I am a graduate student in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. I am interested primarily in issues such as preservation and conservation of libary and archival resources, espcecially photographic materials. My career objective is to work as an archivist or preservation officer in a photographic collection. Other research interests include collecting as a cultural/historical practice, as well as intersection between art and technology, and the role of museums, libraries, and archives in society. I have studied photography and its history extensively, in addition to my undergraduate coursework in Philosphy and Religion. Here in Austin I have been working in several collections: the Center for American History, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the Perry-Castaneda Library, in addition to taking courses at the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record.