PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 2007 to present.

Responsibilities include collection development, acquisition, preservation and organization of collections; cultivation of donor relations, archival management, and intellectual access to the collections. Founder and co-chair of Old Dominion University Libraries' Desegregation Of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project, which is compiling a state wide guide to primary and secondary resources that document the school desegregation process in Virginia..

Reference Archivist, McCormick - International Harvester Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, 2005 to 2007.

• Provide off-site reference for a diverse clientele from tractor collectors to international academics via email, phone, letter, and fax for a collection consisting of approximately 4000 cubic feet of personal papers and corporate records.
• Provide on-site reference for general patrons in the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Research Room
• Do research within the collection using numerous databases and printed sources as needed to fulfill user requests for information.
• Write outreach articles about the collection for publication in academic and hobbyist magazines and web sites.
• Select and catalog significant photographic images from collection for commercial online sales on the society's web page.
• Appraise, process and write finding aids and catalog records for collections.
• Write Visual Basic programs to convert Microsoft Word finding aids in nested, hierarchical format into keyword searchable Access database for internal use.
• Initiate project to convert legacy finding aids to EAD format.
• Create plan to expand Web site adding digital content, EAD finding aids, user accessibility to collection catalog and collaborative web space.

Consultant, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, January 2007.

• Provided consultation on a variety of in-house digitization and computer projects including streamlining the EAD workflow, creating an image management protocol and scanning, develop a plan to digitize 500,000 catalog cards.

Archives and Manuscript Practicum Student, University of Wisconsin – Madison,Spring 2006, 160 hours.

• Appraised, accessioned, and fully processed the papers of Nachtwey-Fitzmaurice-Trackett family papers, 1725-1993, a collection totaling 6.2 cubic feet.
• Performed basic conservation work on photographs, newspaper clippings, maps and ephemera contained in the collection.
• Wrote appraisal report, accession record, and finding aid that will be used by Wisconsin Historical Society staff and researchers.
• Initiated procedure to publish family tree extracted from records in collection on Rootsweb.com web site to promote WHS resources to internet genealogical community.

President, Anlex Computer Consulting LLC, Madison, Wisconsin, 1985 to present.

• Design and develop databases and Web sites for corporations, nonprofit agencies and educational institutions across the United States.
• Conduct functional needs analysis, recommend appropriate hardware and software.
• Advise clients on software product development, data conversion, upsizing and marketing. 
• Write user documentation.
• Train end-users in software packages including MS Access, Excel, Visual FoxPro, and HTML.

Database administration and development

• Foundation for Rural Housing, Madison, Wisconsin
• ACS Investment Advisors, Madison, Wisconsin
• Thermo Nicolet, Madison, Wisconsin
• University of Wisconsin –Madison, College of Engineering
• University of Wisconsin –Madison, School of Business
• University of Wisconsin –Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health

Digitization

• Archived and indexed twenty years of Arbitrator Awards decision between the Milwaukee County, Wisconsin government and its union employees. Developed user interface, wrote search engine for final deliverable database with searchable keywords linked to PDF files.

E-publishing

• Lynne Lewis: West Africa Murder Mysteries

Web site graphic design

• Anlex Computer Consulting LLC
• Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Web dynamic data n-tiered client/server development

• Boston College, Carroll School of Management
• Indiana University, Kelley School of Business
• University of Wisconsin –Madison, School of Business
• A Cyber-Memorial to Ukraine's Pre-WW II Jewish Communities/

EDUCATION: 

• Masters of Arts, Library and Information Studies (with an 18 credit Specialization in Archives and Records Administration), University of Wisconsin – Madison, May 2007


• Cultural Heritage Certificate in Digitizing. University of Glasgow Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, 2000


• Industrial Arc Welding course. Madison Area Technical College, 2000


• Bachelor of Arts, Sociology. University of Wisconsin – Madison. Graduation with Academic Distinction, 1978

PRESENTATIONS:

• It's Complicated: Barriers to EAD Implementation, Society for American Archivists, Graduate student paper session, August 2007
• The Potential for Use of Voice Recognition Software in Appraisal of Oral History Tapes, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, May 2007
• McCormick International Harvester Collection outreach, Badger Steam and Gas Engine Show, August 2006
• What Color Is My Manure Spreader? Our Experiences with the McCormick – International Harvester Collection, Poster session, Society for American Archivists conference, Marguerite Moran and Sonia Yaco, August 2006

PUBLICATIONS:

• “The Potential for Use of Voice Recognition Software in Appraisal and Transcription of Oral History Tapes,” ARSC Journal, Fall 2007
• “The Bill That Never Was: Cyrus Hall McCormick and the Ten Dollar Silver Certificate,” Red Power Magazine, Sonia Yaco and Kris Bronstad, accepted for publication 2007
• “Archivist’s Update,” Harvester Highlights, Lee Grady and Sonia Yaco, April 2007
• Picking the Fruits of Family Lore: Viney Bowerman and Research, 2004
• The Annotated Nora May Gowdy Diaries 1898 – 1924, 2003

AWARDS:

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Graduate Student Collaborative and the Multicultural Graduate Network Graduate Student Mentor Award, April 2007.

SOFTWARE AND MARKUP EXPERIENCE:

• Active Server Pages (.ASP), Assembler, Microsoft Access, ACT!, Apache, Visual Basic, C, Dreamweaver, EAD, Visual FoxPro, Front Page, HTML, IIS, JavaScript, Linux, MYSQL, NoteTab Pro, ODBC, Pascal, PHP, Adobe Photoshop, SPSS, SQL Server, VBScript, XML  

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

• Member of The Society of American Archivists
• Member of Special Library Association
• Member of American Libraries Association