PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 2007 to present.
Responsibilities include collection development, acquisition, preservation and organization of collections; supervision and management of unit staff, interns and volunteers; 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, a state wide guide to resources that document the school desegregation process in Virginia.

Reference Archivist, McCormick - International Harvester Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, 2005 to 2007.
Provided off-site reference for a diverse clientele from tractor collectors to international academics for a collection consisting of approximately 4000 cubic feet of personal papers and corporate records. Wrote outreach articles about the collection for publication in academic and hobbyist magazines. Selected and cataloged significant photographic images from collection for commercial online sales on the Society's web page. Appraised, processed and wrote finding aids and catalog records for collections. Initiated project to convert legacy finding aids to EAD format. Wrote Visual Basic programs to convert Microsoft Word finding aids in nested, hierarchical format into keyword searchable Access database for internal use. Created 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, developed 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. 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, 1985 to present.
Develop repository management policies. Conduct functional needs analysis, recommend appropriate hardware and software. Design and develop databases and data driven Web sites for corporations, nonprofit agencies and educational institutions across the United States.

EDUCATION:

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

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

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

PUBLISHED BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS, BOOK REVIEWS, AND PAPERS:

Sonia Yaco, “Balancing Privacy and Access in School Desegregation Collections: A Case Study." American Archivist Volume 73, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2010).(PDF)

Sonia Yaco, “What Do Archives Collect? An Introduction to Archive Materials,” Diehn Composer’s Room Newsletter 4, no. 2 (December 2009):1 - 2.

Sonia Yaco and Tonia Graves, “Mapping the Desegregation of Education in Virginia: Where are the records?,” Virginia Libraries 55, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2009).

Sonia Yaco and Dr. Beatriz Hardy, “Documenting the Struggle for Integrated Virginia Schools: A Case Study,” in Diversity Reader, ed. Mary Caldera and Kathryn Neal (Chicago: Society of American Archivists) in press.

Sonia Yaco, “Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project” (paper for the International Council on Archives, Section on University and Research Institution Archives, conference “Archives, records and the user: the changing nature of university and scientific archives in the 21st century”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2009) .

Sonia Yaco, “How Do You Know What We’ve Got? Describing Manuscript Collections,” Diehn Composer’s Room Newsletter 4, no. 1(July 2009):1 - 2.

Sonia Yaco, “What Do Volunteers Do In Special Collections?,” Diehn Composer’s Room Newsletter, in press.

Sonia Yaco, “Friends of the Libraries’ Volunteer Program,” Friends of the Libraries’ Newsletter, July 2009: 1-2.

Sonia Yaco, “The Bricks That Build Archives – Manuscript Donations,” Diehn Composer’s Room Newsletter, in press.

Sonia Yaco, “Mapping School Desegregation,” National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators Clearinghouse 25, no. 2 (2009) : 19-20.

Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Jeffrey Littlejohn, Charles H. Ford, Sonia Yaco & The Norfolk Historical Society. Hampton Roads: Remembering Our Schools. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009.

Sonia Yaco, “Mapping School Desegregation: Where Are the Records?,” Archivists & Archives of Color Newsletter - Newsletter of the Archivists and Archives of Color Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists, Winter 2008: 5-6

Sonia Yaco, “How do you sculpt a lion? Processing Manuscript Collections,” Diehn Composers Room Newsletter 3, no. 1 (July 2008): 1-2.

Sonia Yaco, “It's Complicated: Barriers to EAD Implementation,” American Archivist, 71 no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2008): 456-475.

Sonia Yaco, “Archivists and Technology,” (paper presented at the 2007 International Council on Archives, Section on University and Research Institution Archives conference “Archives, records and the user: the changing nature of university and scientific archives in the 21st century”, Dundee ,Scotland), April 2008.

Sonia Yaco, “The Potential for Use of Voice Recognition Software in Appraisal and Transcription of Oral History Tapes,” ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections) Journal 38 no. 2, (Fall 2007).

Sonia Yaco and Kris Bronstad, “The Bill That Never Was: Cyrus Hall McCormick and the Ten Dollar Silver Certificate,” Red Power Magazine, July - Aug 2007.

Lee Grady and Sonia Yaco, “Archivist’s Update,” Harvester Highlights, April 2007.

