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Dr. Frick Appointed Director of Kilgarlin Center AUSTIN--The University of Texas School of Information announces the appointment of professor Caroline Frick as the interim director of the William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for the Preservation of the Cultural Record. A member of the UT faculty since 2007, Dr. Frick holds joint appointments on the faculties of the School of Information and the College of Communication department of radio, television, and film. An internationally recognized expert in motion picture archives and preservation, Dr. Frick's research and teaching interests focus on the evolution of the moving image archiving movement, cross-cultural approaches to historical preservation, and digital media libraries. She is the founder and executive director of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, an organization devoted to the discovery and preservation of media related to the state. Prior to her work in Texas, Dr. Frick worked in film preservation at Warner Bros., the Library of Congress, and the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Dr. Frick also programmed films for American Movie Classics cable channel and served as a director of the Board for the Association of Moving Image Archivists. Her book on film preservation, "Saving Cinema," is forthcoming from Oxford University Press. "We are delighted to have Caroline at the helm of this important center at this crucial time when economic downturns threaten scholarship in cultural records more than many other areas," said Dean Dillon. "Dr. Frick's expertise will add a significant new dimension to the work of the Kilgarlin Center, which is already known for its leadership in paper and book conservation." The Kilgarlin Center was established with a $1 million endowment from former Texas Supreme Court Justice William Kilgarlin in 2004. The center's mission is to advance the preservation of the record of human experience, creativity, and discovery through education, research, and outreach. "Since its creation, the Kilgarlin Center for the Preservation of the Cultural Record has played a key role in strengthening and focusing attention upon preservation issues within The University of Texas at Austin community as well as across the nation and around the world," said Dr. Frick. " I am pleased to have the opportunity to build upon the Center’s initial success and to assist in furthering its increasingly critical mission." Dr. Frick replaces Kilgarlin Center founding director, Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, who is currently pursuing a doctorate in American Studies at UT Austin.
Conserving the Antiquarian Libraries of Arequipa As part of a six-member team from Alabama, Iowa and Texas, and in cooperation with INLIBRI, Chela Metzger, School of Information faculty, and Emily Rainwater, Schoo of Information MSIS/CAS candidate, spent two weeks in July working in Arequipa, Peru with local authorities Helen Ryan, Librarian and Director of Catalog Processing and Alvaro Meneses, Director of INLIBI and Bibliographer. Together the team has demonstrated methods for effective cleaning and exhibition and methods for non-damaging relocation of collections. The team has set-up a workshop and has trained local students from Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria to continue the project in their absence. In addition, study has begun to search for those characteristics common to 17th and 18th century Peruvian book binding. Once the legacy of hand binding in Peru is better understood, it can validate local hand book crafts and book conservation in the future. More at the Arequipa Books blog
School of Information Receives $504,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities AUSTIN, Texas --A grant for $504,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will provide support to The University of Texas at Austin's School of Information's Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record. The grant, to be used primarily to support teaching, will enhance the center's mission to focus national attention on preservation. The funds will help sponsor symposia and convene experts to focus on topics that address the management of our cultural heritage in humanities institutions across the United States. "Cultural records form a precious resource that must be skillfully managed if we are to ensure their sustainability and availability for future generations," said Andrew Dillon, dean of the School of Information. "This award from NEH is further recognition of the unique educational and research programs in preservation and conservation that we provide at The University of Texas." Home to the nation's #1 ranked program in Archives and Preservation, the School of Information offers comprehensive master's level certificates of advanced study in preservation administration and conservation. Since 1992, this specialized program has produced more than 90 graduates in its master's degree programs in the administration of preservation and in the conservation treatment of paper-based records. These professionals occupy leading positions in cultural institutions around the world, including the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the Huntington Library and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum. Graduates of the program are also working at higher education institutions such as Harvard University, Columbia University, Yale University and the University of California at Berkeley. With significant funding support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the School of Information is also home to the nation's first doctoral program focused specifically on the field of library and archives preservation. A $20,000 federal match award challenges the Kilgarlin Center to raise $20,000, which NEH will match for additional funding of $40,000. Contact:Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, director, Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record, 512-471-8287, e.cunnk@mail.utexas.edu or Amy Maverick Crossette, 512-573-1078, amyc@mail.utexas.edu
School of Information Gets Major Gift Commitment From Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Former Supreme Court of Texas Justice William Wayne Kilgarlin has made a major planned gift commitment to endow the teaching of conservation and preservation at The University of Texas at Austin School of Information.
Student Receives CLIR's Rovelstad Scholarship in International Librarianship Lorraine (Lorrie) Alison Dong, a master's degree candidate in the iSchool, focusing her studies in preservation administration, has been named the fifth recipient of the Rovelstad Scholarship in International Librarianship, and award from the Council on Library and Information Resources. Lorrie is also working on a graduate portfolio in nonprofit studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs' RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. Lorrie has a M.Phil. degree in Renaissance literature from the University of Cambridge in England, and a B.A. in English literature with a minor in education from the University of California at Berkeley. The scholarhip provides travel funds for a student of library and information science to attend the annual meeting of the World Library and Information Congress. This year's meeting will take place in Durban, South Africa, in August.
