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Deborah Caldwell

Assistant Librarian

University of North Texas

Department of Library - PS - Library Research Support Services

Email: Deborah.Caldwell@unt.edu

Education

  • MS, University of North Texas, 2018
    Major: Information Science
  • Certificate, Seoul National University, 2011
    Major: Korean Language
  • BA, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2009
    Major: Anthropology

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2017 - 2018).
  • Graduate Library Assistant - Reference & Research, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2017 - 2017).
  • Student Assistant, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2016 - 2017).

    • Professional

  • Data Services Librarian, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2023 - Present).
  • Diversity Resident Librarian, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University of North Carolina at Greensboro. (2018 - 2021).

Licensures and Certifications

  • Digital Archives Specialist Certificate Course: Arrangement & Description of Digital Records: Parts 1 & 2, Society of American Archivists. (2021 - Present).
  • Digital Archives Specialist Certificate Course: Building Advocacy and Support for Digital Archives, Society of American Archivists. (2021 - Present).
  • Digital Archives Specialist Certificate Course: Fundamentals of Research Data Curation, Society of American Archivists. (2020 - Present).
  • Digital Archives Specialist Certificate Course: Introduction to Email Preservation, Society of American Archivists. (2020 - Present).
  • Digital Archives Specialist Certificate Course: Metadata Overview for Digital Archivists, Society of American Archivists. (2020 - Present).
  • Digital Archives Specialist Certificate Course: Web Archiving Fundamentals, Society of American Archivists. (2020 - Present).
  • Digital Archives Specialist Certificate Course: Assessment & Certification of Digital Repositories, Society of American Archivists. (2020 - Present).
  • Digital Archives Specialist Certificate Course: Basics of Managing Digital Records, Society of American Archivists. (2020 - Present).
  • Digital Archives Specialist Certificate Course: Digital Records: The Next Step, Society of American Archivists. (2020 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology. (November 2023 - Present).
  • Library Freedom Project. (August 2020 - Present).
  • Research Data Access and Preservation Association. (2020 - Present).
  • American Library Association. (2018 - 2023).
  • Association of College and Research Libraries. (2019 - 2022).
  • Residency Interest Group. (2019 - 2022).
  • Asian Pacific American Librarians Association. (2018 - 2022).
  • North Texas Association of Information Science & Technology. (2017 - 2018).

Development Activities

  • Other (The Data Services Continuing Professional Education (DSCPE) is a ten-week online intensive learning experience geared toward preparing early-to-mid career working librarians to provide needed data services. The curriculum consists of live sessions, remote self-paced learning, and capstone with a partner site.), Data Services Continuing Professional Education (DSCPE), Simmons University School of Library and Information Science. United States of America. (September 2024 - November 2024).
  • Workshop, IMLS-funded Evidence Synthesis Institute, Cornell University. United States of America. (August 8, 2023 - August 11, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, Exploring Linked Data in GLAM: From Inspiration to Implementation, LD4 Conference on Linked Data 2023. United States of America. (July 10, 2023 - July 14, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, Critical Pedagogy Symposium: A Focus on Critical Race Theory, NYU Libraries. United States of America. (May 17, 2023 - May 19, 2023).
  • Workshop, Introduction to R, RStudio and litsearchr Workshop for Evidence Synthesis, Cornell University. United States of America. (April 20, 2023 - April 21, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, RDAP 2023 Annual Meeting, Research Data Access and Preservation. United States of America. (March 28, 2023 - March 30, 2023).
  • Other (Four month collaborative program between New York University and Library Freedom), Library Freedom Institute (July-November 2020 Cohort), Library Freedom Project. United States of America. (July 2020 - November 2020).
  • Workshop, Data Science and Text Analysis, ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research 2020. United States of America. (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Workshop, Data Visualization, ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research 2020. United States of America. (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Workshop, Introduction to Python, ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research 2020. United States of America. (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Workshop, Introduction to the LaTeX Text Processing System, ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research 2020. United States of America. (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Workshop, Introduction to the R Statistical Computing Environment, ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research 2020. United States of America. (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Workshop, Mathematics for Social Scientists I, ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research 2020. United States of America. (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Workshop, Racial Equity Institute Phase I Workshop, Racial Equity Institute. Greensboro,NC,United States of America. (February 23, 2019 - February 24, 2019).
  • Workshop, Library Diversity Institute 2018, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Libraries. Greensboro,NC,United States of America. (August 31, 2018 - September 3, 2018).

