We are pleased to announce the appointment of Margaret Smithglass as the new BWR Librarian. Her first day at Avery was Monday, May 13th.
Margaret comes to us from Yale where she recently completed a year as Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Art Librarianship, Yale University: Haas Arts Library and Special Collections. Other professional experiences include work in image research, cataloging, teaching, and architectural design. She holds a BA from Towson University, an MArch from North Carolina State University, and an MLIS from McGill University School of Information Studies.
Margaret will work on project communication strategies and develop BWR metadata working with colleagues across the Built Works Registry partner institutions: Avery, ARTstor and the Getty Research Institute.
—by Carole Ann Fabian, Director, Avery Library