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EDUCATION:
M.L.I.S. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
B.A. in English, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
LIBRARY EXPERIENCE:
September 2023-present Head, Digital Library Services University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Supervise Digital Operations, Utah Digital Newspapers, Digital Preservation, and Digital Initiatives/Metadata Departments. Provide direction and consultation for digital library services, both within the University of Utah and for external partners. Supervise full-time staff and librarians in the Digital Library Services department.
Selected Accomplishments:
Partnered with faculty to develop new digital collections such as Construyendo Latinidad Oral Histories and the Enslavement in Territorial Utah Documents Collection.
Set-up and managed ongoing discussions of born digital use cases and practices between Digital Library Services and Special Collections.
Supported development of metadata and digital preservation workflows for previously scanned photos and audio visual materials, with over 500 collections processed.
Promoted to Librarian in July 2024.
April 2022-September 2023 Interim Head, Digital Library Services
September 2020-January 2022 University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
April 2017-September 2023 Digital Initiatives Librarian
University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Managed descriptive metadata work for the J. Willard Marriott Library’s digital collections. Supervised metadata staff and librarian. Identified and supported innovative solutions for ongoing metadata work. Coordinated legacy metadata remediation and enhancement in the digital library. Consulted on new digital initiatives and projects across library departments.
Selected Accomplishments:
Collaborated to develop the Utah COVID-19 digital collection, which documents the regional response to the pandemic. Developed partnerships with University of Utah faculty for born digital oral histories.
Led efforts to standardize dates across University of Utah Digital Library, resulting in completion of a large scale date enhancement and remediation project to support greater date-based discovery in the digital library.
Participated in efforts to assess and improve rights statements across the library’s digital collections, ensuring more accurate information for users on use and reuse of digital library items.
Coordinated and supported adoption of OmekaS, software for digital exhibits. Led efforts to develop Digital Exhibits policy to support this work. Developed training materials.
Managed metadata enhancements and improvements for the digital library, including adoption of FAST subject headings for faceting in digital collections.
Developed pilot project for “Collections as Data,” making digital collections data more accessible to digital humanities researchers.
Awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Librarian in July 2019.
April 2015-April 2017 Metadata Librarian
University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Created metadata records in support of the J. Willard Marriott Library’s digital collections. Audited and improved metadata in existing collections. Supervised part-time metadata staff, supporting continuing education and ensuring quality control for metadata records. Consulted on metadata and digital library projects for internal and external departments.
Selected Accomplishments:
Co-PI for IMLS planning grant exploring data models, systems, and workflow for regional digital library authority control. Awarded $50,000.
Developed assessment workflow for legacy collections, identifying areas for improvement and remediation. Trained part-time staff on assessment procedures.
Provided metadata consultation for large scale digital collections migration project.
April 2016-November 2016 Interim Program Director
Mountain West Digital Library, University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Enhanced stability and sustainability of MWDL by coordinating MWDL membership program, managing renewals and membership services. Served as ex-officio member of the MWDL Governing Board. Provided outreach to MWDL community. Served as co-chair of MWDL Digitization committee.
Selected Accomplishments:
Ensured success of shared governance for MWDL by managing elections for first member repository and collections partner representatives to the MWDL board.
Managed MWDL digital collections harvesting program, auditing 23 and harvesting 41 new collections from multiple repositories, contributing to continuity and growth of the MWDL program.
August 2013-June 2015 Digital Metadata Librarian, Mountain West Digital Library
Utah Academic Library Consortium, University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Supported improvement of metadata standards and metadata in MWDL partner digital collections. Facilitated ingestion of new collections into MWDL via ExLibris Primo. Performed metadata audits of new collections to ensure standards are being met. Resolved interoperability issues with metadata harvesting. Supported MWDL harvests into the Digital Public Library of America. Assisted with development of MWDL website. Developed and provided metadata training for MWDL partners. Served on and assisted with MWDL task forces and committees.
Selected Accomplishments:
Coordinated metadata auditing, technical troubleshooting, and collections harvested for major new repositories for the MWDL, including the Montana Memory Project, Arizona Memory Project, Stacks (Idaho Commission for Libraries), University of Idaho, and more.
Assessed and reviewed over 150 new digital collections for conformance to the MWDL application profile, ensuring greater standardized metadata practices among the digital library repositories harvested by MWDL.
Worked on several large scale grants awarded to the MWDL and managed by the Digital Public Library of America, including the Public Library Partnerships Project from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Museum and Library Services, and the Knight Foundation.
Contributed to the growth of MWDL by harvesting 150,000 new metadata records and adding over 200 new collections.
June 2011-March 2015 Digital Projects, J. Willard Marriott Library University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Assisted with Utah Digital Newspapers, http://digitalnewspapers.org program.
Facilitated ingestion of digital newspaper materials into the Ex Libris Rosetta system for digital preservation.
Served on EZID Implementation Task Force, Rosetta Implementation Group, and Digital Asset Management Systems Review Committee.
Project manager, Western Waters Digital Library, http://westernwaters.org
Administered ongoing metadata harvests through Open Harvester Systems.
Communicated with local collection managers and representatives of the Greater Western Library Alliance about new items, collections, and projects for WWDL. Updated WWDL blog.
Selected Accomplishments:
Authored environmental scan on persistent identifiers and chaired implementation task force resulting in large scale implementation of EZID service and adoption of Archival Resource Keys (ARKs) for use in the Digital Library, ensuring items have unique identifiers that are not dependent on a particular digital library repository system.
Assisted in the development of the SIMP tool, a locally developed software package that bridged workflows between a digital asset management system (CONTENTdm) and preservation system (Rosetta), improving workflows for digitization, digital preservation, and metadata creation.
Directed revitalization of the Western Waters Digital Library, including site redesign, technical troubleshooting for OAI-PMH metadata harvesting, and coordinated software upgrade.
