Tula Giannini Explained

Tula Giannini
Citizenship:	United States
Nationality:	American
Discipline:	Information science
Sub Discipline:	Library science, Musicology
Main Interests:	Digital culture
Notable Works:	Museums and Digital Culture^[1] ^[2]
Known For:	Brooklyn Visual Heritage
Work Institution:	Catholic University Rutgers University University of Hawaiʻi Westminster Choir College Adelphi University Pratt Institute
Alma Mater:	Manhattan School of Music Rutgers University Bryn Mawr College

Prof. Tula Giannini is an American academic with subject expertise in musicology, digital culture, and digital heritage.

Tula Giannini holds B.M. and M.M. degrees in Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, an M.L.S. degree in Library Science from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. degree in Musicology from Bryn Mawr College.^[3] Early in her career, she was a professional flautist.^[4] She taught at the Catholic University, Rutgers University, and the University of Hawaiʻi.^[5] Director of the Talbott Library at Westminster Choir College, and Head of Collection Management at Adelphi University. She joined the Pratt Institute in 1998 and served as Dean of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS), from 2015 renamed to the School of Information under her leadership,^[6] From 2004 to 2017, Giannini served as Dean of the School of Information at Pratt Institute where she is a tenured full professor.

Giannini has overseen the introduction of new academic/professional programs at the Pratt Institute, including: Advanced Certificates in Archives (2004), Museum Libraries (2005), Conservation and Digital Curation (2016); a Dual Masters with the Department of Digital Arts at Pratt (2008), which received an Innovation Award from NASED; an M.S. degree in Museums and Digital Culture (2015);^[7] M.S. in Information Experience Design and M.S. in Data Analytics and Visualization (2016).^[8] She received four significant Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grants for programs involving digital cultural heritage: GATEWAI (Graduate Archives Training and Education, Work and Information); M-LEAD I and M-LEAD II (Museum Library Education and Digitization);^[9] and CHART (Cultural Heritage: Access, Research and Technology),^{[10] [11]} which resulted in the Brooklyn Visual Heritage website.

Giannini has contributed entries to The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, published by Oxford University Press.^[12] She has also published books.

Selected publications

• Book: Giannini, T. . Great Flute Makers of France: The Lot and Godfroy families, 1650–1900 . Bingham . 1993 . 978-0946113057 .
• Jacques Hotteterre le Romain and his father, Martin: A re-examination based on recently found documents . T. . Giannini . . XXI . 3 . 377–395 . . August 1993 . 10.1093/em/XXI.3.377 .
• Digitalism: The New Realism . J.P. . Bowen . Jonathan Bowen . T. . Giannini . EVA London 2014 Conference Proceedings on Electronic Visualisation and the Arts . . . 324–331 . 2014 . 10.14236/ewic/eva2014.38 .
• Curating Digital Life and Culture: Art and Information . T. . Giannini . J.P. . Bowen . EVA London 2016 Conference Proceedings on Electronic Visualisation and the Arts . . . 237–244 . 2016 . 10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.46 .
• Life in Code and Digits: When Shannon met Turing . T. . Giannini . J.P. . Bowen . EVA London 2017 Conference Proceedings on Electronic Visualisation and the Arts . . . 51–58 . 2017 . 10.14236/ewic/EVA2017.9 . free .
• Book: Giannini . T. . Bowen . J.P. . Jonathan Bowen . . . Series on Cultural Computing . 2019 . 978-3-319-97456-9 . 10.1007/978-3-319-97457-6 . 146115899 . ^[13]
• Book: Giannini . T. . Bowen . J.P. . Jonathan Bowen . The Arts and Computational Culture: Real and Virtual Worlds. . Series on Cultural Computing . 2024 . 978-3-031-53864-3 . 10.1007/978-3-031-53865-0 . 270801523 . ^{[14] [15]}

External links

• Tula Giannini homepage
• Tula Giannini on ResearchGate
• Tula Giannini on DBLP

Notes and References

1. Book: Giannini . T. . Bowen . J.P. . Jonathan Bowen . . . Series on Cultural Computing . 2019 . 978-3-319-97456-9 . 10.1007/978-3-319-97457-6 . 146115899 .
2. Koslow . Jennifer . Book Review – Museums and digital culture: new perspectives and research . . 34 . 5 . 537–539 . 4 September 2019 . 10.1080/09647775.2019.1661098 . 203059899 .
3. Web site: Tula Giannini . . 19 October 2020 .
4. Web site: en . Great Flute Makers of France: The Lot and Godfroy Families, 1650–1900 . thefreelibrary.com . Tula . Giannini . 19 October 2020 .
5. Web site: Candidate for Vice President/President-Elect – Tula Giannini . Tula . Giannini . . ALISE Election . 2015 . 20 October 2020 .
6. Web site: School of Information and Library Science Renamed . News . . 2015 . 19 October 2020 .
7. Web site: Museums and Digital Culture Core Faculty . . 19 October 2020 .
8. Web site: School of Information Launches two New Master of Science Programs . News . . 2016 . 19 October 2020 .
9. Web site: SILS Partners with NY Cultural Institutions to Prepare Information Professionals for Museum Careers . News . . 2012 . 19 October 2020 .
10. Web site: Pratt School of Information and Library Science Award $971,407 Grant . News . . 2010 . 19 October 2020 .
11. Web site: News12 Brooklyn Features the Work of Library and Information Science Students . News . . 2012 . 19 October 2020 .
12. Book: The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments . 2nd . Laurence . Libin . . 2014 . 978-0199743391 .
13. Web site: New and Noteworthy: 2019 Faculty Books Roundup . News . . 5 December 2020 . 19 October 2020 .
14. Web site: The Arts and Computational Culture, 2024 . . . 2024 . 16 October 2024 .
15. Andrew . Robinson . W. Andrew Robinson . Do orangutans like your toothpaste? Books in brief . . . 10.1038/d41586-024-03174-y . 27 September 2024 .