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Justin Lemons

Assistant Librarian

University of North Texas

Department of Library - SL - Special Collections

(940) 565-2343

Email: Justin.Lemons@unt.edu

Education

  • MS, University of North Texas, 2014
    Major: Information Science
  • BFA, University of North Texas, 2008
    Major: Studio Art - Drawing and Painting

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Collections Curator, University of North Texas, Special Collections. University of North Texas, Special Collections. (2026 - Present).
  • Preservation and Acquisitions Librarian, University of North Texas, Special Collections. University of North Texas, Special Collections. (2023 - 2025).

    • Professional

  • Studio Owner, Head Engineer, Infinite Ohm Recording Studio. Infinite Ohm Recording Studio. (2015 - Present).
  • Label Owner, Infinite Ohm Record Label. Infinite Ohm Record Label. (2014 - Present).
  • Lead Preservation Technician, University of North Texas, Special Collections. University of North Texas, Special Collections. (2019 - 2023).
  • Music Access Services Manager, University of North Texas, Music Library. University of North Texas, Music Library. (2018 - 2019).

Licensures and Certifications

  • IRB Certification - Social and Behavioral Research - Basic Refresher, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative. (2025 - 2025).
  • DOT/IATA: How to Ship Dangerous Goods by Ground and Air, Environmental Resource Center. (2025 - 2025).

Professional Memberships

  • Association for Recorded Sound Collections. (September 2023 - Present).
  • Association of Moving Image Archives. (August 2, 2023 - Present).
  • Popular Culture Association. (November 2023 - November 2024).

Development Activities

  • Conference Attendance, ARSC 2026 Conference, Association of Recorded Sound Collections. Memphis,Texas,United States of America. (May 13, 2026 - May 16, 2026).
  • Conference Attendance, 2026 Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting, Society of Southwest Archivists. Waco,Texas,United States of America. (April 29, 2026 - May 2, 2026).
  • Workshop, Tape Camp, Mara Machines. Nashville,Tennessee,United States of America. (April 18, 2026 - April 20, 2026).
  • Conference Attendance, AMIA 2025 Conference, Association of Moving Image Archivists. Baltimore,Maryland,United States of America. (December 3, 2025 - December 6, 2025).
  • Conference Attendance, ARSC 2025 Conference, Association of Recorded Sound Collections. Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States of America. (May 14, 2025 - May 17, 2025).
  • Workshop, Planning, Designing, and Building an Audio Preservation Space, Association of Recorded Sound Collections. Tulsa,OK,United States of America. (May 13, 2025).
  • Conference Attendance, AMIA 2024 Conference, Association of Moving Image Archivists. Milwaukee,Wisconsin,United States of America. (December 4, 2024 - December 6, 2024).
  • Conference Attendance, ARSC 2024 Conference, Association of Recorded Sound Collections. St. Paul,Minnesota,United States of America. (May 15, 2024 - May 18, 2024).
  • Workshop, ARSC Workshop: Early and Obsolete Digital Formats, Association of Recorded Sound Collections. St. Paul ,Minnesota,United States of America. (May 15, 2024 - May 15, 2024).
  • Conference Attendance, PCA National Conference, Popular Culture Association. Chicago,Illinois,United States of America. (March 27, 2024 - March 30, 2024).
  • Conference Attendance, AMIA 2023 Conference, Association of Moving Image Archivists. Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States of America. (November 15, 2023 - November 17, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, Texas Oral History Association 2023 Conference, Texas Oral History Association. San Marcos,Texas,United States of America. (September 8, 2023 - September 9, 2023).
  • Other (Webinar), Caring for Scrapbooks, Northeast Document Conservation Center. United States of America. (February 2021 - February 2021).
  • Other (Webinar), NEDCC Thinking Outside the Box When Boxing, Northeast Document Conservation Center. United States of America. (August 2020 - August 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Caring for Photograph Collections, Northeast Document Conservation Center. United States of America. (June 2020 - July 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Coping with Pests and Mold, Northeast Document Conservation Center. United States of America. (June 2020 - June 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Disaster Planning for Extended Closures, Northeast Document Conservation Center. United States of America. (June 2020 - June 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), NEDCC Surface Cleaning Techniques for Paper-Based Materials - A "Hands On" Webinar, Northeast Document Conservation Center. United States of America. (June 2020 - June 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Preventing and Responding to Mold in Book and Paper Collections, Northeast Document Conservation Center. United States of America. (June 2020 - June 2020).
  • Conference Attendance, TMLA Business Meeting, Texas Music Library Association. Dallas ,Texas,United States of America. (October 12, 2018 - October 12, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, AES Conference 2013 New York, Audio Engineering Society. New York City,New York,United States of America. (October 17, 2013 - October 20, 2013).
  • Conference Attendance, TMLA Annual Meeting, Texas Music Library Association. Houston,Texas,United States of America. (October 10, 2013 - October 11, 2013).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • INFO 5297 - Introduction to Special Materials Preservation, 6 courses.
  • INFO 5900 - Special Problems, 6 courses.