April 2011-September 2013 Executive Director, Utah Library Association
Redesigned ULA’s web presence by creating new website in Drupal. Developed and maintained ULA’s web site, annual conference web site, membership database, and mailing list. Set up and managed ULA social media accounts including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and LinkedIn. Facilitated communication among association members. Served as ex-officio member of ULA Board and Executive Board. Served on Legislative Committee. Coordinated ULA’s presence for annual Utah Non-Profits Association Day on the Hill. Authored and maintained training materials for ULA members on membership database and creating content for web site.
June 2011-July 2012 retroReveal Project Manager
University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Assisted in the development of web based services for a unique digital imaging site, which resulted in better ease of use for users wishing to uncover hidden elements in digital images containing palimpsest materials. Coordinated staff work, developed online content, and provided general administrative support.
November 2007-May 2011 Project Manager, Western Soundscape Archive University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Provided project management for the Western Soundscape Archive, an Institute of Museum and Library Services funded digital collection of animal sounds. Coordinated work on the digital collection from a variety of library staff. Updated and monitored digitization and metadata cataloging workflow. Prepared reports for funding agency. Exhibited at conferences. Authored lesson plan based on Utah State curriculum objectives.
September 2006-August 2007 Program Manager, Utah Digital Repository University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Provided project management, training, development, and outreach for the Utah Digital Repository, a one-year pilot project funded by LSTA. Developed public interface for statewide institutional repository. Provided support to Utah digital repository pilot sites. Created reports for funding agency.
2006-2007 Substitute Librarian
Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Provided reference services at various library departments and library branches.
September 2002-May 2006 *Coordinator of First-Year Library Instruction* Tufts University, Tisch Library, Medford, MA
Provided reference service in person and online. Coordinated and assessed library instruction for First-Year Writing Program and Advising Program. Created instructional materials and handouts in a variety of formats. Served on committees and working groups in support of the library’s transition to a new integrated library system. Chaired the Tufts Libraries Web Development Team. Developed and maintained the reference department’s blog and wiki, used to facilitate internal communication. Trained staff on blog and wiki use.
September 2000-August 2002 Instruction Librarian University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Coordinated and promoted short classes offered each semester on software, technology applications, and library research. Developed and taught classes on software applications. Coordinated library instruction and assessment for the University Writing Program’s required undergraduate course. Developed web-based instruction materials. Maintained and updated Instruction Division web site. Provided reference service, in person and online. Co-Liaison for Asian Studies department. As the Interim Web Services Librarian, maintained and updated Marriott Library web site.
September 1998-August 2000 Graduate Assistant for Instruction and Reference University of Illinois, Reference Library, Urbana, IL
Developed instructional materials. Assisted with the development of new classes, including staff training sessions on using advanced features in the online catalog and a class for undergraduates on Internet research. Assisted with the development of help pages for the main library web page. Taught and assisted at online catalog and article database workshops for undergraduates and ESL Graduate students. Provided reference services.
GRANTS:
2019
Digital Matters Faculty Grant, Awarded $5,000 to support the development of transcription workflows for the Kennecott Miner Records project. https://digitalmatters.utah.edu/faculty-grant-awardees-fall19/
2016
Linking People: Developing Collaborative Regional Vocabularies. Planning grant submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ National Leadership Grants for Libraries. Myntti, J. and Neatrour, A. (Co-Principal Investigators). Fully funded. $50,000. https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-72-16-0002-16
2003/2004
Awarded a 2003/2004 Berger Grant for the development of the Research Paper Navigator at the Tisch Library, Tufts University.
Proposed and authored grant and served as project manager for development of undergraduate research skills tutorial, which was accepted into ACRL’s Instruction Session Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online Database in Fall 2005.
AWARDS:
2023 Faculty Fellow, University of Utah Taft-Nicholson Center for Environmental Humanities
2017
CelebrateU Research Honoree for IMLS Grant: “Linking People: Developing Collaborative Regional Vocabularies”, with co-PI Jeremy Myntti. https://lib.utah.edu/info/celebrateu/2017/index.php
2016
Utah Library Association Special Recognition Award, 2016 http://ula.org/content/2016/03/2016-award-winners-utah-library-association/
ARTICLES:
“Reimagining Audio-Visual Accessibility and Discoverability with AI Tools.” Kohler, C., McBride, B., Rausch, D., Steed, M., Watson, K., and Neatrour, A. Journal of Library Metadata (peer-reviewed, submitted April 2026)
“Century of Black Mormons as Digital Public History.” 2027. Reeve, W. Paul, and Neatrour, A. Journal of Mormon History. (peer-reviewed, invited essay, accepted)
“The Invisible Default: Examining Representation in Digital Collections.” Information Technology and Libraries. September 2025. Alexander, K., Kirby, J., Terry, D., Wittmann, R., and Neatrour, A. (peer-reviewed) https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17306
“Documenting contemporary regional history: the Utah COVID-19 digital collection” Digital Library Perspectives. July 2020. Neatrour, A., Myntti, J. and Wittmann, R.J. (peer-reviewed) https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-04-2020-0025
“From Digital Library to Open Datasets.” Information Technology and Libraries. December 2019. Wittmann, R., Cummings, R., Neatrour, A., and Myntti, J. (peer-reviewed). https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/11101
“Western Name Authority File: A pilot regional name authority project.” Journal of Library Metadata: Special Issue on Name Authority Work in the Linked Data Environment. May 2019. Neatrour, A. and Myntti, J. (peer-reviewed). https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2019.1589685
“Kindles, Card Catalogs, and the Future of Libraries: A Collaborative Digital Humanities Project.” Digital Library Perspectives. Special Issue: Digital Humanities – The Shifting Contexts. August 2018. Neatrour, A., Callaway, E., Cummings, R. (peer-reviewed) https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/DLP-02-2018-0004
"A Clean Sweep: The Tools and Processes of a Successful Metadata Migration." The Journal of Web Librarianship. November 2017. Neatrour, A., Myntti, J., Brunsvik, M., Maringanti, H., McBride, B., Witkowski, A. (peer-reviewed)
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“Massive Newspaper Migration – Moving 22 Million Records from CONTENTdm to Solphal.” D-Lib Magazine. July/August 2017. Witkowski, A., Neatrour, A., Myntti, J., McBride, B. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july17/witkowski/07witkowski.html
“Use Existing Data First: Reconcile Metadata Before Creating New Controlled Vocabularies.” Journal of Library Metadata. January 2016. Myntti, J. and Neatrour, A. (peer-reviewed) http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19386389.2015.1099989
“The SIMP Tool: Facilitating Digital Library, Metadata, and Preservation Workflow at the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library” D-Lib Magazine, July/August 2014. Neatrour, A, Brunsvik, M., Buckner, S., McBride, B., and Myntti, J.