Kilgarlin Center Receives NEH Grant School of Information receives a $483,000 outright grant and $80,000 in federal match to support the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record. AUSTIN, Texas - A generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will provide significant support to the UT Austin School of Information's Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record. Funding from NEH will be directed primarily to support teaching and substantially enhances the Center's mission to focus national attention on preservation by educating students, conducting research, sponsoring symposia, and convening expert thinking on broad, timely, interrelated topics that address the management of cultural heritage in the nation's humanities institutions. Dean Andrew Dillon notes: "the preservation and conservation of our cultural heritage requires expertise and skills that are in tremendously short supply. It is part of our mission to tackle this shortage and the latest NEH award is evidence of the quality of preservation and conservation education provided at The University of Texas." Home to the nation's #1 ranked program in Archives and Preservation, the School of Information offers the nation's most comprehensive master's-level Certificates of Advanced Study in preservation administration and conservation. Since 1992, this specialized program has produced more than 75 master's graduates in the administration of preservation programs and in the conservation treatment of paper-based records. These professionals represent advanced knowledge and practice in preservation and occupy leading positions in cultural institutions around the world such as Harvard, Columbia, Yale, the University of California at Berkeley, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the Huntington Library, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, and the Vatican. The $80,000 federal match award challenges the Kilgarlin Center to raise $80,000, which NEH will match 1:1 for a total of $160,000, all of which will be used to support students during their studies. Press Contact: Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Director, Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record, UT Austin School of Information 512-471-8287
Kilgarlin Center Receives Grant from the Tocker Foundation The William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record has received a generous grant from the Tocker Foundation, Austin, TX, to support 15 conservator students on their culminating nine-month internships. The Center anticipates that the Tocker Foundation's $60,000 award will be matched on a one-to-one basis under the auspices of a current program support grant awarded to the Kilgarlin Center by the National Endowment for the Humanities.Museum, library, and archives graduate conservator programs must be rigorous in order to prepare students to assume the responsibility of conserving the cultural records documenting our human experience, creativity, and discovery. In the Kilgarlin Center's program of study, conservator students spend two full years in the classroom and lab, followed by a nine-month internship in a conservation lab. Recent students have interned at Harvard University, the Newberry Library, the National Archives and Records Administration, and the Minnesota Historical Society. Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Director of the Kilgarlin Center, notes "The vast majority of graduate students have small financial reserves, are dependent on their own earned income, and are carrying substantial student loan debt from their undergraduate studies. In addition to loans, the majority of Kilgarlin Center students work from between 15 and 30 hours per week. The Tocker Foundation's generous support will make an enormous difference for these hardworking, committed students."
National Recording Preservation Board Collaboration The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record and the National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) are collaborating to:
UT Austin School of Information Receives Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Faculty, Students and Alums Attend AIC The 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic (AIC) works was held in Minneapolis from June 8-13. Kilgarlin Center faculty, students and alumni were very well represented.
The School of Information Celebrates the Opening of the Kilgarlin Center On Friday, October 22, 2004, eighty guests gathered at the UT Austin Etter-Harbin Alumni Center to honor Judge William Wayne Kilgarlin for his $1m gift to the School of Information to establish the William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record. Professor Stanley Chodorow, Professor Emeritus at the University of California at San Diego, gave the opening address.
Research Libraries Group Interviews Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa for RLG TopShelf http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=10501
UT Austin School of Information Establishes William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record School of Information receives $1m gift to endow work of the Kilgarlin Center. AUSTIN, Texas - With a generous gift from former Supreme Court of Texas Justice William Wayne Kilgarlin, the School of Information will establish the William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record. Through research and graduate education, the Center's mission is to advance knowledge and practice in the preservation of the record of human enterprise, creativity, and discovery. Building on the School of Information's top ranking programs in preservation management and conservation studies, the new Center will also address pressing concerns in digital preservation, and promote research, education, and public outreach in the broad area of cultural records management. Andrew Dillon, Dean of the School of Information, notes: "The Kilgarlin Center is a tremendously exciting undertaking which will bridge traditional intellectual divisions to advance research and education on the significant preservation management problems facing our society." The Center's focus on preservation marks a significant step towards advancing a broader view of cultural records management that incorporates research in archival studies, conservation science and advanced digital technologies. Effective Sept. 1st, Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa will serve as Director of the Kilgarlin Center. William Kilgarlin was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County, 1959-60. From 1962-1978, Judge Kilgarlin practiced law in Houston. Subsequently, he served on the 215th Judicial District Court of Harris County from 1978-82. In 1983, Judge Kilgarlin was named to the Supreme Court of Texas, a position he held until 1988. From 1992-93, Judge Kilgarlin was appointed Court Master to formulate a plan for equality of Texas funding of public schools. Judge Kilgarlin is Of Counsel with Popp and Ikard LLP of Austin, Texas. He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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