Donna J. Baker
2840 S. Church Street #1701
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37127
606-776-7724
CURRENT POSITION
University Archivist
Albert Gore Research Center
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MSLS, School of Information and Library Science
December 2001
Eastern Illinois University
MA in History
August 1997
Marshall University
BA in History
May 1995
Academy of Certified Archivists, 2012
EXPERIENCE
Head of Special Collections Archives
Camden-Carroll Library, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
January 2006-October 2011
Project Librarian
North Carolina ECHO “Exploring Cultural Heritage Online”
State Library of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina
January 2002-December 2003
PRESENTATIONS
“Using Historypin to Engage Students at the Archive,” Bucknell University Digital Scholarship
Conference, November 2015
“Captioning Atrocity: Marion Skeen Coleman Peck and the 1945 Lest We Forget Exhibit,”
International MTSU Holocaust Studies Conference, October 2015
“Reinventing Barry Gibb,” Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, February
2014
“Records Management Training: Getting Started,” Records Management Training Gumbo for the
Digital Age (lightning panel), Society of American Archivists, August 16, 2013
“Collaborating Towards Recognition by Using 21st Century Techniques to Create Effective Learning,” with Dr. Kris DuRocher and Misty Hanks, Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, September 21, 2012
“On a Mission, In One or Two Editions,” Kentucky Library Association Annual Conference, September 20, 2012
“The History of Morehead State University, Abridged,” New Faculty Orientation, 2010 “Special Collections & Archives,” Appalachian Writers Association Conference, July 11, 2008 “The River Eternal,” Kentucky Library Association Annual Conference, September 28, 2006
EXHIBITS
Uncommon Thread: The Life of Louise Mott Miles, March 2013-December 2014
The History of Political Songs and Jingles in Tennessee (online), contributor, 2012
Larkspur Press Broadsides, February 2011
Encyclopedia of Appalachia, Summer Session 2008
Light to the Mountains, Light to the World: Morehead State University in World War II,
Summer 2007
Patti V. Bolin Historical Display, permanently installed March 2007
September 18, 1971: Morehead State University vs. Marshall University, Fall 2006
EVENTS
“The Library of the 21st Century,” Camden-Carroll Library retreat, August 2011
Allan W. Eckert Discussion and Book Signing, 2010
Patti V. Bolin Historical Display opening celebration, March 13, 2007
The River Eternal: James Still Centennial Celebration, July 17-21, 2006
GUEST LECTURES
Current Issues in Public History, Maymester Experience 2015.
HIST 6615 Essentials of Archival Management, Spring 2014 and Spring 2015
HIST 2030 Tennessee History Honors, Research Orientation and Historypin Sessions,
Spring 2013, Spring 2014, and Fall 2014
HIST 6545 Seminar in Collections Management, March 2012
HIS 201, Global Studies, Spring 2009-2011
HIS 399 Special Class, Baseball and Steve Hamilton, Fall 2009
LSIM 201 Living in an Information Society, Spring 2008–2011
HIS 399 Public History, Fall 2008
HIS 250 Practicing History, Spring 2007-2011
PRACTICUMS AND INTERNSHIPS SUPERVISED
HIST 6615 Essentials of Archival Management, mini-practicums, Spring 2014, 2015, 2016
HIST 6590 Practicum in Archival Management, Summer 2014
Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame Archives at MTSU, Summer 2012-2015
COURSES TAUGHT
FYS 101 First Year Seminar “Becoming Wikipedians,” Fall 2011
HIS 476 Independent Study, Special Collections Archives, Fall 2009-2011
LSIM 101 Use of Libraries, Fall 2009
PUBLICATIONS
Albert Gore Research Center Blog Posts:
Christmas Day 1943, https://gorecentermtsu.wordpress.com/2015/12/22/christmas-day-
1943/
Holocaust Remembrance Day, https://gorecentermtsu.wordpress.com/2015/04/16/holocaust-remembrance-day/
Albert Gore Research Center Channel on Historypin, https://gorecentermtsu.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/albert-gore-research-center-channel- on-historypin/
Archive of Middle Tennessee Women, https://gorecentermtsu.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/archive-of-middle-tennessee- women/
MTSU Miscellaneous: People, https://gorecentermtsu.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/mtsu- miscellaneous-people/
Kentucky User Group for Content Management Systems and Open Source Archival Software wiki,
2011
Kentucky Archives Month Poster 2010
Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians Newsletter 2010
“Keeper at “The Light to the Mountains”: James Still at Morehead State University.”Appalachian
Heritage 38, No. 4 (Fall 2010): 39-43.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Certificate of Merit for Notable Service to and Advocacy of Archives in Kentucky by a public official, October 2012
National Endowment for the Humanities, Preservation Assistance Grant, 2009, $6,000. Professional
Development Grant, Kentucky Library Association Academic Library, 2008,
$1000.
Kentucky Oral History Digitization Project, Kentucky Oral History Commission, 2008,
$2500.
Institute of Museum and Library Services “Connecting to Collections Bookshelf,” 2008. Morehead State University Strategic Budget Initiative Proposal, co-originator for “Research Data Archiving,” 2007, $24,000 for equipment.
SERVICE
MTSU Holocaust Studies Conference Committee, 2015
Kentucky Council on Archives
Kentucky Association of Teachers of History Executive Committee, 2009-2011
Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians Planning Committee, 2009-2010
Jesse Stuart Foundation Board of Directors, November 2008-2011
Kentucky Library Association, Academic Library Section, Secretary, April 2008-2010
Morehead State University Faculty Senate, August 2008-2011
Kentucky Archives Month Advisory Board, 2007-2011
Midwest Archives Conference Local Arrangements Committee, 2007-2008