VCU Libraries Faculty Vita
Sam Byrd
Digital Repository Librarian (Instructor)
Library Information Systems, James Branch Cabell Library, 234E
Email: sbyrd2@vcu.edu |
(804) 827-3556
Education
M.A. English/English Education. Virginia Commonwealth University, 1982.
B.A. English. College of William and Mary, 1977.
Previous Professional Experience
Systems Librarian
The Library of Virginia, 2002-2006
Project Coordinator, Digital Library Program
The Library of Virginia, 1996-2002
Head, Copy-Based Cataloging
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988-1996
Cataloging Specialist
The Computer Company, 1985-1988
Publications
Byrd and Glenn Courson, Elizabeth Roderick, Jean Marie Taylor. "Cost/Benefit Analysis for Digital Library Projects: the Virginia Historical Inventory Project (VHI)." The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances 14, no. 2 (2001).
Byrd. "The Virginia Historical Inventory." D-Lib Magazine 7, no. 6 (06/2001).
Presentations
"Mapping Vernacular Architecture: City and County Maps and the Virginia Historical Inventory Project". Virginia in Maps Symposium, Library of Virginia. 1999
"The Digital Library Program at the Library of Virginia". Carter G. Woodson Institute's Chesapeake Regional Scholars Summer Seminar in African American Studies, Richmond, VA. 1999
Teaching Experience
Guest lecturer, CLSC 555, Information Systems in Libraries and Information Centers, Catholic University of America. 2005
Guest lecturer, CLSC 555, Information Systems in Libraries and Information Centers, Catholic University of America. 2004