed an extensive name and subject authority list and indexing procedures manual. The Web site and index are still viewable on the Internet Wayback Machine site at www.archive.org by searching for members.aol.com/dgolso. Choose the Jan. 26, 2002 link to access the site. The index is accessible from the home page. This was a self-directed service project and was not undertaken in partnership with or endorsed by the county.

Library Projects

• Erie Canal Museum (Syracuse, NY). Project Cataloger (2006). Cataloged the museum's library collection using PastPerfect^TM museum software. This project was funded by a NYS Library Regional Bibliographic Databases (RBDB) grant.

• Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library (2000-2005):

  Archival Processing Technician (temporary). Arranged and described the Werner Seligmann Papers, Marguerite Higgins Papers, John Spivak Papers, and William Gropper Papers.

  Exhibition Curator. Curated two exhibitions based on collections processed: "On the Spot" With Pulitzer-Prize Winner Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966) and People Are My Landscape: Social Struggle in the Art of William Gropper. Both exhibitions may be viewed online at http://library.syr.edu/information/spcollections/exhibitions.htm.

  Digital Projects Assistant (temporary). Encoded collection summaries in HTML; scanned 700+ glass plate negatives from the Erie Railroad Collection using PhotoShop, and transcribed by hand and using OCR software (OmniPage Pro 11 by Scansoft), 200+ broadsides and pamphlets from the Gerrit Smith Broadside and Pamphlet Collection. Both digitization projects were supported by NYS Library Regional Bibliographic Databases (RBDB) grants.

• Erie County Historical Society (Erie, PA). Project Archivist and Volunteer (1995-1997). Arranged and described the records of the Pennsylvania Population Company, verified and updated vertical file subject headings and assisted with processing manuscript collections.

• Erie County Public Library (Erie, PA). Librarian I (1996). Provided reference and readers' advisory services.

• Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, MN). Volunteer, Acquisitions and Curatorial Division and Research Library (1994-1995). Completed box inventories for donated congressional and senatorial papers, located repositories for de-accessioned materials, selected newspaper articles for the vertical file and assigned subject headings.

• Hallberg Information Services (White Bear Lake, MN). Library Assistant (1992-1993) for company providing staffing services to area libraries. Included assignment in the Research Center at Carlson Companies, Inc. headquarters.

• Minneapolis Public Library (Mpls., MN) (1991-1995). Substitute Librarian II (Main Branch). Provided reference services in the literature, special collections, history/genealogy, and business departments.

  Municipal Information Library (City Hall). Cataloged city documents; provided reference services for city officials, employees, and the public; routed periodicals and legislative updates to city council members and officials; located and retrieved materials from area libraries to fulfill research requests.

  Government Documents Department (Main Branch). Volunteer. Processed new materials and assisted staff with an inventory project.

• Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library (Ann Arbor, MI). Library Aide (1989-1990). Classified and cataloged new acquisitions, assigned subject descriptors to economic policy collections, and assisted with compiling the Guide to Historical Materials in the Gerald R. Ford Library (1991 edition).

Education

• Master of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1990. Emphasis on community and government information.
• B.S. Economics, Elmira College (Elmira, NY), 1989. Emphasis on macroeconomics; studied U.S. economic policy in Washington, D.C. for one semester; tutor and teaching fellow.
• A.S. Business Administration, Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY), 1986. Attended evening classes while working part-time in a public library.

Indexing Training

• Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies: online workshop from Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science (Boston, MA)
• Online workshops from Hedden Information Management: Web Site Indexing for Freelance Indexers and HTML Indexing Tools
• USDA distance education classes: Basic Indexing and Applied Indexing
• New York State Archives workshop: "Indexing Minutes"

Library Programs/Workshops Attended

Sponsored by the Central New York Library Resources Council (CLRC) and the American Library Association (conference programs):

• "Automating Metadata Creation with Open Source Software"
• "Digitization Metadata Standard: Let's Go METs"
• "Bringing Order to Chaos: Managing Metadata for Digitial Collections"
• "Metadata for Digital Objects"
• "Internet Access to New York's Historical Records"
• "Determining Historical Value"
• "How to Apply for DHP Grants"
• "Oral History: A How to Workshop"
• "Processing a Collection"
• "Arranging and Describing a Collection"

Classes Audited (Syracuse University, 2004- )

• Introduction to Women's Studies
• Social Problems
• Women in American History
• Modern European History
• Information Architecture for Internet Services
• Transnational Feminist Studies

Computer, Software, and Web Competencies

• Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP
• Working knowledge of HTML, XHTML, and CSS
• Web site architecture and design
• Working knowledge of the library cataloging module of PastPerfect^TM museum software
• Familiarity with XML and Dublin Core (DC)
• Cindex^TM (indexing software)
• XRefHT32 (Web indexing freeware)
• MultiTes Pro (vocabulary management software)

Professional Affiliations

• American Library Association (ALA)
• American Society for Indexing (ASI)
• Web Indexing SIG: Webmaster, Fall 2007-
• Western New York Chapter: former Secretary and Newsletter Editor
• New York Library Association (NYLA)
• Society of American Archivists (SAA)

Publications

"Volunteer Indexing Projects: Gaining Experience While Providing a Service in Your Community." Key Words: Bulletin of the American Society of Indexers, Apr.-Jun. 2007: 46.

Conference reports. American Society of Indexers. June 15 to 17, 2006, Toronto, Ont. Key Words: Bulletin of the American Society of Indexers, Jul.-Sept. 2006: 91, 93, 96.

With Peter Verheyen and Carolyn Davis. "Storage of Architectural Materials at Syracuse University Library." The Book and Paper Group Annual, 22 (2003): 131.

"The Pennsylvania Population Company, 1792-1812: A Finding Aid to the Archival Holdings at the Erie Historical Museum." The Journal of Erie Studies, Spring 1997: 24-48.