Courtney Danforth
 

courtney_danforth@yahoo.com


Employment
    Visual Information Specialist
    Information Systems Division, Smithsonian Instiution Libraries
      Advising, obvservation, and training for Digital Imaging Center: writing of procedure and policy, identification of desired image metadata, oversight of intern and volunteer staff, grant writing, equipment purchasing, contract management. Design of virtual exhibitions and digital editions of rare collections published on the WWW. Graphic design for digital presentations. [3/99-present ]
    Editor-in-Chief
    SoapNuts
      Story assignments, personnel management, copyediting, and issue design for small e-zine. [3/99-10/99]
    Library Technician
    Preservation Services, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
      Research and planning of Digital Imaging Center. [3/98-3/99]
    Seminar Leader
    Summer Enrichment Program, University of Virginia
      Plan curriculum and lead groups of seventh and eighth graders in  two week courses learning HTML, hypertext and design theories, and presentation methods. [6/97-8/97]
    Digital Photographer
    Digital Center, Special Collections, UVA Libraries
      Digitization of general collection according to patron request. Design of online exhibitions. Project and time management. [8/98-1/98]
    Student Digitizer
    Early American Fiction Project, Special Collections, UVA Libraries
      Capture images of each page of first-editions in Early American Fiction project. [1/97-1/98]
    Technical Director
    History of the Black Novel Project
      Develop and implement technical scheme for the creation of a bibliographic and full text database of novels by black Americans from 1854 to the present. Materials to be digitized and encoded include: photographs, biographical text, novel text, critical text, audio interviews, and bibliographic database. Design of final presentation, interface, and search mechanism. [8/96-12/98]
    Research Assistant
    English Department, University of Virginia
      Closely assist professor in final preparation of a book. Research and citation. [9/96-12/96]
    Nanny
    Columbia, SC
      Care for three children aged newborn to eight years. Supervise daily activities and manage individual schedules. [5/96-8/96 and 5/95-8/95]
    Library Assistant
    Richland County Public Library, Blythewood, SC
      Circulation and patron assistance. [5/95-8/95]
Education

MA 
University of Virginia 12/97

A specialized program in American Studies, housed within English Department. Traditional humanities research and writing leading to multimedia, hypertext projects (portfolio: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma97/danforth/portfolio.html) on various topics of American culture.

BA
Boston University 5/96

    Cum laud. Double major in American Studies and English. Intense study of American literature, culminating in the third and final year with an independent study, "Voice and Southern Women Novelists, 1980-1996."
Skills WWW Software
  • Windows NT, Win95, Mac OS 6+, UNIX, Windows 3.x
  • PhaseOne and Wincam for digital cameras or scanning backs
  • Photoshop 2.5-5.5
  • ImageReady
  • Illustrator
  • Director/Shockwave
  • Word, WordPerfect, emacs
  • Filemaker Pro, Access
  • Toast
  • Netscape Communicator, Internet Explorer, lynx
  • WS_FTP, Fetch, AppleShare, RapidFiler
  • OmniPage Pro 6.0 and 7.0
  • data conferencing software and practices
Photography
  • large and medium format digital scanning backs and single shot digital cameras
  • basic darkroom techniques for film and prints
  • 35mm cameras and accessories
  • studio lighting
Library
  • rare and delicate book handling
  • disaster preparedness and response
  • basic principles of book conservation
  • binding and collation vocabulary and technique
  • SGML markup according to TEI guidelines
  • binding and microfilm inspection
  • stacks management
Project Management
  • initiating, directing, and managing long and short term projects
  • grant writing and management
  • adept with schedule management and optimizing task efficiency
Other
  • high level communications skills- BA and MA in English
  • international cultures - lived in Perth, Singapore, and London.
  • grant writing and management
  • 2nd language: French