Katharine C. Chandler
New York, NY
@freyjawaru (Twitter, Instagram)
EDUCATION
M.A., European History (pre-1650 concentration), Villanova University
Master of Library and Information Studies, University of Illinois
A.B., English and Medieval Studies, Smith College
Full-stack immersive software engineering training, December 2020-March 2021, General Assembly NY
Rare Book School Courses
Advanced Seminar: Medieval Manuscript Studies (Barbara Shailor), 2013
Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographic Description (David Whitesell), 2012
The Fifteenth-Century Book in Manuscript and Print (Will Noel and Paul Needham), 2011
Introduction to Codicology (Albert Derolez), 2010
Introduction to Paleography (Consuelo Dutschke), 2009
Introduction to Illuminated Manuscripts (Roger Wieck), 2008
The Book in the Manuscript Era (Barbara Shailor), 2008
The Music of America on Paper (D. W. Krummel), 2005
Rare Book School: Certificate of Proficiency with an Area Concentration of the History of Manuscripts awarded July 2012.
EMPLOYMENT
Adjunct professor, School of Information, Pratt Institute (January 2021-present)
Rare books dealer/cataloger, James Cummins Bookseller (February 2020-August 2020)
Cataloging contract on assignment to the USASH and Benelux-France-Italy divisions, Library of Congress, Backstage, Washington, DC (April 2019-February 2020)
RCC retroconversion cataloging project, on assignment to the Library of Congress Rare Materials Cataloging Section, LAC Group, Rockville, Maryland (August -December 2018)
Project Manager, eCIP Cataloging Library of Congress Project, LAC Group, Rockville, Maryland (February -July 2018).
Rare Books Cataloger, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (February 2017-July 2018).
Music Cataloger, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (March 2016-January 2017).
Reference Librarian, Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (January 2008-July 2015); Music Department (2006- January 2008)
Graduate Assistant, Music Library, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois (2004-2006)
Production Manager, The Chicago Classical Recording Foundation, Chicago, Illinois (2002-2004)
Project Editor, Perseus Books Group, Boulder, Colorado (2000-2002)
Assistant Editor, Oxford University Press, New York, New York (1998-2000)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
History of the Book
Children’s Books (English and American)
Illustrators
Medieval Manuscripts
Incunabula
PUBLICATIONS
Chandler, Katharine. “The Ritual Sacrifice of Women: Misogyny and Art in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna.” Concept, Vol. XXXIV (2011).
PAPERS GIVEN
RBMS 2019, Baltimore: “The Free Library of Philadelphia and Library Exhibition Spaces: What Academic Libraries Can Learn from Nonacademic Libraries and Librarians”
SIMS-sponsored session at the 54th ICMS, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 2019: “Two graduals made for the Chartreuse de Champmol in the time of Charles the Bold”
SIMS-sponsored session at the 50th ICMS, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 2015
“The Neo-Gothic in the Medieval Manuscript Collection of John Frederick Lewis (1860-1932)”
Schoenberg Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, November 2014: “Collecting Histories”
“From Private Hands to the Public Library: The Donors of the Free Library’s Medieval Manuscripts”
Ted-X Talk, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, September 2014: “Public treasures inspire generations:
https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/conferences/tedx/speakers.cfm?speaker=chandler
Rowan University, June 2014:
Perspectives on Chivalry, Medieval to Modern Paper presented: “The Allegorical Goddess in Le Ménagier de Paris”
RBMS 2014 Las Vegas, June 2014:
“Manuscripts from Print: The Pennsylvania Schwenkfelders and their Dangerous Books”
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
Sacred Stories: Generations of Sacred Books from the Free Library of Philadelphia, an exhibition of bibles for the Pope’s visit in September, 2015, co-curated with Alexander Devine of the University of Pennsylvania.
Fated Sky: The Textuality of Time and Space. (September 22, 2014-February 14, 2015)
At Home on the Stage: Charles Dickens and the Theatre. (June 4, 2012-January 4, 2013) http://athomeonthestage.wordpress.com
The Charming Little Bunny: Collecting Beatrix Potter at the Free Library of Philadelphia. (June 26October 14, 2011)
http://charminglittlebunny.wordpress.com
Not Since Nineveh: Artifacts from the Ancient Near East in the Free Library of Philadelphia, c.
3100-300 B.C.E. (August 23, 2010-January 21, 2011) http://notsincenineveh.wordpress.com
Cantate Domino: Medieval Music Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, 900-1500. (March
2-June 26, 2009) http://cantatedominoexhibit.wordpress.com
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member, Controlled Vocabularies, RBMS, 2019-2021
Co-convener, Curators and Conservators Discussion Group, RBMS, 2018-2020
Chair, Publications Committee, RBMS, 2014-2016
Chair, Diversity Committee, RBMS, 2011-2013
Member, Task Force for Core Competencies, RBMS, 2013-2016
Member, Scholarships Committee, RBMS, 2013-2016
Member, Philobiblon Club, Philadelphia, PA
Member, Medieval Academy
Member, Renaissance Society of America
Technical Experience
Full-stack software development training completed March 2021. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, React, MongoDB, Mongoose, XML, Big O Notation, algorithms, AJAX, full use of APIs.
MARC and RDA cataloging (rare books and music), BibFrame, DCRM(B), AMREMM, Web design and development, digital collections maintenance and development, all Microsoft Office applications, social media, EAD, Archivist’s Toolkit , controlled vocabularies.
Languages
French: Adult study through Alliance Française (eight classes from 2012 through 2015, continued individual study)
German: Eighth grade through twelfth grade; one year of college study at Smith College
Latin: Twelfth grade year; two years of college; two years of private tutorial study (2012-2013)
Old English: Two semesters of college study; translations of major poems and all of Beowulf Swedish: Three years of adult study at the Swedish-American Museum in Chicago (2002-2003) and the American-Swedish Museum in Philadelphia (2013-2015)
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND DISTINCTIONS
2015 ACRL WESS-SEES De Gruyter Grant award http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/03/chandler-named-2015-acrl-wess-sees-de-gruytergrant-winner
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, 2011-present
Kevin Freeman Travel Grant, Music Library Association, 2009
Donald W. and Marilyn Krummel Award for Rare Book School, 2005
Graduate Assistantship, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 2002-2004
Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association’s Retirees Scholarship for Student Members, 2004
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