Curating History: Brigham Young University (BYU) Library Archivists Gather Historical Treasures
From The Daily Herald (Provo, UT):
Greg Seppi stood between the rows of materials in the depths of the Harold B. Lee Library. Surrounded by historical manuscripts, rare books and other artifacts, he looked at a line of worn covers.
“I come in sometimes and get excited about my work,” Seppi said.
Seppi is one member of a team of curators for the L. Tom Perry Special Collections in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University in Provo tasked with understanding and adding to the library’s seemingly endless collection.
Specifically, Seppi is a curator for 19th and 20th century Mormon and Western Americana Books.
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Curating isn’t a career Seppi and Alvord originally set out to do.
“I don’t know if anyone grows up thinking they want to be a librarian,” Alvord said.
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See Also: Direct to Harold B. Lee (BYU Library) Website
See Also: Direct to L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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