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july14/neatrour/07neatrour.html
“Automating the Production of Map Interfaces for Digital Collections Using Google APIs.” D-Lib Magazine, September/October 2011. Neatrour, A., Morrow, A., Rockwell, K., and Witkowski, A. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september11/neatrour/09neatrour.html
“Utah Digital Repository Initiative: Building a Support System for Institutional Repositories” D-Lib Magazine, November/December 2007. Estlund, K. and Neatrour, A. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november07/neatrour/11neatrour.html
WHITE PAPERS: “National Strategy for Shareable Local Name Authorities National Forum: White Paper.” March 2018. Casalini, M., Chew, Chiat N., Cluff, C., Durocher, M., Folsom, S., Frank, P., Gatenby, J., Godby, J., Kovari, J., Lorimer, N., Lynch, C., Murray, P., Myntti, J., Neatrour, A., Nimer, C., Pilsk, S., Pitti, D., Quintana, I., Wang, J., and Warner, S. White paper for the National Strategy for Shareable Local Name Authorities National Forum (SLNA-NF), an Institute of Museum and Library Services funded-project [LG-73-16-0040-16]. Details issues raised through discussions of the SLNA-NF, including Minimum Viable Specifications, Data Provider Obligations, Workflows and Reconciliation as a Service. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/56343.
BOOK CHAPTERS: “Understanding linked data and the potential for enhanced discoverability.” April 2023. Neatrour, A., and Hebron, T. Invited chapter in Discoverability in Digital Repositories: Systems, Perspectives, and User Studies, edited by Ali Shiri and Liz Woolcott for publication by Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
“Regional Aggregation and Discovery of Digital Collections: The Mountain West Digital Library.” April 2016. Neatrour, A., Cummings, R., and McIntyre, S. Chapter in Exploring Discovery: The Front Door to a Library's Licensed and Digitized Content, edited by Ken Varnum for publication by ALA Editions. http://alaeditions.org.
BOOKS: The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction
Neatrour, A., Myntti, J., Wittmann, R., Cummings, R., Monson, J., and McMillan, M. R. 2024. ALA Publishing. https://alastore.ala.org/highimpactdl
Contributing author, Write More Good: An Absolutely Phony Guide, Three Rivers Press, 2011.
DIGITAL EXHIBITS:
Construyendo Latinidad. Munoz, E., Lopez, N., et al. (exhibit consultation). 2025.
https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/construyendo-latinidad/page/introduction
Utah SOUL: A History of Black Students at the University of Utah. Thornton, E., Smoot, C., Neatrour, A., Kohler, C. (exhibit research and consultation). February 2025.
https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/utahsoul/page/introduction
1918 Flu Pandemic in Utah. J. Willard Marriott Library Digital Exhibits. Mitchell, L., Glauser, K., Kirkham, T., Singer, P., Wittmann, R., Neatrour, A. (exhibit research and writing). September 2020.
https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/1918-flu-pandemic-in-utah/page/welcome
Ghost Towns. J. Willard Marriott Library Digital Exhibits. Rockwell, K., and Neatrour A. (exhibit adaptation). February 2020.
https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/ghost-towns
Woman’s Exponent Digital Exhibit. Browne, J., Croxall, B., Cummings, R., Myntti, J., Neatrour, A., Roh, D., Smart, E., Snyder, M., Turner, J., Wittmann, R. (Exhibit development and adaptation). February 2020.
https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/womanexponent
Utah Ski Archive. J. Willard Marriott Library Digital Exhibits. Neatrour, A., Wittmann, R., Muir-Jones, J., Glauser, K. (exhibit development). October 2019.
