Two Appointments at the Penn Libraries |
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The Penn Libraries announce the appointment of Molly Des Jardin as the Japanese Studies Librarian. She manages Penn's Japanese studies collection, both electronic and print resources, in Japanese and European languages. She is also available for reference consultations and class sessions on Japanese research methods and resources. In addition, Dr. Des Jardin manages the Korean collection.
Dr. Des Jardin holds bachelor's degrees in history and in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh, and completed her master's and doctorate degrees in Asian Languages & Cultures (Japanese book history and literature), as well as a master's degree in library and information science at the University of Michigan.
Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, where she served as the Archive Development Manager of the Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters. Her research interests include the history of the book in Japan, 19th and 20th century literature and book history, contemporary Japanese literature and methodologies in digital literary scholarship, with a particular focus on natural language processing.
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The Penn Libraries announce the appointment of Brian Provenzale as the Head of Electronic Resources & Serials Cataloging. In this role, Mr. Provenzale will manage the bibliographic control of serials and continuing licensed resources, both electronic and print. He will perform cataloging and maintenance of databases, websites, and serials in all formats, languages, and subjects, and supervise staff in the same. He will also take the lead in evaluating and disseminating information on innovations and emerging technologies concerning access to electronic resources and serials.
Before a short stint away from libraries to obtain a master's degree in city and regional planning, he worked at Stanford University in the law library. As the Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian, his primary role was to catalog and classify serials and electronic resources and oversee the acquisition and maintenance of electronic resource subscriptions. He also supervised staff in the serials unit, worked closely with faculty on assessing e-resource needs and developing online projects, and served on various law school and campus-wide committees. Before Stanford, Mr. Provenzale worked at the UCLA Law Library as the Cataloging Librarian, creating original and complex cataloging records in a variety of formats.
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