LYRASIS Announces Laney McGlohon as
New Technical Lead for ArchivesSpace
Atlanta, GA - January 4, 2017 - LYRASIS, a leading non-profit
membership organization serving archives, libraries and museums with content,
software and technology is pleased to announce the recent hire of Laney McGlohon as Technical Lead for ArchivesSpace.
In this role, she will focus on the overall development of the ArchivesSpace software application,
manage a community-based code contribution process and work to engage a
broader set of developers to participate in the community.
McGlohon comes to ArchivesSpace
with more than seven years' experience working with special collections and
institutional archives. Most recently, she served as the Discovery and Access
Engineer at Stanford University Libraries. Before that she served as a
Software Engineer at the Getty Research Institute and as a Technology
Consultant at the Museum of Ventura County.
Robert Miller, CEO of LYRASIS, says of the new hire, "This is an
important new position for the ArchivesSpace
program as we continue to expand and enhance the ArchivesSpace
open source software and its community. Laney is uniquely qualified to
understand both the technical needs of the software and the specific needs
and challenges of the archives profession. By bringing together these two
skill sets, we believe she'll be able to broaden both the developer community
and features of the ArchivesSpace program, thereby
serving all those who use ArchivesSpace."
Laurie Gemmill Arp, LYRASIS Director of Collections
and Community Supported Software, says "We're excited to have Laney join
the ArchivesSpace team because her wealth of
experience working with archives, her strong understanding of archival
practices and data standards and her extensive software development
background make her the perfect candidate to serve the community as it
continues to grow."
LYRASIS serves as the organizational home for ArchivesSpace,
providing resources and services to help grow, support and amplify the
community contributions. These include staff, technology, financial services
and logistics support. Click here to learn more about LYRASIS' role as
organizational home for ArchivesSpace.
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