https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/ski-archives/
Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women’s Legacy Archive. J. Willard Marriott Library Digital Exhibits. Neatrour, A. (exhibit development). April 2019. https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/aileen-h-clyde-20th-century-women-s-legacy-archive/
Century of Black Mormons, a collaborative public history project developed by Dr. W. Paul Reeve. (Provided project management, technical troubleshooting, and metadata consulting). June 2018. http://centuryofblackmormons.org
Hotel Utah. J. Willard Marriott Library Digital Exhibits. Anderson, C. and Neatrour, A. (exhibit direction). May 2018. https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/hotelutah
Glen Canyon. Rockwell, K., Neatrour, A., and Wittman, R. (exhibit adaptation and curation). May 2018. https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/glen-canyon
Fighting Words. Elbrader, A. and Neatrour, A. (exhibit adaptation). May 2018. https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/fighting-words
Kasai Japanese American Archive. Neatrour, A. and Wittman, R. (exhibit development). May 2018. https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/japanese-american-archive
Roosevelt’s Tree Army: Civilian Conservation Corps. Digital Public Library of America. Neatrour, A. September 2015. http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/civilian-conservation-corps
WEB SITES:
Library Workflow Exchange, a website designed to facilitate sharing and discovery of library workflows and tools. Woolcott, L. and Neatrour, A. 2015. http://www.libraryworkflowexchange.org]
PRESENTATIONS:
2026 Wasatch Front Latinidades: Digital Humanities Responding to Archival Silence. Munoz, E., Kohler, C., Lopez, N., Gonzalez, M., and Neatrour, A. National Association for Chicano and Chicana Studies Annual Meeting. Panel presentation. (2026, April)
2025
Assessing Metadata for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Cultural Heritage Institutions. Wittmann, R., Alexander, K., and Neatrour, A. American Library Association Annual Conference. Invited panelist. (2025, June)
Reparative Metadata Assessment with MaRMAT: A New Tool for Identifying Harmful and Outdated Language. Wittmann, R., Alexander, K., and Neatrour, A. American Library Association Annual Conference. Panel moderator. (2025, June)
ALA Tech Lists 2025 – a Special Edition of Edi and Neal’s Book Club. Technology Ideas from Academic Libraries. Top 10 Innovative Approaches to Outreach and Instruction for Digital Libraries. Neatrour, A., and Myntti, J. American Library Association Webinar. Invited presentation. (2025, March)
Edi and Neal's Book Club - January 2024 Discussion: Cate Carlyle and Dee Winn's Your Passport to International Librarianship and the High Impact Digital Library. Carlyle, C. and Neatrour, A. American Library Association Webinar. Invited moderator. (2025, January)
2024
Beyond Metadata: Visualizing Gaps in Digital Collections. Terry, D., Alexander, K., Kirby, J. Neatrour, A., and Whittmann, R. Panel Presentation. Digital Humanities Utah (2024, February)
2023 The Power of Outreach: From Digital Collections to Real-life Connections. Digital Library Federation Forum 2023, Wittmann, R., Neatrour, A., Cummings, R. (2023, October, Blind Review)
What do (2) librarians do all day? Neatrour, A, and Cummings, R. University of Utah Taft-Nicholson Environmental Humanities Center Science Wednesdays Lecture Series. (2023, July)
2022
If you build it, will they come? American Library Association Core Forum 2022. Cummings, R., Monson, J., Myntti, J., Neatrour, A., Wittmann, R. (2022, October)
Wisdom from the Trenches: Leadership Lessons from Managers, Supervisors, and Administrators (who are not directors). Invited panelist. ULA Fall Workshop. (2022, September)
Collaborative Oral Histories at the University of Utah. Invited presentation for the Genealogical Society of Hispanic Americans, Utah Chapter. Roper, R. and Neatrour, A. (2022, February)
2021
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Collecting and preserving contemporary materials for future historians. Neatrour, A. Wittmann, R., Barr, L., and Turner, J. Panel presentation at the Utah State History Conference. (2021, September, Blind Review)
COVID-19 and Oral Histories. Mason-Dentinger, R., Basso, M., Pascoe, A., Neatrour, A. 2021 COVID-19 Symposium. University of Utah. (2021, June)
Capturing oral histories of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patterson, B., Neatrour, A., Case, G., Myntti, J. Medical Library Association Conference. (2021, May)
Documenting Utah during COVID-19: An open call for submissions. Utah Library Association Annual Conference. Wittmann, R., Neatrour, A., and Myntti, J. (2021, May)
The Utah COVID-19 Digital Collection: Best Practices for Born-Digital, Crowdsourced Collections. Myntti, J., Wittmann, R., Neatrour, A. Best Practices Exchange. Invited Tuesday Keynote. (2021, May).
Wake Up With the Woman’s Exponent. Mower, A., Coles, S., Cummings, R., Easton-Flake, A., Neatrour, A. Panel discussion event for University of Utah Women’s Week. https://diversity.utah.edu/event/wake-up-with-womans-exponent. Panel discussion (2021, March)
Collections as Data: From Digital Library to Open Datasets. NISO Plus 2021 Virtual Conference. Neatrour, A., Wittmann, R., Myntti, J. (2021, February, Blind Review).
2020
Documenting Contemporary Regional History: Utah COVID-19 Digital Collection. Backstage LibraryWorks Webinar Series. Myntti, J., Neatrour, A., and Wittmann, R. (2020, September, Invited)
The Ballot in the Hands of Women: Turning 42 years of Utah Women’s History into a Collaborative Digital Scholarship. Smart, E., Neatrour, A., Cummings, R. 5th Utah Symposium on the Digital Humanities (2020, February).
2019
Kennecott Miner Records: a Transcription and Collections as Data Pilot Project. Digital Matters Graduate Fellow and Faculty Grantees Research Talks. Neatrour, A., Wittmann, R., Jensen, A. University of Utah (2019, December).
Digital Library Assessment: Celebrating five years of community-driven work. Flynn, K., Kelly, E., Rissmeyer, C. Rosette-Tavares, A., Skates Kettler, H., Thompson, S., Neatrour, A., Perrin, J., Joyce, D., Rubinow, S., Severson, S. Digital Library Federation Forum (2019, October).
Century of Black Mormons. Parshall, A., Turner, J., Neatrour, A., and Reeve, W. P. Mormon History Association Conference. Panel presentation. (2019, June, Blind Review).
Project management and documentation in libraries using git and github. McBride, B. and Neatrour, A. Utah Library Association Conference (2019, May).
Digital labor, motherhood, and the staff/librarian gap. Neatrour, A. Lightning talk presented at Collective Responsibility, a national forum on labor practices for grant-funded digital library positions. (2019, April).
Text Mining, Mining Texts. Cummings, R., Wittmann, R., and Neatrour, A. 4th Utah Symposium on the Digital Humanities. (2019, February).
2018
Century of Black Mormons: A Public History Partnership. Reeve, W. P., and Neatrour, A. University of Utah Digital Matters Lab Speaker Series. (2018, December)
Highlights from Digital Exhibits Around the State of Utah. Neatrour, A. Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists Fall Caucus (2018, October, Invited).
Future/Death of the Library: A Collaborative, Experimental, Introspective Dive into Digital Humanities. Cummings, R., Callaway, L., and Neatrour, A. Digital Library Federation Forum (2018, October, Blind Review).
