Talks at theatres and cultural institutions on opera-themed topics deriving from musicological research on the critical editions of Verdi, Donizetti, and Puccini.

Supported creation of a 15 minute video for the Historical Society of Michigan's Local History Conference. I provided outline for the project, content and reviewed and suggested revisions. The video highlighted areas of the MSU Libraries that would s...

The continued construction of the Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) database provides access to the world's literature about the design, construction, and maintenance of grass-like surfaces for use in landscape, utility, and sporting surfaces. This s...

Consulted with community organizations in Michigan about digitizing, sharing, describing, and preserving cultural heritage materials

Preparation of talks on opera-themed topics deriving from my musicological research on the critical editions of Verdi, Donizetti and Puccini

Along with employees of the city of East Lansing (including the diversity officer and head librarian of the public library), planned two virtual events and one in-person event for MSU and the public related to voting and civil rights, and listening t...

This was a public event held online in cooperation with the Capital Area District Library, a panel discussion on John Lewis' graphic memoir March. Panelists included academics, activists, artists and teachers: Julian Chambliss, MSU Professor of Engli...

This was an online presentation of Special Collections materials related to Jewish culture, presented to Congregation Shaarey Zedek (local synagogue). Tad Boehmer, MSU Libraries rare books curator, and I presented.

I teach two professional development classes for the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services. MCLS is a non-profit organization who facilitate resource and information sharing among libraries in Indiana and Michigan. My classes help librarians and...

As the PI for this grant funded program, I partnered with the MSU Office of Sustainability, the Greater Lansing Food Bank Garden Project, and the Refugee Development Center to plan a series of virtual events exploring the intersections between climat...

FOLIO is a collaboration of libraries, developers, and vendors building an open-source library services platform. Software development work is done in a series of SIGs (special interest groups) whose members provide advice and technical assistance to...

This exhibit is in a time capsule that will be opened in 2092. It is meant to give future generations a glimpse of what life was like in 2022 as we were coming out of the pandemic. Eric Alstrom's contribution is an illustrated and collaged book that ...