Teaching

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Guest Lecture (Library Instruction & Guest Lecture), “Data Resources and Data Librarianship.” Guest lecture for INFO 5600 Introduction to Information Access and Retrieval, Robbie Sittel. University of North Texas College of Information Department of Information Science, 30 participants. (April 6, 2023).
  • Workshop (“Finding and Using Government Information and Data.” With Robbie Sittel.), “Finding and Using Government Information and Data.” Presented at the University of North Texas Toulouse Graduate School Workshop Series, University of North Texas, 35 participants. (February 16, 2023 - February 16, 2023).

Awards and Honors

  • Faculty Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award, University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
  • Margaret T. Lane/Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award ($1000), ALA Government Documents Roundtable.
  • DLF Student & New Professionals Fellowship, Digital Library Federation.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Bignoli, C., Buechler, S., Caldwell, D., McElroy, K. (2021). Resisting Crisis Surveillance Capitalism in Academic Libraries. Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjalrcbu.v7.36450

    • Other

  • Wong, D., Chiu, A., Dai, J., Caldwell, D.Y., Roh, C. (2021). Letter to Asian Diasporic Library Workers.

    • White Paper

  • Halbert, M., Skinner, K., Sittel, R., Caldwell, D., Concannon, M., Jacobs, J.R., Laster, S., Matheson, S. (2019). Toward a Shared Agenda: Report on Preservation of Electronic Government Information (PEGI Project) Activities for 2017-2019.
  • Sittel, R., Halbert, M., Skinner, K., Caldwell, D., Concannon, M., Jacobs, J.R., Laster, S., Matheson, S. (2019). PEGI Project National Forum Summary and Report. Other. 30. Atlanta, GA, Educopia Institute. https://educopia.org/pegi/

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Caldwell, D. (Panelist), Diversity Residency Institute 2023, Research Related to Diversity Residencies, Harvard University, United States of America. (2023).
  • Caldwell, D. (Panelist), Canefield Wood, J. (Panelist), Estabrook, A. (Panelist), Shim, K. (Panelist), Spring Depository Library Council Meeting, Speaking My Language - Providing Government Information Services in Multiple Languages., United States Government Publishing Office, United States of America. (2023).
  • Caldwell, D.Y. (Presenter), Halperin, J.R. (Presenter), Macrina, A. (Presenter), West, J. (Presenter), METRO Library Council Webinars, Introduction to Digital Rights for Library Workers, METRO Library Council and Library Futures, Virtual, United States of America. (2023).
  • Caldwell, D.Y. (Panelist), Rood, M. (Presenter), Thacker, J. (Presenter), Sawyer, S. (Presenter), Massachusetts Library Association Annual Conference, (Not) Another Anti-Racist Reading Group: Walking the Talk., Massachusetts Library Association, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).
  • Caldwell, D. (Moderator), Petty, T. (Panelist), St. Catherine University MLIS Annual Summit 2021, ”Coded Bias” with Data 4 Black Lives, United States of America. (2021).
  • Caldwell, D.Y. (Panelist), Holmes, G. (Panelist), Onyemeh, L. (Panelist), Owens, I. (Panelist), Tadena, L. (Panelist), Hill, N. (Panelist), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Exploring ACRL Library Diversity Alliance Residencies: How to Support Current & Future Resident Librarians, United States of America. (2020).
  • Matheson, S. (Panelist), Sittel, N.R. (Presenter), Laster, S. (Presenter), Jacobs, J.R. (Presenter), Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Federal Depository Library Conference, Preserving the Future: PEGI Project Update, United States of America. (2019).
  • Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Diversity Day 2019, Diversity Day: Resident Reflections, United States of America. (2019).
  • Caldwell, D.Y. (Panelist), Holmes, G. (Panelist), Halbert, M. (Panelist), North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Meeting of Library Directors, Diversity Residencies, United States of America. (2018).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Multidisciplinary Information Research Symposium 2017, At-Risk Digital Information and Data Rescue Denton, United States of America. (2017).