Advancing Digital Library Assessment through Community-Facing Resources. Thompson, S., Rubinow, S., Flynn, K., Meyer, C., Neatrour, A., Pizzollo, A., and Perrin, J. Digital Library Federation Forum (2018, October).
Meet the New Repository, Different from your Old Repository: Migration Stories from the Front. Melvin, D., Carlson, S., Neatrour, A., Noonan, D., Stein, A., and Washington, A. Digital Library Federation Forum (2018, October, Blind Review).
Western Name Authority File. OCLC Linked Data Roundtable. Myntti, J., and Neatrour, A. ALA Annual Conference (2018, June, Invited). Western Name Authority File: An Open Data Approach to Digital Collections Authority Control. Neatrour, A., and Myntti, J. NISO Open Data Projects Virtual Conference. (2018, June, Invited)
Digital Exhibitions: Leveling up with OmekaS and collaboration. Elbrader, A. and Neatrour, A. Utah Library Association Annual Conference. (2018, May)
Future/Death of the Library, A collaborative topic modeling project. Cummings, R., Neatrour, A. and Callaway, E. 3rd Utah Symposium on Digital Humanities. (2018, February)
Western Name Authority File: Linking People and Corporate Bodies. Myntti, J. and Neatrour, A. Linked Library Data Interest Group, ALA Midwinter Meeting. (2018, February)
2017
Western Name Authority File: Preparing Charles Savage for Linked Data.OLAC Conference. Myntti, J. and Neatrour, A. (2017, October)
Supercharged Digital Collections: Moving from the slow lane to the fast lane with scalable open source infrastructure. Utah Library Association Annual Conference. Myntti, J., McBride, B., Neatrour, A., Witkowski, A., Maringanti, H., Brunsvik, M. (2017, May)
Improving Regional Metadata with the Western Name Authority File Project. DPLA Fest 2017. Neatrour, A. and Myntti, J. (2017, April)
The Western Name Authority File: Building shared authorities for regional digital collections. Neatrour, A. and Myntti, J. IMLS Shareable Authorities Forum (2017, April)
The Western Name Authority File: Improving Access for Digital Collections and Archives. Neatrour, A. and Myntti, J. 2017 2^nd^ Utah Symposium on Digital Humanities. (2017, February)
Metadata Migration Managed: Fixing Metadata that was Up to No Good. Myntti, J., Neatrour, A., McBride, B., Witkowski, A., and Miranganti, H. Cataloging Norms Interest Group. ALA Midwinter Meeting. (2017, January)
Linking People: Collaborations Between Metadata Librarians and Programmers. Myntti, J., Neatrour, A., and Woolcott, L. Mashcat Conference, Georgia State University. http://www.mashcat.info/2017-event/. (2017, January)
2016
Library Workflow Exchange: Community Documentation of Best Practices. Woolcott, L., and Neatrour, A. Digital Library Federation Forum. (2016, November)
Metadata Support Group. Digital Library Federation Forum. Hardesty, J., Neatrour, A., Woolcott, L., and Parker, B. Discussion session facilitator. (2016, November)
Scaling Authority Control: Issues (and Solutions) for Authorities at the Local, Regional, and National level. Clair, C., Gueguen, G., Harlow, C., Myntti, J., and Neatrour, A. Digital Library Federation Forum. Panel presentation and panel moderator. (2016, November)
Library Workflow Exchange: Sharing the ‘How’ of What We Do. Woolcott, L, and Neatrour, A. Presentation at the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section Acquisitions Committee meeting. American Library Association Annual Conference. (2016, June)
Linking People: Developing Collaborative Regional Vocabularies. Myntti, J. and Neatrour, A. Presentation at the Linked Library Data Interest Group. American Library Association Annual Conference. (2016, June)
Library Workflow Exchange: Sharing Promotes Efficiency. Woolcott, L., and Neatrour, A. Discussion facilitators, Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group, American Library Association Annual Conference. (2016, June)
Improving Access to Special Collections by Automating Descriptive Metadata Creation. Breiman, J., Myntti, J., Neatrour, A., Welland, B. Utah Library Association Annual Conference. (2016, May)
Your digital humanities are in my library! No, your library is in my digital humanities! How libraries are enabling and engaging in digital humanities projects. Cummings, R. and Neatrour, A. Utah Symposium on the Digital Humanities. (2016, February)
Library Workflow Exchange: Because we’re all tired of asking “Who has already done this?” Neatrour, A. and Woolcott, L. Mashcat Conference, Simmons College. (2016, January)
2015
Automating Controlled Vocabulary Reconciliation. Digital Library Federation Forum. Neatrour, A., and Myntti, J. (2015, October)
Recommendations from the MWDL Geospatial Discovery Task Force — Update and Resources. Digital Library Federation Forum. Woolcott, L., Neatrour, A., McIntyre, S., and Wittmann, R. (2015, October)
Authority control for digital collections. Presentation at the ALA ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group. American Library Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. Myntti, J., Neatrour, A., and Cothran, N. (2015, June)
Providing Metadata from MWDL using Primo’s BriefSearch API. Webinar presented for the Ex Libris ELUNA/IGeLU group. Johnson, T., McIntyre, S., and Neatrour, A. (2015, January, Invited)
2014
Best Practices in Geospatial Metadata. Working session presented at the Digital Library Federation Forum, Atlanta, GA. Woolcott, L. Neatrour, A., Wittmann, R. and McIntyre, S. (2014, October, Blind Review)
Expanding Outreach and Access for Your [digital] Collections: Creating Access for All. Presented at the Western States Government Information Virtual Conference. Prouty, R., Birnel, J., and Neatrour, A. (2014, August)
Providing the On-Ramp to the Digital Public Library. Speaker session presented at the Utah Library Association Annual Conference, Sandy, UT. McIntyre, S., Neatrour, A., & Cummings, R. (2014, May)
Linked Data. Speaker Session presented at the Utah Library Association Annual Conference, Sandy, UT. Myntti, J. and Neatrour, A. (2014, May)
Serving as a Service Hub for the Digital Public Library of America. Panel presented at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX. Neatrour, A., Cummings, R., Roy, J., & Carlisle, T. (2014, April)
2013
Special Collections on the Web – Session 2, panel participant. Utah Library Association Annual Conference (2013, May)
Evaluating Digital Asset Management Systems for the Marriott Library. UALC Digital Asset Management Systems Interest Group. Masood, K, and Neatrour, A. (2013, November)
POSTERS:
2016
Metadata Managed: How to Clean Data That is Up to No Good. Myntti, J. and Neatrour, A. Utah Library Association Annual Conference (2016, May)
2015
Geospatial Recommendations for the Spatially Challenged. Digital Library Federation Forum. Neatrour, A. and Woolcott, L. (2015, October)
2006
Tisch Library/Berger Technology Transfer Endowment Program: Encouraging Faculty/Library Technology Partnerships. ACRL New England Spring Conference. Sabol, L. and Neatrour, A. (2006)
METADATA GUIDELINES AND BEST PRACTICES:
Guidelines and best practices are representative of collaborative contributions to a variety of groups and committees articulating guidelines and best practices at the local, regional, and national levels.