Sonia Yaco, “Picking the Fruits of Family Lore: Viney Bowerman and Research,” (Madison, Wisconsin: Anlex Computer Consulting, 2004), http://anlex.com/viney1.php.

Sonia Yaco, “The Annotated Nora May Gowdy Diaries 1898 – 1924, “ http://anlex.com/gowdy_toc.htm .

CREATIVE WORKS:
 Sonia Yaco et. Al, “Will Desegregation Become a Forgotten Story?,” Desegregation Of Virginia Education (DOVE) brochure, November 2009.

Sonia Yaco, “Highlights of Special Collections and University Archives,” (an exhibit in the Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library Gallery), September – November 2009.

David Corona, Dustin Larmore and Sonia Yaco, Library Innovation Taskforce proposal on RFID, August 2009.

Sonia Yaco, “Politics and Desegregation: The Cases, Courts and Campaigns,” (an exhibit outside of Special Collections and University Archives in the Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library), October 2008 – present.

Sonia Yaco, Special Collections and University Archives Agreement of Non-Disclosure for Access and Research, 2008.

Sonia Yaco, Desegregation Of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project: A guide to resources, http://www.lib.odu.edu/special/dove/index.htm, July 2008 to present. (Project description, survey tools, catalog.)

Sonia Yaco, Virginiana and Tidewater History Collection Development Policy, June 2008.

Sonia Yaco, University Archives Collection Development Policy, June 2008.

Rosemary Yaco, The Nostalgia Murders, Sonia Yaco editor, graphic designer, and e-publisher, (Madison, Wisconsin: Anlex Computer Consulting, 2009), http://anlex.com/murder/nostalgia_index.php .

Rosemary Yaco, Murder At A Small Embassy: Evil In Benin, Sonia Yaco, editor, graphic designer (Madison, Wisconsin: Café Press, 2006); e-publisher (Madison, Wisconsin: Anlex Computer Consulting, 2009), http://anlex.com/murder/emba_index.php .
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RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
Sonia Yaco and Dr. Beatriz Hardy,  "The Archivists, Historians and Social Activists: the Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project," Memory, Identity and the Archival Paradigm: an interdisciplinary approach conference, The Centre for Archive and Information Studies (CAIS) at the University of Dundee, Dundee Scotland. (December 9, 2010).
 
Sonia Yaco and Dr. Beatriz Hardy, “Non-traditional users and patrons: The DOVE project” Virginia College and Research Libraries/Virginia Library Association Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 2009.

Sonia Yaco, “Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project: A guide to resources,” Meeting the Challenge: Documenting Under-Represented Communities and Topics Through Cooperative Collecting panel, Society of American Archivists, Austin, Texas, August 2009.

Sonia Yaco, “School Desegregation research opportunities in Special Collections” panelist in "Students in the Archives: Finding Voices in Old Dominion University's Desegregation Archives", Virginia Social Sciences Association, Petersburg, Virginia, May 2009.

Sonia Yaco and James Sweeney, “Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project,” Virginia Forum, Farmville, Virginia, April 2009.

Sonia Yaco, “It's Complicated: Barriers to EAD Implementation,”Society for American Archivists, Graduate student paper session, Chicago, Illinois, August 2007.

Sonia Yaco, “Archivists and Technology,” International Council on Archives, Section on University and Research Institution Archives conference “Archives, records and the user: the changing nature of university and scientific archives in the 21st century,” Dundee, Scotland, August 2007.

Sonia Yaco, “The Potential for Use of Voice Recognition Software in Appraisal of Oral History Tapes,” Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 2007.

Marguerite Moran and Sonia Yaco, “What Color Is My Manure Spreader? Our Experiences with the McCormick – International Harvester Collection,” Poster session, Society for American Archivists, Washington, D.C., August 2006.

RESEARCH AND MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Sonia Yaco and Dr. Robert Baxter, “Archives and Astronauts: A History of Science Case Study”

Sonia Yaco, “God Just Didn’t Give a Darn: The Constructed Autobiography of Gratia Housler”

HONORS, AWARDS AND PRIZES:
Certificate for Contributions to the 50th Anniversary of the End of Massive Resistance Commemoration, Mayor of the City of Norfolk, Norfolk, March 2009.

Temple Ohef Shalom, drafted library and archives accession and deaccession policies as a member of the library committee member, 2008.

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:

• Society of American Archivists
• American Association of University Women
• Archivists and Special Collections Roundtable of Hampton Roads
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (association)