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Nicole H. Scalessa The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Web Page: | http://www.librarycompany.org |
| List Affiliations: | None |
| Interests: | African American History / Studies African History / Studies American History / Studies Architecture and Architectural History Archival Science Atlantic History / Studies Black History / Studies Business History / Studies Cultural History / Studies Digital Humanities Economic History / Studies Educational Technology Library and Information Science Visual Studies |
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Bio: Nicole Scalessa is IT Manager at The Library Company of Philadelphia where she manages the network infrastructure as well as many digital humanities projects. Ms. Scalessa represents The Library Company on multiple committees for the National Digital Stewardship Association (NDSA) and Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL.org). She is also a member of the Delaware Valley Archivists Group (DVAG.org), Philadelphia Digital Managers Working Group, and Philly Digital Humanities Meetup (PhillyDH.org). She is a member of the Philadelphia THATCamp planning committee, Secretary and Board member for the Center for Knit and Crochet, and is the Director of Communications and Membership for Historians Against Slavery (www.historiansagainstslavery.org). She is the author of Historic Reflections in Crochet (Library Company of Philadelphia: 2001) and the curator of the 2001 exhibition “The Hook and The Book: The Emergence of Crochet and Knitting in Early American Culture, 1840-1876.” More recently she has contributed to PieceWork Magazine (Interweave Press) and Donna Kooler’s Encyclopedia of Sewing. |
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