Marriott Library Metadata Dictionary https://github.com/marriott-library/metadatadictionary/wiki (2019). Neatrour, A., Rockwell, K., Wittmann, R., Shekarforoosh, N.
Mountain West Digital Library Metadata Application Profile https://github.com/mountainwestdl/mwdl-map/wiki/MWDL-Metadata-Application-Profile (2019). Metadata Application Profile Task Force.
Digital Public Library of America Metadata Application Profile v. 5. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fJEWhnYy5Ch7_ef_-V48-FAViA72OieG (2017). DPLA MAP Working Group.
Instructions for Assigning Geospatial Metadata using Geonames.org. Mountain West Digital Library Geospatial Discovery Task Force. http://goo.gl/qu1GYt (2015)
Best Practices for Geospatial Metadata Creation for MWDL Cultural Heritage Digital Repositories: Final Report of the Mountain West Digital Library Geospatial Discovery Task Force. http://goo.gl/kedowP (2015)
OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
“‘Do Better’ -Love(,) Us: Guidelines for Developing and Supporting Grant-Funded Positions in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums.” Arnold, H., Berry, D., Caringola, E., Diaz, A., Hurly, E., Neatrour, A., Patillo, R., Rodriguez, S., Senseny, M., Tillman, R., Wickner, A., Wildenhaus, K., Williams, E. https://dobetterlabor.com/ (2020, January).
“Kennecott Miner Records” Neatrour, A and Wittmann, R. Guest post for Digital Matters blog. https://digitalmatters.utah.edu/neatrour-2019-fall-fac-blogpost/ (2020, January).
Focus on Committees & Interest Groups, a series of edited columns for ALCTS News http://alcts.ala.org/news/author/aneatrour/.
“FAST and not so FAST Faceting in Digital Collections.” Guest post for ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Blog.
http://www.alcts.ala.org/metadatablog/2017/11/fast-and-not-so-fast-faceting-in-digital-collections/
(2017, October)
“Metadata and Digital Repository Accessibility Issues for Library Collections as Data.” Always Already Computational: Library Collections as Data National Forum Position Statements. Neatrour, A. https://collectionsasdata.github.io/statements (2017, March)
“ICYMI: “Diverse and Inclusive Metadata: Developing Cultural Competencies in Descriptive Practices” Sessions at the American Library Association Annual Conference. Blog post for Issues and Advocacy blog, Issues and Advocacy Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists. Woolcott, L. and Neatrour, A. http://bit.ly/2bFQWx2 (2016, August)
“My ALCTS Experience.” Column for ALCTS News. Neatrour, A. http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/columns/myalctsexp-neatrour (2016, August)
“Library Workflow Exchange: Sharing Library Innovation.” Digital Library Federation Forum Blog and News. Woolcott, L. and Neatrour, A. https://www.diglib.org/archives/10844, (2015, November)
“ALCTS Preservation Showdown.” ALCTS Program Reports, 2015 Annual Conference. http://goo.gl/q1OlQV, (2015, September)
“A Day in the Life, the Metadata Librarian for the Mountain West Digital Library.” DPLA Blog Guest Post. http://goo.gl/zrfrs9, (2015, May)
“How to Make Your Very Own DPLA Twitter Bot.” http://goo.gl/ieQV8e MWDL News Blog. (2014, June)
“Western Soundscape Archive.” D-Lib Magazine, Featured Collection. November/December 2008. Arlitsch, K., Neatrour, A. and Rice, J. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november08/11featured-collection.html (2008,November)
SELECTED INSTRUCTION:
Presents widely on technologies and systems used for digital libraries, to both specialist and general audiences. Areas of focus include metadata, digital program management, digitization workflows, digital exhibits, and digital humanities.
