Becky Morin
- User Services Librarian
- Academy Library
As User Services Librarian, my work at the Academy focuses on creating the best experience possible for all Library patrons. The goal is a complete user experience, utilizing all available resources and formats to satisfy your information needs. The literature of systematics is diverse and challenging, and I strive to make your time in the Library enjoyable and productive.
The California Academy of Sciences is the newest member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project, an international effort to digitize the published literature of biodiversity, and to make it available free-of-charge through a global “biodiversity commons.”
I am an active BHL staff member, contributing to the blog, aresponding to user queries, and editing texts on the BHL Portal.
REBECCA A. MORIN
User Services Librarian
Academy Library
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
rmorin@calacademy.org
| EDUCATION: | |
| M.L.I.S. | 2007 University of British Columbia |
| M.S. (Archival Studies) | 2007 University of British Columbia |
| B.A. (Music) | 1999 Wellesley College |
| EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: | |
| 2007-present | User Services Librarian, Academy Library, California Academy of Sciences |
| 2005-2007 | Graduate Academic Assistant, Science and Engineering Library, University of British Columbia |
| 2001-2003 | Library Assistant, Mailliard Library, California Academy of Sciences |
| SPECIAL PROJECTS: | |
| 2006-2007 |
Oversize map preservation project, Rare Books and Special Collections, University of British Columbia |
| 2006-2007 | Spencer family films: description, preservation, and reformatting preparation, City of Vancouver Archives |
| PUBLICATIONS: | |
| Regular contributor to “From the Stacks,” the Academy Library blog | |
| Regular contributor to the Biodiversity Heritage Library blog | |
| RESEARCH INTERESTS: |
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| Techniques for delivery of reference services to diverse audiences, with an emphasis on advanced academic researchers | |
| Preservation and conservation of library and archival materials | |
| History of science | |
| Family films | |
| Early American taxonomic literature | |
| Early zoological literature, particularly pre-Linnean works | |
| SPECIAL TRAINING/EXPERIENCE: | |
| Bookbinding and conservation treatment training, with an emphasis on historic bindings | |
| Reading knowledge of German and French | |
| Film handling, preservation, and conservation | |
| ACADEMY SERVICE: | |
| Asset Review Committee: 2009-present | |
| Conservation Committee: 2008-present | |
| Pest Committee: 2008-present | |
| Research Web Development Committee: 2008-present | |
| AWARDS: | |
| Archives Association of British Columbia Mary Ann Pylypchuk Memorial Prize, 2007 | |
| Edythe Webster Scholarship in Library and Information Studies, 2005 | |
| PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: | Active staff participant, Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2009-present |
| Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections: 2008-present | |
| Rare Books and Manuscripts Division of the Association of College and Research Libraries: 2008-present | |
| Special Libraries Association (SLA): 2007-present | |
| SLA Natural History Caucus: 2007-present |