Anne A. Salter
Professional Experience
Special interest and experience in technical processing including computer applications for on-line cataloging; digitization project management; preservation and conservation; disaster planning; financial management; fund raising; personnel management; bibliographic instruction; records management planning; exhibitions and programs.
2003-present Director, Philip Weltner Library, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
1999-2003 Head, Archives and Records Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
1979-1980 Assistant Archivist/Research Assistant, Atlanta History Center, Inc.
1975-1979 Teacher, Social Studies, Cherokee County Board of Education, Canton, Georgia.
MLn., Library and Information Management, Emory University, 1982
B.A., History, Emory University, 1973
A.A. Oxford College, Emory University, 1971
Certified Archivist, Academy of Certified Archivist, 1980
Certificate of Archival Administration, 1982
Rare Book Summer School, Columbia University, New York, 1985
Preservation Microfilming Seminary, Yale University, SAA, 1998
Collection Development Seminar, SAA, Carter Library, Atlanta, Ga., 1992
The UNiversity of the South, School of Theology, EFM Certificate, 2005
Georgia Archives Institute, Secretary/Treasurer, 1999-present
Society of American Archivists, member 1999-present
Society of American Archivist, Chair, RAO section, 2001-2002
Society of American Archivists, Vice Chair, RAO section 2000-2001
Society of American Archivists, RAO Newsletter Editor, 2000-2001
Society of Georgia Archivists, Newsletter Editor, 2000-2001
Society of Georgia Archivists, Scholarship Committee, 1996
Society of Georgia Archivists, Secretary, 1995,1996
Society of Georgia Archivists, Treasurer, 1992
Society of Georgia Archivists, Board member, 1992-2001
Librarian’s Council, Member, ARCHE, 1998,1999
American Museum of Paper Making, Board Member, 1998-2002
Georgia Library Association, member 1982-1986
Solinet/OCLC Users Group, President, 1991
Special Collectons and Archives Advisory Committee (SCAAC) of Solinet, 1997-1998
GIL Special Collections Committee, member, 1999-present
Instructor, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Archives Institute, 2001
Brenau College, Gainesville, Georgia, Archives Consultant/Survey, 1998-1999
Friends of the Library/Archives, Atlanta History Center- 1990-1999-start up, fund raising, all aspects of programming.
Local History and Heritage Kids Workshop, Atlanta History Center, 1997,1998
Genealogy Workshops –Programming, Atlanta History Center, 1991-1998
Summer Scholar Program Coordinator/Scholarship, Atlanta History Center, 1992-1998
Coca-Cola Fellows Program, Instructor/mentor, Atlanta History Center, 1997-1999.
Course Designer/ Instructor, Archives Administration, Morehouse College, 1998
Cataloging Instructor, Clark-Atlanta University, School of Library and
Information Science, 1991, 1992
McElreath Hall Renovation Project, 1996-1997
Hentz, Reid, Adler and Shutze Architectural Records Microfilming Project, Coordinator, 1990-1991
Exhibit Designer, Georgia Baptist Hospital Museum, 1990,1991
Collection Development Consultant, DeKalb County Public Library System, 1990
Summer Faculty Research Grant, Oglethorpe University, to study and survey student reading habits.
Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board (GHRAB), Processing Grant, 2004
National Endowment for the Humanities, (NEH), Preservation Assessment Grant, 2002-03
National Endowment for the Humanities, (NEH), Preservation Survey Grant for the Library of the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-2002
Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board (GHRAB), Processing grant, 2001-2002
American Institute of Physics (AIP), Processing Grant, 1999-2000
National Historical Papers and Records Commission (NHPRC) Grant, processing visual arts, 19988
“Elizabeth Goudge: Happily Ever After Revisited. Georgia Library Quarterly, Summer, 2006.
The Appleby Ghosts ,by Anne Salter. Publication of the Gypsy Literary Society.
ISBN 1-903418-55-0
“Using a GHRAB Grant to Reclaim a College Archives. Southeastern Librarian, Winter 2006
“Hands on History: The Development of Archival Tools in Academic Settings.” OAH (Organization of American Historians) 2004 Southern Regional Meeting, Saturday, July 10, 2004, Atlanta, Georgia.
Caring for Family Treasures: A Basic How-to from Storage to Donation. History News: The Magazine of the American Association for State and Local History. Winter 2004, Volume 59, #1, 2004.
“Low Tech and High Tech: The Spectrum of Special Collections Use in a Technological Institute.” The Southeastern Librarian, Vol. 50, no. 4, Winter 2003.
Software for Small Libraries (book). American Library Association, March 2003
ALA Newsletter on Software for Small Libraries. March, 2003
Expectations of Librarians in the 21st Century edited by Karl Bridges, Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2003. Contributed article.
Archives and Museums: Message in a Bottle, ACA Bulletin, May 2001.
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, upcoming publication, article on Historical Societies in the USA and the history of the Georgia Tech Library.
Kids and Primary Sources, American Libraries, May, 1999. Paper presented at the annual meeting, RBMS of the American Library Association, Montreal, Canada 1999.
The Afro-American Collections at the AHC, Journal of the Georgia Association of Historians, publication and paper presented to GAH, April 12, 1997.
Preserving the Visual Record of a University, Georgia Librarian, May 1984 publication and paper presented to annual meeting of the GLA, 1984
Extensible mark up languages, SURA conference, Atlanta, GA. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001
Metadata, SURA Conference, Atlanta, Ga., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000
Digitizing in the Library, Annual Conference, Technology in the Humanities, Marietta, GA. 1997.
Computer Applications in Museums and Historical Societies, Annual Conference, Technology in the Humanities Conference, Marietta, Ga. 1989.
Book Reviewer, Choice, 1999-present
Book Reviewer, Library Journal, 1997-present
Book Review Editor, OLAC Newsletter (On-line Audio Visual Catalogers), 1985-1990
Committees, Exhibitions, Programs
Preservation Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-present
Disaster Preparedness Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000-present
Statutes Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-2004
Equestrian Club Advisor, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999-present
GTEL Committee, 2002-
Records Management Task Force, 2002
Strategic Planning Retreat, Library, Georgia Institute of Technology, February 2002
Atlanta History Center Security Task Force, 1992
Atlanta History Center Emergency Evacuation Team, 1992
Swan House Interpretation Committee, 1998
Programs and Collections Committee, Atlanta History Center, 1990-1994
Senior Staff, Atlanta History Center, 1993-1994
Strategic Planning Committee, Atlanta History Center, 1993-1995
ADA Survey Committee, Atlanta History Center, 1994
Library/Archives Trustees Research Committee, Atlanta History Center, 1989-1999
McElreath Hall Renovation Vision Planning Committee, Atlanta History Center, 1995
Exhibitions and Programs Planning Committee, Atlanta History Center, 1998
Olympic Planning Committee, Public Relations, Atlanta History Center, 1995-1996
Disputed Territories Planning Team, Atlanta History Center, 1995
Metropolitan Frontiers Planning Team, Atlanta History Center, 1992-1993
Native Americans Exhibition Planning Team, 1997-1998
Shutze Exhibition Planning Team, Atlanta History Center, 1998
Georgia Authors Planning Team, Atlanta History Center, 1997-1998