2026
Invited guest lectures on digital exhibits and finding primary resources for ETHNC 5300/6970 US Latino Diaspora. Kohler, C., Neatrour, A. (March, April)
Invited guest lecture on digital exhibits for HIST 3910/6970 Public History in Practice. Wittman, R., Kohler, C., Neatrour, A. (April)
2025
Invited guest lecture on library and archives for Multi-Disciplinary Design Elective DES4930 (March)
Invited guest lecture on Omeka.net and building digital exhibits, Careers in Public History, HIST 4360/6360 (October)\
Invited guest lecture on OmekaS and building digital exhibits, ETHNC 5663 (October)
2024
Invited guest lectures on OmekaS and building digital exhibits, with R. Wittmann. History of Women in Science, HIPSCI 3950. (Fall Semester)
Invited guest lecture on Omeka.net and building digital exhibits, Careers in Public History, HIST 4360/6360. (October)
2023
Invited guest lecture on Omeka.net and building digital exhibits, Careers in Public History, HIST 4360/6360. (February)
2022
Data Crafting. Neatrour, A., Wittmann, R., Hebron, T., Slater, N., Cummings, R. Digital Matters Workshop Series. (November)
Metadata Introduction/Refresher Training for Special Collections. Marriott Library. Neatrour, A. Wittmann, R. and Hebron, T. (May)
Introduction to OmekaS for Digital Exhibits and Scholarship. Neatrour, A. and Wittmann, R. Digital Matters Lab Workshop Series. (February)
Invited guest lecture on oral histories, BlockU, Medical Humanities 2250. (January)
2021
Utah COVID-19 Digital Collection - an Introduction to Digital Libraries and Metadata. Neatrour, A. and Myntti, J. Manitos Community Memory Project, New Mexico Humanities Council. (April, Invited Workshop)
Invited guest lecture on oral histories and OmekaS, History of Women in Science, HIPSCI 3950 (March)
2020
Invited guest panel on Digital Asset Management Systems and Migration. Neatrour, A., Myntti, J., McBride, Brian. University of Denver MILS program, LIS 4820 Digitization course. (June)
Invited guest lecture on Omeka.net and building digital exhibits, Careers in Public History, HIST 4360/6360. (September)
GitHub for Libraries, Mountain West Digital Library Winter 2020 Webinar. Boss, E., Hebron, T., Neatrour, A. (February)
2019
Invited guest lecture on authority control in digital libraries for University of Maryland College of Information Studies, LBSC 770 Metadata and Tools for Information Professionals. (October)
Metadata Training for the Department of Heritage and Arts. Hebron, T. and Neatrour, A. (April)
Workshop on OmekaS and digital exhibits for the Digital Matters Lab Workshop Series (February)
Invited guest lecture on Omeka.net and building digital exhibits, Digital Humanities, English 5995 (February)
2018
Metadata Analysis Workshop. Carlson, S., Flynn, K., Gueguen, G., Hebron, T., Neatrour, A., and Rudersdorf, A. Digital Library Federation Forum (October)
Invited guest lecture on Omeka.net and building digital exhibits, Careers in Public History, HIST 4360/6360. (September)
ALCTS e-forum, “Working with Digital Repositories.” Dickson, M. and Neatrour, A. (August). Invited to lead virtual discussion sessions.
Tour and presentation for international visitors exploring digital libraries. Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy. Mowdood, A., Hebron, T., and Neatrour, A. (March)
Invited guest lecture on Omeka.net and building digital exhibits, Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, CLCS 2900: Coming to America. (February)
2017
Migratory Paths: Metadata Migration and Planning Workshop. Digital Library Federation Forum. Neatrour, A., Dickson, M., Hardesty, J., Parker, B., Porter, E., Roke, E., Young, J. (October)
Metadata Assessment and Quality Control Twitter Chat. Facilitated twitter conversation for the Digital Library Federation Assessment Group’s Working Group on Metadata and Mashcat. (September)
Invited Guest Lecture, Japan 4540, Japanese Pop Culture. (March)
2016
Understanding the Digital Humanities Tools. Introduction to Omeka for Digital Matters Workshop series. Neatrour, A. (December)
Understanding the Language of Digital Humanities. Lightning talk on metadata for Digital Matters Workshop series. Neatrour, A. (November)
Western Soundscape Archive. Invited presentation for 4th grade classes at Wasatch Elementary School. (November)
Tour and presentation for international visitors exploring digital libraries. Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy. Mowdood, A. and Neatrour, A. (August)
The Mountain West Digital Library and Collaborative Digitization. Invited guest presentation for University of North Texas Graduate School of Library and Information Science, BYU Hawaii Cohort. Neatrour, A. (May)
2015
Using Metadata to Describe Digital Content. Public Library Partnerships Curriculum, Digital Public Library of America. Martin, G. and Neatrour, A. http://goo.gl/Y2nZOe (October)
Tour for international visitors focused on Rural Access to Education, Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy. Mowdood, A., Paiva, M. and Neatrour, A. (November)
Subject Training for Special Collections EAD Creators. Myntti, J, Rockwell, K., Neatrour, A. (November)
Searching Free Regional and National Digital Libraries. Osher Lifeling Learning Institute Lunch and Learn presentation. Neatrour, A. and Masood, K. (February)
2014
Digitization and Digital Exhibits at Your Library. Day-long workshops for public librarians developed as part of the Public Library Partnerships Project from the Digital Public Library of America and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Collaboratively developed national curriculum and taught sections on metadata and content selection. (May, August, and November)
Geospatial recommendations. Webinar for the MWDL community. Jensen, K., Woolcott, L. McIntyre, S., Neatrour, A., Wittmann, R. (November)
Mountain West Digital Library Application Profile. Webinar for the MWDL community. Strack, G. and Neatrour, A. (September)
Digital Asset Management System Options: Report of the University of Utah Libraries DAMS Review Task Force. Webinar for the MWDL community. Masood, K. and Neatrour, A. (February)
2013
Harvesting Using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol: What Can Your OAI Stream Tell You? Webinar for the MWDL community. McIntyre, S. and Neatrour, A. (December)
DOI and ARK Overview. Research and Learning Services Forum, University of Utah Marriott Library. Neatrour, A and McBride, B. (November)
Evaluating Digital Asset Management Systems for the Marriott Library. UALC Digitization Committee Digital Assets Management Systems Interest Group. (November)
Collection Development Course invited guest panel participant. Emporia State University MLS Program. (September)
2012
Western Waters Digital Library Update, webinar for the Greater Western Library Alliance. (March)
