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Kate Cunningham

Project Manager, Lockwood Library & Media Collections Coordinator

420A Lockwood Memorial Library, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260

  • Ph: 716-645-8627
kec27@buffalo.edu

Employment

  • Art, Communication and Media Studies Librarian, University at Buffalo Libraries, 2020 - 2023.
    +Special Project Librarian for Collections and Liaison Services in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019 - present, University at Buffalo Libraries, 2017 - 2023 .
  • Acquisitions and Collections Projects Librarian, University at Buffalo Law Library, 2017-2019.
  • Collection Project Manager, University at Buffalo Libraries, 2005-2017. 
    +Secretary of UB Libraries Collections Committee from 2005-2013, member from 2005 to 2017, 2019 - present).
    +Chair of Ebooks Task Force, Monographs Workflow Task Force, member of Annex Task Force and Scholarly Communication Task Force. 
    +Art Librarian while also serving as Collections PM, 2005-2010, 2012-2015.
  • Arts and Humanities Librarian and Assistant Professor, Collections Team, Colorado State University Libraries, liaison to African American Studies, Art and Art History, Asian Studies, Design, Fashion, Modern Languages, and Philosophy), 2000-2004.
  • Fine Arts Librarian, Houston Public Library, (cataloguer for artists' files and reference librarian in art, music and theatre; reference service for central library general reference;), 1999-2000.
  • Assistant, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, (Preservation, Photography and Theatre Arts), 1997-1999.
  • Intern, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Strauss Art Library, cataloging of ephemera including artists' files, Buffalo arts scrapbook digitization,  preservation housing, assistance with reference questions), 1996.

Publications

  • "DataViz Acumen," with Greg Hatch and Kim Collins, Art Libraries of North America Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 7,2022.
  • "Appraising Your Research as Data: Managing, Visualizing, and Preserving Your Scholarship," with Kim Collins, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL and virtual, February 19, 2022. 
  • "Breaking New Ground: A Demand-Driven Ebook Model in a Multi-Type Library Environment," with Sheryl Knab, Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisitions, Charleston, South Carolina, November 7, 2013.
  • “Meet them Where They Are: Patron-Driven Ebooks in a Multi-type Consortia,” with Joseph Riggie and Jennifer Smathers, State University of New York Librarians (SUNYLA) Conference, Buffalo, New York, June 14, 2013.
  • Shared Collections & Services: Innovative Strategies for the New Millennium, 2013, panelist and panel facilitator, Western New York Library Resources Council, Buffalo, New York, February 1, 2013.
  • “Patron-Driven Acquisitions in Consortia,” with Gregory Doyle (ORBIS Cascade) and Sheryl Knab (WNYLRC), American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, California, June 23, 2012.
  • “Radical Strategies for Cooperative Collection Development and Resource Sharing,” with H. Austin Booth and Cyril Oberlander, Association of College and Research Libraries 15th National Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 1, 2011.
  • "Leave the Driving to Them: Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA) of eBooks,” with Charles Lyons, Upstate New York Special Libraries Association, Fall Meeting, Syracuse, New York, October 14, 2011.
  • "Careers in Art Librarianship," Art Libraries Society of North America, Western New York Chapter, Spring Meeting, Geneva, New York, April 7, 2006.
  • “International Poster Collection: Content, Preservation and Teaching” Art Libraries Society of North America/West, Annual Conference (focus on digital collections and project management), Portland, Oregon, August 1, 2003.
  • “New Roles for Archives/Libraries: the on-Campus University Experience,” with Carmel Bush, Colorado Digitization Project (CDP) Annual Leadership Seminar, Denver, Colorado, December 5, 2002.
  • “Colorado State University Libraries’ International Poster Project: Digitization Using CONTENTdm,” High Plains Library Association Annual Meeting and Retreat, Estes Park, Colorado, April 2002.
  • Book reviewer for Choice (Art), LIBRES (Arts and Humanities) and Library Journal (Photography)

Research

Research interests include project management in research libraries, real-world innovative and collaborative collection development, consortial resource sharing, data-driven collection assessment, comprehensive shared print storage, sustainability of print and electronic collections, and evolving researcher methodologies.

Professional Memberships

American Library Association (including divisions: RUSA-CODES - the Collection Development and Evaluation Section; former chair of CODES Collections Policies Committee) ; new member, CORE Buildings & Operations Section.

Art Libraries Society of North America, the main body of art library professional; former member of the International Relations Committee.

++Service has centered around project design and initiatives that foment collaborative collections across units and universities, related shared services with budetary analysis/cost savings, and for and among large public research collections, our regional constituents, and stakeholders.