We are very pleased to announce that Krystal Appiah
started as the Library Company's African Americana Specialist and
Reference Librarian on June 11. She comes to the Library Company from
the Maryland State Archives, where she improved access to the papers of
the Maryland State Colonization Society as an Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS) fellow. The IMLS sponsors an innovative
national program to train library and archives professionals interested
in working with African Americana. Thanks to Krystal's work at the
Maryland State Archives, researchers can now locate information about
Society-sponsored emigrants to Liberia more easily.
Previously, Krystal obtained two masters degrees--one in library science from UCLA and one in public humanities from Brown University, which was also her undergraduate alma mater. As part of her training, she worked at Brown University's Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, where she created lesson plans for middle-school educators; at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American History and Culture in Atlanta, Georgia, where she developed social media; and at the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum in Los Angeles, where she cataloged rare
books.
We could not be more delighted by this newest addition to the staff of the Reading Room and the Program in African American History. Please drop by and say hello to Krystal soon.
Previously, Krystal obtained two masters degrees--one in library science from UCLA and one in public humanities from Brown University, which was also her undergraduate alma mater. As part of her training, she worked at Brown University's Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, where she created lesson plans for middle-school educators; at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American History and Culture in Atlanta, Georgia, where she developed social media; and at the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum in Los Angeles, where she cataloged rare
books.
We could not be more delighted by this newest addition to the staff of the Reading Room and the Program in African American History. Please drop by and say hello to Krystal soon.
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