Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa appointed adjunct assistant professor at University of Delaware

The Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware is
pleased to announce the appointment of Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa as
adjunct assistant professor, effective July 1, 2010. While Ellen
will continue to live in Austin, Texas, she will travel to DE from
time to time to share her vast knowledge of and experience with
preservation administration and management in libraries and archives
across our nation.  Ellen is an exceptional advocate for the
preservation of cultural heritage and an outstanding fundraiser,
collaborator, teacher, and mentor.  Graduate and undergraduate
students in art conservation at UD and Winterthur will benefit
greatly from Ellen's expertise and enthusiasm.

Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa has been an active practitioner, educator,
and consultant in the field of cultural heritage preservation for 25
years. From 1985 to 1987 she was project archivist (supported by
the National Historical Publications and Records Commission) at The
Johns Hopkins University Peabody Institute.  In August 1988 she was
hired as the first preservation officer for the University of Texas
at Austin General Libraries, and in 1996 she became the first
Digital Programs Librarian for the General Libraries.  Ellen was the
founding director of the William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for
Preservation of the Cultural Record, a position she held from
2005-09 in the University of Texas at Austin School of Information.

During her nine-year tenure in the School of Information, 2000-09,
she taught courses in digitization and preservation management,
advised and mentored students pursuing Certificates of Advanced
Study in preservation administration and conservation, served on
doctoral committees, and spearheaded collaborative educational
initiatives.

Since 1989 she has managed federal, state and private grants and
contracts totaling $6 million for collections preservation and
digitization, faculty and student support, and educational symposia
and projects. Ellen served as president of the Association of North
American Graduate Programs in Conservation from 2005 through 2009.

Ellen received an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin and
holds an Endorsement of Specialization in Administration of
Preservation Programs for Libraries and Archives from Columbia
University's School of Library Service. She is currently consulting
for Humanities Texas and studying for the PhD in American Studies at
the University of Texas at Austin. In fall 2009 she was awarded a
Newberry Renaissance Consortium Grant to undertake research on Paul
N. Banks, founder of graduate education in library and archives
preservation and conservation in the United States.


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