    • Other

  • Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Kellam, L. (Presenter), Laster, S. (Other), Jacobs, J.R. (Other), IASSIST 49th Annual Conference, Charting a FAIR Direction for the US Government Information Ecosystem, International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology (IASSIST) and the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (CARTO), Nova Scotia, Canada, Canada. (2024 - 2024).
  • Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Laster, S. (Presenter), Jacobs, J. (Presenter), Kellam, L. (Presenter), RDAP Association Summit 2024, Finding FAIR in the Government Information Ecosystem, Research Data Access & Preservation (RDAP), Virtual, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Kahle, B. (Leader), Caldwell, D. (Other), Democracy’s Library, Workshop and Discussion, Internet Archive, United States of America. (2023).
  • Boehm, R. (Author), Blake, M. (Author), Choudhury, S. (Author), Caldwell, D. (Other), Planning a Community-Created Data Rescue Toolkit (IMLS Grant LG-72-18-0102-18), Workshop Participant., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Coker, C. (Presenter), Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Martin, J.E. (Moderator), Realizing Resistance III Pre-Conference Pop Ups, Using the Force of FanFic: A Workshop, Digital Cultural Studies Cooperative, United States of America. (2023).
  • Caldwell, D.Y. (Presenter), Hahn, A. (Presenter), Wilson, T. (Presenter), Learn@DLF 2021, Trauma-Informed Approaches to Library Privacy, United States of America. (2021).
  • Caldwell, D. (Panelist), Rood, M. (Panelist), Thacker, J. (Panelist), Sawyer, S. (Panelist), Association of South Eastern Research Libraries (ASERL) 2021, (Not) Another Anti-Racist Reading Group: From Discussion to Action., United States of America. (2021).
  • Caldwell, D. (Chair), Kellam, L. (Moderator), Porter, N.D. (Panelist), Ellena, K. (Panelist), Purdie, L. (Panelist), American Libraries Association Annual Conference 2020, Civic Duty?: Libraries and the Disenfranchised, United States of America. (2020).
  • Caldwell, D. (Panelist), Holmes, G. (Panelist), Thacker, J. (Panelist), Hoskins, N. (Panelist), Rood, M. (Panelist), Library Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (LAUNC-CH) Annual Conference 2020, Strategic Planning to Build Cultural Competence in Libraries, United States of America. (2020).
  • Caldwell, D. (Panelist), Jacobs, J. (Panelist), Laster, S. (Panelist), National Digital Stewardship Alliance Digital Preservation Conference 2019, From Efforts to Impact: Future Directions for the PEGI Project, United States of America. (2019).
  • Caldwell, D. (Moderator), Bruce, S. (Panelist), Hill, N. (Panelist), Tadena, L. (Panelist), Library Diversity Institute 2019, Perspectives on the Diversity Institute, United States of America. (2019).
  • Caldwell, D. (Panelist), Solis, D. (Panelist), Dai, J. (Panelist), IDEAL'19, Mind the Gap: How Leveraging Research Agendas Will Promote and Retain Academic Librarians of Color, United States of America. (2019).
  • Halbert, M.D. (Panelist), Sittel, N.R. (Panelist), Laster, S. (Panelist), Kellam, L. (Panelist), Jacobs, J.R. (Panelist), Caldwell, D. (Panelist), American Library Association Annual Conference 2019, Collectively Curating Government Information and Data: The PEGI Project and the Collective Impact Model, United States of America. (2019).
  • Holmes, G. (Panelist), Halbert, M.D. (Panelist), Caldwell, D. (Panelist), NC Live Annual Conference 2019, Open, Inclusive Practice and Diversity Residencies, United States of America. (2019).
  • Halbert, M.D. (Panelist), Lippencott, S. (Panelist), Sittel, N.R. (Panelist), Caldwell, D. (Panelist), Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Fall Membership Meeting 2018, National Agenda for Collaborative Preservation of Electronic Government Information, United States of America. (2018).
  • Laster, S. (Panelist), Janz, M. (Panelist), Jacobs, J.R. (Panelist), Caldwell, D. (Panelist), Association of Public Data Users (APDU) 2018, Collecting and Preserving Born-Digital Government Information and Data: A Holistic View From Librarians Leading Grassroots Efforts, United States of America. (2018).
  • Roeschley, A. (Panelist), Caldwell, D. (Panelist), International Conference on Knowledge management 2017, Big Data, Ethics, and Public Engagement, United States of America. (2017).

