| Education | |
| 2005-present | MS Information Science, CAS in Conservation Studies Expected May 2009 University of Texas at Austin |
| 2001-2005 | BA, Ancient History and Classical Civilization University of Texas at Austin |
| Professional Experience | |
| Fall 2008- present | Harper-Inglis Conservation Fellow at the Library of Congress » Performed all aspects of conservation treatments, including documentation, examination, treatment decision making and execution, and housing » Assisted with large scale preventative conservation projects and emergency response |
| Summer 2008 | Project to Assist in the Preservation and Assessment of the Antiquarian Library Collections in Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru » Assisted in creating a working method for cleaning books in the Recoleta Library and helped train local volunteers in the procedure » Assisted in plans for the cleaning, extraction, and eventual relocation of books from the San Francisco Library in Arequipa, Peru |
| Fall 2007- Spring 2008 | University of Texas at Austin, Teaching Assistant » Assisted Karen Pavelka with preparation of course materials and lab maintenance » Aided students with class assignments and projects as needed » Assisted with the organization and execution of the From Gray Areas to Green Areas symposium |
| Summer 2007 | Bates College, Conservation Intern » Created custom enclosures for items in the Freewill Baptist Rare Book Collection » Mastery of housings include: four-flap wrapper, phase box, corrugated clamshell shell box, portfolio case, and object box |
| 2005-2006 | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Library Assistant I » Located and returned requested materials » Educated patrons in proper handling of rare books and manuscripts » Worked reference and circulation desks as needed |
| 2003-2006 | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Volunteer – Preservation Lab, Paper Lab, and Book Lab » Assessed condition of photo albums, mended pages with Japanese paper, consolidated corners and covers, practiced methods of lifting » Created individualized housings for rare materials » Surface cleaned drawings from the B.J. Simmons collection |
| Summer 2005 | University of Texas at Austin, Teaching Assistant » Returned to Sevastopol, Ukraine to continue book treatment in the library of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos » Assisted the Harry Ransom Center’s conservation department with their workshops and presentations » Helped with the execution of the first Crimean Librarians Conference |
| Summer 2004 | National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, Ukraine, Library Worker » Cleaned and cataloged the collection of Dr. Joseph Coleman-Carter » Performed basic book repair on items from the Ancient History collection |
| Publications, Presentations and Lectures | |
| Rainwater (submitted). Interning at the Library of Congress. Article written for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Preservation and Conservation Section newsletter | |
| Rainwater (2009). Gilding on the Main Building at the University of Texas at Austin. Poster presented at the Association for North American Graduate Programs in Conservation (ANAGPIC) student conference | |
| Rainwater, Fraser (2009). Mending Meggendorfer’s Movable Mule: A Case Study in Conservation Decision Making and Treatment. Co-author of poster presented at the Association for North American Graduate Programs in Conservation (ANAGPIC) student conference | |
| Rainwater, Fraser (2009). Mending Meggendorfer’s Movable Mule: A Case Study in Conservation Decision Making and Treatment. Joint oral presentation given at the Washington Conservation Guild’s monthly meeting | |
| Rainwater (2008). Historic Preservation: A Brief Overview. Lecture given to Karen Pavelka’s spring 2008 Protection and Care of Records Material class | |
| Rainwater (2007). Thinking Outside the Box: Housing the Freewill Baptist Collection at Bates College. Oral presentation given for a Kilgarlin Center Forum | |
| Honors | |
| 2006-2007 | Recipient of Houston Endowed Presidential Scholarship |
| 2004 | University Honors, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2001 | Recipient of Girl Scout Gold Award |
| Outreach | |
| November 2008 | From Gray Areas to Green Areas symposium - Assistant Volunteer Coordinator |
| April 2007 | Edible Book Festival - member of the Planning Committee |
| October 2006 | Texas Book Festival - volunteer for the bookbinding workshop in the Children's Tent |
| Workshops | |
| May 2009 | The Box as Stage Set with Barbara Mauriello presented by the Guild of Book Workers Potomac Chapter. Recipient: Student Scholarship |
| March 2009 | Viewing Early Archival Records as Artifact at the Vatican Secret Archives with Jana Dambrogio presented by the Guild of Book Workers Potomac Chapter |
| October 2008 | Making it Look Right: Quality Conservation of 19th Century Cloth Bindings with Todd Pattison presented by Federal Library & Information Center Committee |
| April 2008 | Third Annual Mim Watson Lecture and Workshop with Bill Minter presented by the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record |
| Memberships | |
| 2008-present | Washington Conservation Guild (WCG) |
| 2007-present | Guild of Book Workers (GBW) |
| 2006-present | American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) |
| 2006-2007 | American Library Association (ALA) |
| 2006-2007 | Texas Library Association (TLA) |
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