Awards and Honors

  • Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program, Library of Congress. (February 7, 2013).

Research

Presentations Given

    Demonstration

  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), Zimmerman, C. (Presenter), Mat Cutting Demonstration, College of Visual Arts and Design Photography Department, United States of America. (2024).
  • Lemons, J. (Leader), Zimmerman, C. (Leader), Denton Revealed Preservation Month 2024, Preserve Your Memories Workshop, Preserve Denton, UNT Special Collections Preservation Lab, Research Collection Library, United States of America. (2024).

    • Exhibit

  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Junior Fellows Display Day, Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Discovering “Oh, How I Want to See Him”, Library of Congress, Recorded Sound Division, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2013).

    • Invited Talk

  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), Library Advocacy Board Meeting, Preservation Talk and Demonstration, University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Special Collections Preservation Lab, Research Collections Library, United States of America. (2024).
  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), DFW Archives Bazaar, Ask an Archivist: Preservation, United States of America. (2020).

    • Lecture

  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), History of Illustration Graduate Seminar; Prof. Carey Gibbons, Preserving the Winn Morton Collection, College of Visual Arts and Design, Willis Library, Rm. 443, United States of America. (2025).
  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Fighting Erasure: Digitizing Gaza's Genocide and the War on Lebanon, Archival First Aid and Preservation in a War Zone: Pt. 2, Archives and Digital Media Lab, Remote, United States of America. (2025).
  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Fighting Erasure: Digitizing Gaza's Genocide and the War on Lebanon, Archival First Aid and Preservation in a War Zone: Pt. 1, Archives and Digital Media Lab, Remote, United States of America. (2025).
  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Martinez, G. (Author & Presenter), AMIA 2023 Annual Conference/ Community Archiving Workshop, Community Archival Workshop [CAW] Training of Trainers 2023: Tulsa, OK, AMIA/Community Archiving Workshop, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America. (2023).
  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), Fall 2021 Lab Meeting, Imaging Lab Materials Handling, University of North Texas, Digital Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2021).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Rhinehart-Doty, J. (Author & Presenter), Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Preservation: From UNT Special Libraries to Your Family History, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2025).
  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), 2024 Popular Culture Association National Conference, The Anti-Establishment Iconography of S. Brooks: 1970s Dallas Viewed Through the Countercultural Pen of Its Most Laid-Back Radical, Popular Culture Association, Chicago, Il, United States of America. (2024).
  • Lemons, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Rhinehart-Doty, J. (Author & Presenter), Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT, Preservation: From the UNT Archives to Your Family History, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022).
  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Rhinehart-Doty, J. (Author & Presenter), Denton County Genealogical Society, Emily Fowler Library, Preservation: From the UNT Archives to Your Family History, Denton County Genealogical Society, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022).
  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Rhinehart-Doty, J. (Author & Presenter), Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT, Preservation: From the UNT Archives to Your Family History, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2021).
  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Texas Music Library Association, Am I Experienced? How I Went from Custodial Services to the Library of Congress by Way of Freelance Audio Engineering, University of North Texas, Music Library, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2013).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Leuzinger, J.A. (Author & Presenter), Lemons, J. (Author), Ames, A. (Author & Presenter), Texas Library Association Conference 2026, Rankism in Academic Libraries, Texas Library Association, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2026).
  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Zimmerman, C. (Author & Presenter), ARSC 2026 Conference, Advocating for AV Collections to Admin: Implementing Preservation Surveys and AV Inventories, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. (2026).
  • May, M. (Panelist), Lemons, J. (Panelist), Gieringer, M.D. (Panelist), Pojman, E. (Panelist), Milburn, G. (Panelist), Deep in the Heart of Archives: SSA Annual Meeting 2026, From Coursework to Collections: Creating an Environment of Experiential Learning Through the Summer Archives Institute, Society of Southwest Archivists, Waco, Texas, United States of America. (2026 - 2026).
  • Brown, B. (Panelist), Lemons, J. (Panelist), Zimmerman, C. (Panelist), Association of Moving Images Archivists, From Novices to Specialists: Building an In-house AV Workstation, Association of Moving Images Archivists, Baltimore, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Rhinehart-Doty, J. (Chair), Wilson, S. (Author & Presenter), 2023 Texas Oral History Association Conference, Documenting a Milestone: UNT Libraries’ ARL Celebration, Texas Oral History Association, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America. (2023).
  • Wolski, K.A. (Coordinator/Organizer), Wright, B.F. (Moderator), Evans, K. (Panelist), Huff, D.L. (Panelist), Feustle, M.J. (Panelist), Mott, E. (Panelist), Muzquiz, R. (Panelist), Nichelson, F. (Panelist), Walker, C. (Panelist), Withers, C. (Panelist), Lemons, J. (Panelist), First Chair Chats, First Chair Chats: Local Music, University of North Texas, Music Library, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2020).

