Helen Tibbo Explained

Helen Tibbo
Known For:President of the Society of American Archivists
Occupation:Professor
Nationality:American

Helen Ruth Tibbo (born 1955) is an American archivist, professor and author writing about digital preservation in the archival profession.[1] At the University of North Carolina, she created and directed the first American master's degree on digital curation.[2] She is a past President of the Society of American Archivists

Early life and education

Tibbo's ancestors include colonizers Miles Standish and John Alden.[3] She attended Bridgewater State College and graduated with a BA in English in 1977.[4] She taught junior college for several years before enrolling in graduate studies. Her Master's is in Library Science from Indiana University in 1983. She then attended the University of Maryland where she obtained an MA in American Studies and a PhD in Library and Information Science in 1989. Her doctoral dissertation was "Abstracts, Online Searching, and the Humanities".

Career

Tibbo joined the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science in 1989 where she taught archives, digital preservation, data curation and management.[5] In 2000, she began teaching Digital Preservation and Access, one of the first college courses to cover the topic. Four years later she was appointed co-chair of the Digital Curation/Institutional Repositories Committee at the University of North Carolina, which involved the planning of UNC's institutional digital repository.

She helped create "DigCCurr I and II" which developed the curriculum for archival graduate students.[6] In April 2007, the DigCCurr conference brought almost 300 participants with 100 speakers from 10 countries.[7] She also directed ESOPI-21 (Educating Stewards of Public Information in the 21st Century), which helps prepare students for work in shaping public policy and preserving government records and data. Tibbo collaborates with other universities and institutions, including the University of Michigan, the University of Toronto, Duke University, and the United Kingdom's Joint INformation Systems Committee and Digital Curation Center.

Professional service

Tibbo is a member of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and served as SAA Vice President from 2009 to 2010 and SAA President from 2010 to 2011. She has been a member of various boards and committees, and co-founded the SAA Research Forum. Tibbo also helped create a Digital Archives Specialist certificate program and helped update the Guidelines for Graduate Professional Archival Studies.

Awards

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Notes and References

  1. "Helen Ruth Tibbo (1955-)." Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Ed. Jeffrey Muhr. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Gale. Illinois State University, Milner Lib.. 11 Feb. 2020 https://find.gale.com/bgmi/start.do?prodId=BGMI .
  2. Web site: Helen Tibbo sils.unc.edu. sils.unc.edu. 2020-02-05.
  3. Web site: Digital Preservation Pioneer: Helen Tibbo The Signal. Ashenfelder. Mike. 2011-10-05. blogs.loc.gov. 2020-02-05.
  4. Web site: Helen Tibbo awarded IU ILS Distinguished Alumni Award sils.unc.edu. sils.unc.edu. 2020-02-05.
  5. Web site: Helen Tibbo, Instructor. Coursera. en. 2020-02-05.
  6. Web site: DigCCurr Carolina Digital Curation Curriculum Project. ils.unc.edu. 2020-02-05.
  7. Web site: Helen Tibbo Society of American Archivists. www2.archivists.org. 2020-02-05.

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