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Fletcher Durant

Experience	08/2006-Present Kilgarlin Center, University of Texas Austin, TX Teaching Assistant § Prepare course material, demonstrate conservation techniques, provide writing assistance to students, and assist in classroom instruction. § “Book Laboratory” courses and freshman seminar, “History of the Book” for Chela Metzger. § “Advanced Usability” and “Research in Information Studies” courses for Randolph Bias.
	01/2006-Present Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Austin, TX Conservation Volunteer § Perform condition reports, standard conservation treatments, and rehouse materials from the Photograph Album Survey Project.
	05/2006-09/2006          Alexander Architectural Archives                         Austin, TX Project Conservator § Treated 62 architectural drawings, including tape and adhesive removal, stain reduction, and mending. § Assisted in project management, metadata collection, and web design.
	06/2003-06/2005 Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington, DC Preservation Technician § Performed condition reports and rehoused archival collections. § Maintained Preservation Team database. § Oversaw and instructed volunteers. § Monitored and collected climate data in SIA collection storage locations. § Engaged in conservation projects as determined by the Preservation Manager. § Prepared photographic materials for the exhibit “Beauty in the Service of Science”
	01/2002-05/2003 Wesleyan University Middletown, CT Assistant Book Preservationist § Repaired library materials under the supervision of the Preservation Librarian, including re-sewing and re-casing books. § Inspected Wesleyan University’s holdings for a condition survey.
	06/2003-08/2003 Massachusetts Historical Society Boston, MA Reading Room Assistant § Introduced researchers and visitors to reading room procedures, catalog searches, and microfilm usage. § Retrieved and returned readers’ requests. § Answered correspondence regarding reference and holdings questions. § Organized and re-housed manuscript collections.
	06/2001-08/2001 Library of Congress Washington, DC Conservation Fellow Volunteer § Surveyed collections employing Microsoft Excel. § Re-housed collections. § Basic manuscript preservation, including paper mending, mounting, and the relaxing of rolled items.
Education	2005-Present University of Texas-Austin Austin, TX § Pursuing Certificate of Advanced Studies in Conservation at the William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for the Preservation of the Cultural Record in conjunction with a MSIS from the School of Information § GPA: 3.867
	2000-2003 Wesleyan University Middletown, CT § B.A., with Honors in History for senior thesis, May 2003. § GPA: 90.84 out of 100 (3.58 out of 4.00). § Co-authored weekly photo-humor page for The Argus, 2002-2003
	1999-2000 University of California Santa Cruz, CA § GPA: 3.75 out of 4.00
Honors	2005-2006 Recipient of Houston Endowment Graduate Fellowship.
	1991-1998 Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout Rank.