Curriculum Vitae
David Obermayer, M.A., M.L.IS

Forsyth Library,
Fort Hays State University
600 Park St. Hays, KS. 67601
aeobermayer@fhsu.edu

Education
Syracuse University – Syracuse, NY – M.S. in Library and Information Science
2015-2017
Stony Brook University-Stony Brook, NY – M.A. in History
2012-2014
Broome Community College-Binghamton, NY – Paralegal Certificate
2011-2012
Earlham College-Richmond, IN – B.A. in History
2005-2009

Work Experience
University Archivist-Fort Hays State University
September 2017-present
organizing and maintain the University Archivists’ collections
providing research assistance in using archival materials including answering research-related reference questions
collaborating with the Digital Curations Librarian in digitizing collections
facilitate the transfer of records from university departments, organizations, and governing bodies
developing workshops and guidelines to instruct in the preservation and transfer of university records to the University Archives.
developing workflows and strategies for organizing and preserving born-digital university records and archival materials
developing workflows for internet archiving
inventorying, organize, house and process archival collections
making finding aids and records of archival collections available to the public through ArchivesSpace
developing policies regarding archival procedures
writing grant applications to facilitate the preservation of archival collections
promoting the University Archive collections through exhibits, scholarship, and other appropriate outreach tools
working with donors to grow the collection in accordance with the University Archives’ collections policy
hiring, train and oversee multiple student workers
serving as liaison librarian to the Agricultural Department and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Digitization Project Assistant-College of Environmental Science and Forestry Archives and Special Collections
September 2016-May 2017
preparing archival materials for scanning and digitization
compiling metadata for archival records as part of an ongoing digitization project
answering research questions
assisting faculty, students, alumni and visiting scholars use the archive
surveying archival collections

Graduate Preservation Assistant-Syracuse University Preservation Unit
December 2015-May 2017
repairing books from the circulating collection
rebacking both with attached and detached boards
hinge repairs, page repairs, tip-ins, and box making
handling older leather-bound books with leather rot
performing flat sheet repairing especially on maps
supervising undergraduate students’ day to day work in the preservation lab
demonstrating full book repair to graduate and undergraduate students during workshops and classes

Processing Assistant-Syracuse University Archives
August 2015-November 2015
surveying, organizing and rehousing collections
writing finding aids for the collections using Archivists’ Toolkit
handling basic research requests

Graduate Resident Assistant-Department of Residence Program at Stony Brook University
July 2013-May 2014
working at front desk in quad office
designing and facilitating at least three programs a semester
overseeing maintenance for an entire dorm building
counseling and conflict resolution with residents
inspecting apartments for health and safety violations
filling out and submitting judicial reports
working with international graduate students to help them better transition to living and working in the US
representing graduate resident life at LGBTQIA and sex education workshops and events
organizing, promoting and hosting a monthly graduate lectures and guest speakers

Digitization Projects
Tiger Tales: Fort Hays State University Oral History Project
(https://www.fhsu.edu/library/archives/tiger-tales)
Tiger Daily
(https://scholars.fhsu.edu/tiger_daily_archive/)
University Leader
(https://scholars.fhsu.edu/university_leader/)
Times Talk Lecture Series
(https://scholars.fhsu.edu/times_talk_archive/)
Fletcher Steele’s Landscape Architecture Plans and Sketches Digital Collection (https://nyheritage.org/collections/fletcher-steele-collection)
Syracuse University Finding Aids: 1959 Championship Football Team Collection, Donald A. Dike Papers, Kirk Ridge Papers, Muriel Hodge Papers.
Example: (https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides_sua/html/sua_1959_football.htm )

Exhibitions
Designed and curated The Chinese Memorabilia Collection: Celebrating 20 Years of Partnership (Winter 2019)
Designed and curated Memories and Memorabilia: The Traditions and History of Fort Hays State University (Fall 2018)
Co-designed with Special Collections Postmarked Landmarks: Exploring Two Kansas Landmarks through Postcards (Summer 2018)
Designed and curated Printing Fort Hays: A History of Publishing and Printing at Fort Hays State University (Spring 2018)

Committees
Member of Forsyth Library Collections Development Team (2018)
Co-chair of Fort Hays State University LGBT faculty and staff group (2018)
Member of Fort Hays State University Records Retention Working Group (2018)
Member of Kansas Archive-It Consortium: representing Fort Hays State University (2017-present)

Teaching
Tiger Traditions Learning Community Research and Exhibit Design Project- Co-taught with Dr. Kim Perez (Fall 2018)

Academic Conference Papers
Case Study: A Hybrid Approach to Preserving Scrapbooks using Digitization (2019)

Imagined Boundaries and Urban Spaces: Race, Space, and Sexuality in Manhattan’s Chinatown from 1870-1920 Graduate Council Lecture Series at Chapin (November 2013)(Image)ining Danger: Purity, Race, and Remembering America’s Wars in Asia
Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference (April 2009)

Other Scholarship
Peer Reviewer for The American Archivist (2018-present)
Editorial Board of Earlham Historical Journal (2009)
Founding of Earlham Historical Journal (2008)

Awards
Connie & Lee Koppelman Scholarship (2013-2014)
Broome Community College Presidential Honors Scholar (2011-2012)
Barker Family Scholarship (2007-2009)
Bonner Scholar (2007-2009)
Elizabeth & Frank Coenen Scholarship (2007-2008)
Earlham College Presidential Honors Scholar (2005-2009)
Elma & Orville Wilkinson Scholarship (2005-2009)