EDUCATION
2018 MS, Library & Information Science, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Advanced Certificate in Archives
2012 BFA, Studio Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Emphasis in Printmaking and Book Arts
2012 BA, English, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Emphasis in Humanities Computing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2023 – Present Buncombe County Special Collections, Librarian
April 2021 – July 2023 Buncombe County Special Collections, Library Specialist
April 2021 – August 2023 Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Development Manager
April 2019 – April 2021 Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Development Coordinator
August 2018 – April 2019 Asheville Museum of Science, Visitor Experiences & Museum Store Manager
May 2017 – June 2018 New York Transit Museum, Archives Aide
August 2017 – May 2018 Frick Art Reference Library, Web Archiving Fellow
October 2016 – July 2017 The Barnett Newman Foundation, Archives Intern
May 2012 – September 2012 University of Georgia Libraries, Marking/Maintenance Assistant (Associate I)
August 2009 – May 2012 University of Georgia Libraries, Marking/Maintenance Student Worker
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Cadmus, Emily; Cutshall, Katherine Calhoun; & Pfeiffer, Carissa. “Documenting the Disaster: Facilitating Community-driven Archiving in the Wake of Hurricane Helene at Buncombe County Special Collections.” Appalachian Curator, Volume 5, Issue 2.
2021 Bender, Sarah Osborne & Pfeiffer, Carissa. “The Wikimedia Movement in the GLAM Sector.” In Nelson, Amelia & Timmons, Traci E. (Eds.), The New Art Museum Library. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
2020 Pfeiffer, Carissa. “Acknowledging Archives (after Caswell).” Engaging Collections, Volume 1.
PANELS & PRESENTATIONS
2024 Panelist, “What’s So Special about Special Collections?” Buncombe County Public Libraries Staff Development Day, Asheville, NC, April 18, 2024.
2024 Panelist, “Empowering Community Archivists: Extending Community-Driven Digitization Beyond the Library,” Community Webs Community-Driven Digitization Showcase, April 3, 2024.
2018 Presenter, “Web Archiving of Art Resources.” Frick Art Reference Library, New York, NY, May 2, 2018.
2017 Presenter, “Protest at Pratt: Building the Exhibition.” InfoShow, Pratt Institute School of Information, New York, NY, May 17, 2017.
2017 Panelist, “Reference Services to Incarcerated People.” InfoShow, Pratt Institute School of Information, New York, NY, May 17, 2017.
HONORS & AWARDS
2020 Rare Book School William T. Buice III Scholarship
Funded tuition for course L-120a, Introduction to Audiovisual Archives Management, taught synchronously online, June-July 2021
2018 Rare Book School Directors’ Scholarship
Funded tuition for course G-10, Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographical Description, at the University of Virginia, July 2018
2018 Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Conference Scholarship
Funded registration for the RBMS 2018 Conference, “Convergence”
2018 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Scholarship
Funded attendance at the Summer Educational Institute for Digital Stewardship of Visual Information
2018 Delmas Foundation Grant
Funded registration for the ARLIS/NA 2018 Conference, “Out of Bounds”
2018 NEA/ART Scholarship
Funded attendance at the 2018 Joint Spring Meeting of the New England Archivists and Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, “Rise Up”
2017 – 2018 Dorothy M. Cooper Endowed Scholarship
Funded NYARC Web Archiving Fellowship at the Frick Collection
2017 Kress+DLF GLAM Cross-Pollinator Fellowship
Funded attendance at MCN 2017 Annual Conference, “Looking Back, Thinking Forward, Taking Action”
2016 – 2018 Graduate Merit Scholarship
Partially funded four semesters of tuition
MEMBERSHIPS
2017 – Present American Library Association (ALA)
2017 – Present ALA/ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS)
Conference Development Committee, 2019-2021
2018 – Present Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
June-July 2021 Rare Book School: Introduction to Audiovisual Archives Management
July 2018 Rare Book School: Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographical Description
June 2018 Art Libraries Society of North America and Visual Resources Association Foundation: Summer Educational Institute for Digital Stewardship of Visual Information
March 2018 Center for Book Arts: Conservation Enclosures
OTHER EXPERIENCE
April 2016 – May 2017 Warby Parker, Sales and Operations Advisor
March 2015 – March 2016 Left Hand Brewing Company, Merchandise and Point of Sale Coordinator
September 2012 – March 2015 Left Hand Brewing Company, Tour Guide/Bartender
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