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Justin Lemons

Assistant Librarian

University of North Texas

Department of Library - Special Libraries

(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

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

    • Professional

  • Studio Owner, Head Engineer, Infinite Ohm Recording Studio. Infinite Ohm Recording Studio. (2015 - 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).
  • 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, 5 courses.
  • INFO 5900 - Special Problems, 6 courses.

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 - 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 - 2013).

    • Invited Talk

  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), Library Advisory Board Meeting, Preservation Talk and Demonstration, University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Special Collections Preservation Lab, Research Collections Library, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Lemons, J. (Presenter), DFW Archives Bazaar, Ask an Archivist: Preservation, United States of America. (2020 - 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 - 2025).
  • Lemons, J. (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 - 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 - 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 - 2025).
  • 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 - 2022).
  • 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 of Recorded Sound Collections, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. (2026 - 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 - 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 - 2020).

    • Paper

  • 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 - 2024).

    • 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 2021).

    • Sharing Session

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

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Music Composition - Major Work, Publication. Lemons, J., "Infinite Drones :: Exhaling Through a Speaker Cab", Infinite Ohm, Infinite Ohm Records, United States of America. (March 2026).
  • Music Composition - Major Work, Publication. Lemons, J., Huff, D.L., Perez, J., Williams, R., Priesner, E., "Cosmic Radiation", Infinite Ohm, Infinite Ohm Records, United States of America. (January 2025 - April 2026).
  • Music Performance - Featured Artist. Lemons, J., III, P., "Physical and Mental Health", Physical and Mental Health, Rubber Gloves Reheasal Studios, Denton, TX, United States of America. (January 2, 2026 - January 2, 2026).
  • Music Production - Producer. Lemons, J., "The Original Cast Recording", Brain Sweat, Protect Your Stem, United States of America. (August 25, 2025 - December 12, 2025).
  • 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 Production - Producer. Lemons, J., "Very Much So and How", Skimp, The Ghost Is Clear Records, United States of America. (December 2024 - April 11, 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).

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

  • "Local music oral history; early-2010s," (May 20, 2025).
  • "Denton music history oral history," (January 20, 2025).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Lemons, J., "Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Internship; Recorded Sound Division," sponsored by Library of Congress, Federal, $2900 Funded. (2013 - 2013).

    • 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

  • Other (Judge), 14th Special Collections Biennial Artists' Book Competition: Rethinking the Codex. (December 12, 2025 - Present).
  • Member, Special Libraries Division PAC. (June 2025 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Special Collections Archives Processing Coordinator Search Committee. (August 2025 - December 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 LIbrary 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, Planning and Events Subcommittee. (October 2018 - September 2019).

Professional Service

  • Committee Member, Community Archiving Workshop Training of Trainers. Baltimore, Maryland. (May 2025 - Present).
  • 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. 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).