Diane Vogt-O'Connor Named Chief of Conservation Division
Diane Vogt-O'Connor, who has served as a senior manager for conservation activities at the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution, has recently been named chief of the Conservation Division at the Library of Congress.
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In her new role, Vogt-O'Connor will oversee the Conservation Division, which ensures the continuing existence of the Library's collections, assesses and mitigates risks to Library holdings, monitors library environments, handles emergencies, develops care and management policies and training, prepares materials for exhibitions and digitization, and annually treats and houses more than a half-million endangered special collection photographs, prints, rare books and other special-media items.
Vogt-O'Connor previously worked at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), where she managed extensive holdings in the regional archives and served as affiliated archives liaison. Working as the designated manager for both preservation and security in her program, she managed regional preservation emergencies; helped design new buildings; facilitated move planning; worked on the NARA standards board; and served on NARA's requirements and concept teams for the electronic records archives.
She also worked for the National Park Service, where she produced many publications on conservation, such as Conserve O Grams, supervised collections management, provided onsite consultations, wrote grants and developed collaborative conservation workshops such as “The School for Scanning,” “The Information Ecosystem,” “Architectural Records” and “Managing Anthropological Papers.”
Vogt-O'Connor was the director of the Smithsonian's Photographic Survey Project, where she surveyed and described the Smithsonian's 13 million photographs in 3,000 collections; taught collections management; managed grant-funded architectural drawings and photographic preservation projects; and served as the Smithsonian archives'grant writer and preservation officer.
Vogt-O'Connor is the author or co-author of numerous books, including the award-winning “Guide to Photographic Collections at the Smithsonian” (four volumes), the “Museum Handbook” (three volumes), “Images of America,” “Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access” and “Photographs: Archival Care and Management.” She has served as book contributor for many other works, including the Getty Research Institute's “Art and Architecture Thesaurus.” Recently she co-developed a training course for the Society of American Archivists titled “Understanding Photographs,” based on her upcoming book, “Photographs: Archival Care and Management” (July 2006).
In 2006 Vogt-O'Connor was made a lifetime fellow by the Society of American Archivists in recognition of her contributions to the profession. She holds two double master's degrees, in library science and archives, and in art history and museum studies from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Jeanne Drewes Named Chief of Binding and Collections Care
Jeanne Drewes, former assistant director for access and preservation at Michigan State University, has recently been named chief of Binding and Collections Care in the Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress.
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As chief of Binding and Collections Care, Drewes will oversee operations that provide binding for both old and new books, journals and pamphlets in the circulating and reference collections. She will also oversee collections care services, which includes custom-fitted protective enclosures for books of all shapes and sizes as well as conservation treatment for materials that have been damaged through use.
While in her previous position at Michigan State University from 1999 to 2006, Drewes oversaw binding preparation and collections conservation, stacks maintenance, microfilming, environmental monitoring, and management of personnel, contracts, budgets, grants and funds.
Drewes also served as head of preservation at Johns Hopkins University's Milton S. Eisenhower Library and preservation services manager at Pittsburgh Regional Library Center. She received a master's degree in library science from the University of Missouri.
Drewes participates in many professional organizations, including the American Institute for Conservation and the American Library Association, where she has chaired many committees on preservation and fostered and co-authored several books and articles. As a leader in the field, she speaks professionally in public forums on preservation and has prepared many publications and presentations on binding and collections care topics.