    • Poster

  • Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Federal Depository Library Conference 2019, PEGI Project Update 2019, United States of America. (2019).
  • Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Holmes, G. (Presenter), IDEAL'19 2019, Library Diversity Institutes Pilot Project at UNC Greensboro, United States of America. (2019).
  • Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Sittel, N.R. (Presenter), Society of American Archivists 2019, Collective Impact and Preservation of Electronic Government Information, United States of America. (2019).
  • Caldwell, D. (Presenter), Matheson, S. (Presenter), American Association of Law Librarians 2019, PEGI Project One Year Later., United States of America. (2019).
  • Caldwell, D. (Panelist), Carlos, J. (Panelist), Henry, T. (Panelist), Association of College and Research Libraries Conference 2019, Academic Library Casting Calls: Representation, Recruitment, and Retention of Librarians of Color, United States of America. (2019).

    • Sharing Session

  • Caldwell, D. (Moderator), Cooper, T. (Moderator), Library Freedom Project Regional Hub Convening: Philadelphia, Data Stewardship Best Practices, Library Freedom Project, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Service

  • Caldwell, D. (Co-Principal), Rood, M. (Co-Principal), Patterson, O. (Co-Principal), "Anti-Racist Resources Library," sponsored by UNCG Libraries Dean's Innovation and Program Enrichment Grant, Other, $3000 Funded. (2020 - 2021).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Public Services PAC. (August 2024 - July 2025).
  • Committee Member, Inclusive Design Working Group. (February 2021 - September 2021).
  • Task Force Chair, Residency Assessment and Refresh Task Force Co-Chair. (January 2021 - September 2021).
  • Task Force Member, Administrative Advisory Group Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Strategic Plan Task Force. (June 2020 - September 2021).
  • Co-Chair, University Libraries Virtual Learning Community Anti-Racist Reading Group. (June 2020 - September 2021).
  • Member, Family Room Working Group. (April 2020 - September 2021).
  • Program Coordinator, UNC Greensboro Libraries Mutual Care Network. (March 2020 - September 2021).
  • Member, Administrative Advisory Group. (October 2018 - September 2021).
  • Committee Member, Diversity Committee. (October 2018 - September 2021).
  • Committee Member, Innovation and Program Enrichment Grant Committee. (October 2018 - September 2021).
  • Member, Search Committee (Student Success Librarian). (July 2019 - March 2019).

Professional Service

  • Board of Directors, Preservation of Electronic Government Information. (August 2018 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Research Data Access and Preservation Association. (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2025).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Library Diversity and Residency Studies. (October 2018 - March 2024).
  • Committee Member, ALA GODORT Legislation Committee. (July 2019 - June 2023).
  • Guest Speaker, Library Freedom Project Regional Hub Convening. Philadelphia, PA. (April 14, 2023 - April 16, 2023).
  • Discussant, PEGI Project 2023 Planning Meeting. (April 7, 2023 - April 12, 2023).
  • Task Force Member, ACRL Diversity Alliance. (July 2020 - June 2022).
  • Committee Member, Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Media and Publicity Committee. (July 2017 - June 2022).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, IMLS. (July 2019 - January 2021).
  • Other (Nonmember contributor), ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (Nonmember contributor). (November 2020 - December 2020).
  • Committee Member, ALA GODORT. (July 2019 - June 2020).
  • Committee Member, Digital Frontiers. (January 2019 - October 2019).
  • Program Organizer, Library Diversity & Residency Studies Conference 2019. (October 2018 - September 2019).
  • Committee Member, Library Diversity Institute 2019. (October 2018 - September 2019).
  • Program Organizer, PEGI Project National Forum 2018. (March 2017 - December 2018).
  • Committee Member, Digital Library Federation Forum 2018. (March 2018 - October 2018).
  • Committee Member, Digital Library Federation Forum 2018. (March 2018 - October 2018).
  • Committee Member, Digital Frontiers 2018. (January 2018 - October 2018).