VCU Libraries Faculty Vita
Tammi Moe
Assistant Director and Image Resources Curator, VCUQatar
(Adjunct Faculty)
VCUQatar Library
Room 106-l, VCUQatar Library
+974-4402-0581
tmoe@qatar.vcu.edu
Education
- BA University Colorado, Denver
- MLIS University of Denver
Tammi graduated with an MLIS, emphasis in Archives, from the University of Denver in 2003. For her undergraduate education, Tammi attended the University of Colorado, Denver earning a BFA in Art History, specializing in Visual Resource Management and Islamic Image Classification.
Previous Professional Experience
Tammi Moe is the Lead Principal Investigator for the Qatar Unified Imaging Project (QUIP), an initiative born from the needs of the academic community working in Qatar. QUIP received $1.2M in grant funding to identify, document and make accessible Qatar's primary source materials as a national and international prototype for digital collections. Tammi began at VCUQatar in 2004 as the Assistant Library Director. She now serves as Head of Digital Collections and Archives and Liason to the Art History program. Tammi was seconded to the Qatar Museum Authority from 2010-2012 to design the Digital Humanities Research Center for the new National Museum of Qatar opening in 2014. Tammi was selected as one of Qatar Foundation's 12 Achievers for her service to Qatar's community.
Before joining the VCUQatar Library, Tammi was the Senior Research Analyst at the Colorado State Library, Library Research Services studying the impact of public libraries on the 'Digital Divide' and the impact of digital collections for museums and archives.
Research Interests
- Tribal cultures
- Imagery of the Ottoman Empire
- Digital humanities
- Archival bindings