    • Professional Meeting Contribution

  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Palone, K. (Author & Presenter), Martinez, G. (Author & Presenter), AMIA 2024 Annual Conference, CAW Working Group Meeting, Report back from Tulsa CAW, 2023, Association of Moving Image Archivists, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America. (2024).
  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), Leuzinger, J.A. (Author & Presenter), Library Dean's Council, UNT Libraries Rankism Survey - Library Council on Diversity Inclusion Recommendations, Willis Library, Room 250H, United States of America. (2024).

    • Project

  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Zimmerman, C. (Author), Storage and Handling of Archival Collections Training Video, Collaboration between UNT Special Collections and the Spark, Research Collections Library, United States of America. (2024).
  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), Gellner, M. (Coordinator/Organizer), Rhinehart-Doty, J. (Coordinator/Organizer), Sylve, J. (Coordinator/Organizer), National Library Week, Special Collections Preservation Lab Open House, University of North Texas Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2021).

    • Sharing Session

  • Lemons, J. (Author & Presenter), Zimmerman, C. (Author & Presenter), Preservation Assessment and Survey Report, Preservation Survey and Assessment Project Results and Recommendations ​, University of North Texas Special Collections, Willis Library, Rm 229, United States of America. (2024).

    • Webinar

  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), Rangel, C. (Presenter), AMIA 2025 Annual Conference: Community Archiving Workshop Training of Trainers, CAW Negotiations: Data Templates, Association of Moving Image Archivists, Remote, United States of America. (2025).
  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), Martinez, G. (Presenter), AMIA 2024 Annual Conference: Community Archiving Workshop Training of Trainers, CAW Negotiations: Data Templates, Association of Moving Image Archivists, Remote, United States of America. (2024).
  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), Lile, G. (Presenter), AMIA 2024 Annual Conference: Community Archiving Workshop Training of Trainers, Finding and Developing a CAW Partnership, Association of Moving Image Archivists, Remote, United States of America. (2024).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Music Composition - Major Work, Publication. Lemons, J., Huff, D.L., Perez, J., Williams, R., Priesner, E., "Sun's Exhausted Light", Infinite Ohm, Infinite Ohm Records, United States of America. (January 2025 - August 2026).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Performance. Lemons, J., "Assuming some sort of mantle", Justin Lemons, Infinite Ohm Records, Denton, TX, United States of America. (May 25, 2020 - August 24, 2026).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Publication. Lemons, J., "Infinite Drones :: Exhaling Through a Speaker Cab", Infinite Ohm, Infinite Ohm Records, Denton, TX, United States of America. (March 2026 - March 2026).
  • Music Performance - Featured Artist. Lemons, J., III, P., "Physical and Mental Health", Physical and Mental Health, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton, TX, United States of America. (January 2, 2026 - January 2, 2026).
  • Music Production - Producer. Lemons, J., "Garbage Time", Dust Congress, Infinite Ohm Records, United States of America. (July 2024 - October 4, 2025).
  • Music Performance - Featured Artist. Lemons, J., "Porous Sonorous", Monte Espina, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton, TX, United States of America. (September 24, 2025 - September 24, 2025).
  • Music Performance - Featured Artist. Lemons, J., "Porous Sonorous", Monte Espina + Justin Lemons, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton, TX, United States of America. (August 17, 2025 - August 17, 2025).
  • Music Performance - Featured Artist. Lemons, J., III, P., "Physical and Mental Health", Physical and Mental Health, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton, TX, United States of America. (March 9, 2025 - March 9, 2025).
  • Music Performance - Featured Artist. Lemons, J., "Molten Plains XXIII", Justin Lemons, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton, TX, United States of America. (May 29, 2024 - May 29, 2024).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Publication. Lemons, J., Foreman, N., Huff, D.L., Barnard, J., Williams, R., "Away Team", Dust Congress, Infinite Ohm Records, Denton, TX ​, United States of America. (February 4, 2022).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Publication. Lemons, J., "Assuming some sort of mantle", Justin Lemons, Infinite Ohm Recording, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2013 - May 25, 2020).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Publication. Lemons, J., Seman, J., Seman, M., Young, B., Barnhart, M., "Flipped Out in West Wash Park", Shiny Around the Edges, Infinite Ohm Records, United States of America. (December 25, 2019).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Publication. Lemons, J., Frerck, M., "I'd Rather Be Dragging My Tail in the Mud", Matthew Frerck, Infinite Ohm Records, Denton, TX, United States of America. (January 3, 2019).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Performance. Lemons, J., Foreman, N., Barnard, J., Williams, R., Forbes, M., Saylor, D., Rivas, K., Kerr, J., Sims, T., "Pets in Hell", Dust Congress, Infinite Ohm Records, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2009 - October 26, 2018).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Performance. Lemons, J., "The Luxury of Health", Boy Scout Manual, Infinite Ohm Records, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2014 - September 25, 2015).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Performance. Lemons, J., "Long, Long, Long", Boy Scout Manual, Infinite Ohm Records, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2003 - 2014).