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE:
“Documenting the pandemic: What Utah historians need from you to complete their collections.” KSL.com, (2021, September) https://www.ksl.com/article/50250625/documenting-the-pandemic-what-utah-historians-need-from-you-to-complete-their-collections
“A Tale Of Two Pandemics: Utah's Response To The 1918 Flu and Coronavirus Outbreaks Chronicled In U Of U Digital Exhibit.” KUER Utah, https://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/2020-10-14/a-tale-of-two-pandemics-utahs-response-to-the-1918-flu-and-coronavirus-outbreaks-chronicled-in-u-of-u-digital-exhibit (2020, September)
“Universities, organizations documenting COVID-19 pandemic for future generations.” The Denver Channel, Scripps News Service, https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/universities-organizations-documenting-covid-19-pandemic-for-future-generations (2020, May)
“‘We’re living through history’: University of Utah documenting life during COVID-19 pandemic.” Fox 13 Salt Lake City, https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/were-living-through-history-university-of-utah-documenting-life-during-covid-19-pandemic (2020, April)
“The University of Utah library wants you! … to share coronavirus history being made at your house.” Salt Lake Tribune, https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2020/04/24/university-utah-library (2020, April)
“U Of U Creates Digital Archive For Coronavirus History.” KSL TV, https://ksltv.com/435322/u-of-u-creates-digital-archive-for-coronavirus-history/ (2020, April)
SERVICE WORK:
National:
NISO Information Creation & Curation Topic Committee 2019-present
2022 Software Citation Workshop, invited focus group participant, Wolbach Library 2022
Research AMP Advisory Board, Social Science Research Council 2022
Collective Responsibility Steering Team 2020-2021
Digital Library Federation Forum AIG, Metadata Working Group member 2020-2022
Digital Humanities Advancement Grant, NEH review panelist 2019
Collective Responsibility: National Forum on Labor Practices 2019
for Grant-Funded Digital Projects, funded forum participant
ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Vice-Chair/Chair, ALA 2017-2019
Digital Library Federation Forum AIG, Metadata Working Group Co-Facilitator 2017-2020
DPLA Metadata Application Profile Working Group 2017
Metadata Support Group, Digital Library Federation, co-founder 2017-present
Always Already Computational: Library Collections as Data Forum, University of California, Santa Barbara, invited forum partner 2017
National Strategy for Shareable Local Authorities Forum, Cornell University Library, invited forum participant 2016-2017
DPLA Hubs Application Reviewer, Fall and Spring 2016-2017
ALCTS Representative to the ALA Information Technology Advisory Committee 2016-2018
Digital Library Federation Forum Metadata Assessment Working Group Member 2016-2017
ALCTS News Editorial Assistant, ALA 2016-2018
ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Programming Co-Chair, ALA 2015-2017
CODES Program Planning Committee, ALA 2001-2002
Regional:
8th Digital Humanities Utah Symposium (DHU8), Organizing Committee member 2023-2024
Utah Library Association Member at Large (elected) 2020-2023
Utah Library Association Nominating Committee, Member at Large 2021-2022
Utah Library Association Conference Planning Committee, Member at Large 2020
MWDL Metadata Application Profile Taskforce 2018-present
MWDL Digitization Committee 2016-present
Utah Library Association Website Migration Committee, Chair 2015
MWDL Geospatial Task Force 2013-2015
MWDL Digital Preservation Task Force 2014-2015
UALC Digitization Committee 2013-2015
MWDL Linked Data Interest Group 2014
University of Utah:
University of Utah Academic Senate Advisory Committee on IT 2021-present
Digital Matters Advisory Board 2023-present
University of Utah Dean of Libraries Search Committee, Member 2022
University of Utah Academic Senate 2021-2023
Digital Matters Lab Task Force 2015-2017
Marriott Library
Chair, Expedited Review Tenure-Line Subcommittee 2025
Chair, Resource Description Coordinator Librarian Search Committee 2024
Executive Committee, Member 2024
Dean’s Cabinet, Co-chair 2023-2025
Tenure-line Faculty Review Subcommittee, Chair 2022
Digital Operations Coordinator Search Committee, Member 2021
Tenured Faculty Review Subcommittee, Member 2021-2022
Tenure-line Faculty Review Subcommittee, Member 2019-2020
ProtoSpace Taskforce 2019
Art and Archives Metadata Librarian Search Committee, Member 2018
Digital Curation Librarian Search Committee, Chair 2017
Resident Librarian Search Committee, Member 2017
MWDL Digital Metadata Librarian Search Committee, Member 2017
Chair, MWDL Digital Metadata Librarian Search Committee 2016
Chair, Head of Digital Infrastructure Development Search Committee 2016
J. Willard Marriott Library Unrequired Reading Group 2015-2019
J. Willard Marriott Library Diversity and Inclusion Committee 2015-2017
Head of Digital Library Services Search Committee Member 2015-2016
Digital Preservation Software Specialist Search Committee Member 2015
SIMP Steering Committee 2013-present
Digital Asset Management Review Committee Member 2013-2014
Chair, EZID Implementation Task Force 2012
Rosetta Implementation Group Member 2012-2014
Community
Skyline High School Novels Committee, Member 2022-2023
SELECTED CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Librarians Building Momentum for Reproducibility, January 2020
Research Reproducibility 2018 Short Courses, Eccles Health Sciences Library, June 2018
NISO Virtual Conference on Open Data Projects, June 2018
Library Juice Academy Introduction to Text Encoding course, September 2017
HILT – Humanities Intensive Learning and Teaching Institute 2017 – Completed course Help! I’m a Humanist – Programming for Humanists with Python, June 2017.
ALCTS Midwinter Symposium: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Creating a New Future for Library Collections, January 2017
LODLAM in Practice Workshop: Workshop on Linked Data, Digital Library Federation Forum, October 2015
From 0 to 60 on SPARQL Queries in 50 minutes. ASIS&T Webinar. October 2015
Library Juice Academy Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems. Topics covered included XML, XPath, DTDs, Schema, Semantic Web, XSLT and XQuery, RDFa, RDFa Lite, Linked Data, and SPARQL. Completed in 2014
Planning for the Evolving Role of Metadata Services, ALCTS Virtual Preconference. June 2015.
Linked Data Workshop, Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. April 2014
Not Just for Data Geeks: A Practical Approach to Linked Data for Digital Library Managers, Mountain West
Digital Library Workshop. October 2013