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Karen Pavelka
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Degrees:
B.A., 1980, Studio Art, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis; M.S., 1988, Library Science, Columbia University.
Bio:
Karen L. Pavelka is a full-time lecturer at the Kilgarlin Center for
the Preservation of the Cultural Record, part of the School of
Information at the University of Texas at Austin, and has been
intimately involved with developing the program since it moved from
Columbia University in 1993. The Kilgarlin Center trains
conservators and preservation administrators, with an emphasis on
library and archives, and Ms. Pavelka teaches the paper conservation
labs, preventive conservation, and materials science. Before coming
to The School of Information she worked in the Paper Conservation
Laboratory at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, first as
an intern, then as a conservator and eventually as head of the paper
lab. Before settling on conservation she worked in various shops and
institutions as a bookbinder.
Ms. Pavelka has extensive international experience. She has consulted
at Narodni Knihova, Prague, and the National Archives in Slovakia to
develop collections care plans; collaborated with the faculty and
administration at the Universidad de Buenos Aires when they were
planning a library and archives conservation program; and is the
chief conservation consultant for the archives at El Castillo de
Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain. Recently she was one of two
invited speakers at the Sino-American Preservation and Conservation
Seminar, Guangzhou, P. R. China, where she spent a week lecturing and
leading discussions about conservation treatment methods and how to
coordinate conservation resources nationally across China. In 2001
she received the Texas Excellence Teaching Award.
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