Drew E. VandeCreekDirectorAbraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, and Northern Illinois University Libraries Digitization Unit
Primary Responsibilities:1. Coordination of Digital Project activities with partner institutions, including selection of material for digitization and establishment of standards for digital capture and cataloging of material.2. Development and maintenance of Lincoln/Net World Wide Web interface, including HTML development; database development (in cooperation with the University of Chicago Humanities Computing Initiative); and writing interpretive materials for Lincoln/Net. 3. Project administration, including fundraising and grant-writing; securing rights for materials used on Lincoln/Net World Wide Web site; convening meetings of the Project's Advisory Board; and selection of consultants. 4. Service as Digitization Unit Director, Northern Illinois University Founders Library. Education:Ph.D. 1996 American History University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.B.A. 1986 American Studies, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Professional Experience:1998 - present - Director, Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project and Digitization Unit, Founders Library, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.1995-1998 - Research Associate, The Valley of the Shadow Project, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1997 - Instructor in American History, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1995 - Instructor in American History, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Consulting:1999 - Presenter "Digitization Projects: Techniques and Procedures for Getting Started" Workshop, Lincoln Trail Library System, Champaign, IL.1998 - Panelist, Illinois State Library Digitization Videoconference, September 23, 1998. 1998 - Referee, Illinois State Library "Educate and Automate" Digitization Grant Competition.
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