Media Contributions

    Newspaper

  • "Denton’s dancing man acquired a piece of local music history. Now it’s going back to UNT.," Denton Record Chronicle. (December 26, 2023).

    • Other

  • "Too Small to Fail: A Public History of Denton’s Music Scene as a Living Archive.," In preparation; not yet submitted. (January 20, 2025).
  • "Local music oral history; early-2010s," (May 20, 2024).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Huff, D.L., Fernandez, S., Sellers, S., Wolski, K.A., Lemons, J., "The Soundbox: A Music Engagement Lab," sponsored by University of North Texas Libraries, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
  • Outhier, S., Huff, D.L., Lemons, J., "Don’t Fence Me In: Engaging Local Music Communities to Preserve Texas Music," sponsored by University of North Texas Libraries, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2018 - 2019).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Discover Strategic Implementation Team. (September 2026 - Present).
  • Member, Special Libraries Division PAC. (June 2025 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Special Collections Archives Processing Coordinator Search Committee. (August 2025 - December 2025).
  • Other (Judge), 14th Special Collections Biennial Artists' Book Competition: Rethinking the Codex. (December 12, 2025).
  • Member, Women & Gender Equity Network. (September 2024 - September 2024).
  • Committee Member, LCDI Environment Subcommittee. (September 2023 - September 2024).
  • Committee Member, Libraries Council on Diversity & Inclusion. (August 2023 - September 2024).
  • Task Force Member, UNT Libraries Council on Diversity and Inclusion Rankism Survey Taskforce. (October 2023 - February 2024).
  • Committee Member, Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Search Committee. (September 2023 - January 2024).
  • Task Force Member, Overdue Fines Policy Task Force. (June 2019 - November 2019).
  • Member, Circulation Workgroup. (April 2018 - October 2019).
  • Member, Programming and Events Subcommittee. (October 2018 - September 2019).

Public Service

  • Other (Volunteer), KUZU 92.9FM LPFM. Denton, TX. (February 2019 - February 2020).

Professional Service

  • Task Force Member, Community Archiving Workshop Working Group: CAW Directory Task Force. (March 2025 - Present).
  • Member, Community Archiving Workshop Working Group. (April 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Community Archiving Workshop Training of Trainers. Baltimore, Maryland. (May 2025 - January 2026).
  • Committee Member, Community Archiving Workshop Training of Trainers. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (May 2024 - January 2025).
  • Member, Community Archiving Workshop Training of Trainers. Tulsa, Oklahoma. (September 2023 - January 2024).

Consulting

  • Academic, Oklahoma University Fine Arts Library, United States of America. (September 2014 - April 2015).