User:Doddsam09

I am an archivist working with rare books and historic documents related to Texas history. From 2011-2015 I worked in the collections and exhibits department at the Dallas Historical Society, and in 2016 I became the Special Collections archivist at the University of Texas at Arlington. In 2017 I became the first archivist to complete the arrangement and description certificate program offered through the Society of American Archivists.

Conflict of Interest Statement
I, Doddsam09, am an employee of the University of Texas at Arlington.

I always strive to strictly abide by Wikipedia's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. Therefore, I will not make substantive edits to articles related to the University as an agency, or its personnel. Instead, if I edit articles, they will be to contribute subject matter expertise, for example to improve articles about archival holdings

Editing Interests

 * Local History Pages
 * Notable Women in History
 * Pop Culture
 * Library and Information Science
 * Ideas for pages: Berachah Home, Etta Hulme, Women in Cartoons, Archivist, Gambrells

Articles I have created

 * Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls

Events/Presentations

 * Preserving HerStory in Texas: A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, University of Texas art Arlington, 28 March 2018
 * Becoming a Wikibrarian: An Introduction to Wikipedia Editing for Librarians and Archivists, Texas Library Annual Meeting, 4 April 2018

In the News

 * "UTA’s new 38-degree vault will preserve film negatives 500 years", Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 3 October 2017.
 * "Librarians Who Wikipedia: Course Participants Engage with Wikipedia for their Libraries", WebJunction, 30 November 2017.
 * "HerStory Edit-a-thon aims to diversity content on Wikipedia", The Shorthorn. 28 March 2018