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Elizabeth Dow

Email Address: edow1@lsu.edu                                                                                    Full Curriculum Vitae

Education:
  • Ph. D. in Library Science from University of Pittsburgh
  • M.A. in History from University of Vermont
  • MLS from University of Oregon
  • BA in History from Juniata College

Classes:

  • LIS 7408    Principles of Archives Management
  • LIS 7504    Preservation Management of Physical Records
  • LIS 7603    Electronic Description of Archival Materials
  • LIS 7913    Field Experience in Archives

Research Interests:

  • Management of electronic records in small repositories
  • Use of collaborative archives education through DE technology
  • Intellectual access to electronically published historical documents
  • Sociological framework of late 19th century women in northern New England villages

Representative Publications

2005:  Dow, Elizabeth H. Creating EAD Compatible Finding Guides on Paper. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow.

2002:  Dow, Elizabeth H., et al, “The Burlington Agenda: Research Issues in Intellectual Access to Electronically Published Historical Documents.” American Archivist, 64:2(Fall/Winter 2001), 292-307.

1998:  Dow, Elizabeth H., "EAD for the Small Repository." American Archivist, 60:4(Fall, 1997), 446-455.

1990:  Dow, Elizabeth H. "Hardwick on the Map: 1895-1915; Industrialization in Direct Democracy". Vermont History 58:4 (Fall, 1990).

Other Activities and Awards

2005: "Evaluating the SEAC" A panel discussion of the SAEC’s success as an educational model. Features 3 former students. Society of American Archivists. New Orleans, Aug. 20.

2004: Invited to take a student and describe and evaluate the Southeast Archives Education Collaborative at the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Region Archivists Council. Pittsburgh, Oct. 2.

2004: Chaired a panel on "Harmonizing archives 101" for the "Third SAA Archives Educators’ Forum: New Directions and Innovation in Graduate Archives Education" Boston, August 2.