
Karen Pavelka
Senior Lecturer
- Email: pavelka@ischool.utexas.edu
- Phone: (512) 471-8286
- Room: UTA 5.422
- Hours: Wednesday 1:00pm - 3:00pm and by appointment
- URL: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~pavelka/
Specialization(s)
Conservation
Bio
Karen L. Pavelka is a full-time lecturer in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. She was been intimately involved with developing the conservation program when it moved from Columbia University in 1993 and continues to investigate the role of conservation in libraries and archives. 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.
B.A., 1980, Studio Art, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis; M.S., 1988, Library Science, Columbia University.
Year | Semester | Course Number | Course Title |
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2020 | Spring | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Photographic Materials In Cultural Heritage Institutions |
2020 | Spring | INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper |
2020 | Spring | INF 350G | Information in Society: Photographic Materials In Cultural Heritage Institutions |
2019 | Fall | INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project |
2019 | Fall | INF 350G | Information in Society: Photographic Materials In Cultural Heritage Institutions |
2019 | Fall | INF 388R | Practicum in School Libraries |
2019 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2019 | Fall | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Photographic Materials In Cultural Heritage Institutions |
2019 | Spring | INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper |
2019 | Spring | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Exhibits In Cultural Institutions |
2018 | Fall | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Photographic Materials In Cultural Heritage Institutions |
2018 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2018 | Fall | INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project |
2018 | Spring | INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project |
2018 | Spring | INF 388R | Practicum in School Libraries |
2018 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2018 | Spring | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Exhibits In Cultural Institutions |
2017 | Fall | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Photographic Materials In Cultural Heritage Institutions |
2017 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2017 | Spring | INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project |
2017 | Spring | INF 388R | Practicum in School Libraries |
2017 | Spring | INF 388R | Practicum in School Libraries |
2017 | Spring | INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project |
2017 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2016 | Fall | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Photographic Materials In Cultural Heritage Institutions |
2016 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2016 | Spring | INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper |
2016 | Spring | INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project |
2016 | Spring | INF 388R | Practicum in School Libraries |
2016 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2015 | Fall | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Photographic Materials In Cultural Heritage Institutions |
2015 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2015 | Spring | INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper |
2015 | Spring | INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project |
2015 | Spring | INF 388R | Practicum in School Libraries |
2015 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2014 | Fall | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Cultural Heritage Disasters |
2014 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2014 | Spring | INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper |
2014 | Spring | INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project |
2014 | Spring | INF 388R | Practicum in School Libraries |
2014 | Spring | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2013 | Fall | INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper |
2013 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2013 | Spring | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Cultural Heritage Disasters |
2013 | Spring | INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper |
2012 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Materials in Archives, Libraries and Museums |
2012 | Fall | INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper |
2012 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2012 | Spring | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Conservation Lab Techniques for Non-Specialists |
2011 | Fall | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper |
2011 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Materials in Archives, Libraries and Museums |
2011 | Spring | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques |
2011 | Spring | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Conservation Lab Techniques for Non-Specialists |
2010 | Fall | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Lab Techniques for Non-Specialists |
2010 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2010 | Spring | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Conservation Lab Techniques for Non-Specialists |
2010 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2009 | Fall | INF 393C.7 | Paper Laboratory II |
2009 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2009 | Spring | INF 393C.6 | Paper Laboratory I |
2009 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2008 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2008 | Fall | INF 393C.7 | Paper Laboratory II |
2008 | Spring | INF 393C.6 | Paper Laboratory I |
2008 | Spring | INF 393C.4 | Advanced Conservation Treatment |
2008 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2007 | Fall | INF 393C.7 | Paper Laboratory II |
2007 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2006 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2006 | Fall | INF 393C.7 | Paper Laboratory II |
2006 | Fall | F S 301 | Freshman Seminar: Photog Resources in UT Libraries |
2006 | Spring | INF 394C.1 | Fieldwork in Conservation |
2006 | Spring | INF 393C.6 | Paper Laboratory I |
2006 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2005 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2005 | Fall | INF 393C.7 | Paper Laboratory II |
2005 | Fall | INF 393C.09 | Conservation Science II |
2005 | Fall | INF 301C | Freshman Seminar |
2005 | Spring | INF 393C.08 | Conservation Science I |
2005 | Spring | INF 393C.6 | Paper Laboratory I |
2005 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2004 | Fall | INF 301C | Freshman Seminar: Historic Photographic Process |
2004 | Fall | INF 393C.7 | Paper Laboratory II |
2004 | Fall | INF 393C.09 | Conservation Science II |
2004 | Fall | INF 394C.1 | Fieldwork in Conservation |
2004 | Fall | INF 394C.2 | Conservator Internship I |
2004 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2004 | Fall | INF 394C.3 | Conservator Internship II |
2004 | Spring | INF 393C.6 | Paper Laboratory I |
2004 | Spring | INF 393C.08 | Conservation Science I |
2004 | Spring | INF 392F | Risk Assessment and Collections Management |
2004 | Spring | INF 393C.7 | Paper Laboratory II |
2003 | Fall | INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums |
2003 | Fall | INF 394C.1 | Fieldwork in Conservation |
2003 | Fall | INF 394C.2 | Conservator Internship I |
2003 | Fall | INF 393C.6 | Paper Laboratory I |
2003 | Fall | INF 393C.09 | Conservation Science II |
2003 | Fall | INF 394C.3 | Conservator Internship II |
2003 | Spring | INF 393C.7 | Paper Lab II |
2003 | Spring | INF 392F | Protection and Care of Records Materials |
2002 | Fall | INF 392E | Introductory Technology and Structure of Records Materials |
2002 | Fall | INF 393C.6 | Paper Lab I |
2002 | Spring | INF 388S | Practicum in Preservation Planning |
2002 | Spring | INF 994C.2 | Conservator Internship I |
2002 | Spring | INF 393C.7 | Paper Lab II |
2002 | Spring | INF 392F | Protection and Care of Records Materials |
2001 | Fall | INF 393C.6 | Paper Lab I |
2001 | Fall | INF 392E | Introductory Technology and Structure of Records Materials |