Andrew Bain

A world where it's easier for people to get good quality information and do whatever they want with it.

James Madison University · Harrisonburg, Virginia
BA, Interdisciplinary Social Science/ History, 2005

Major areas of study and research included Social and Economic History, the American South, Public History, and Museum Studies.

• History Capstone Thesis: Marriage and Society at the Virginia Springs: Maintaining the Southern Gentry, 1790-1861

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, Virginia
Special Collections and Archives · 2006 - Present

Carry out the operations of the Special Collections and Archives unit of Virginia's largest health sciences library, with responsibilities including cataloging, description of collections, art direction and design, accessioning of medical artifacts, research assistance, and digital project support and direction.

• Developed and deployed a custom collection management application and database for the library's collection of 7,000+ medical artifacts, based on PHP/MySQL
• Curated significant physical and digital exhibits on institutional history and history of health sciences for prominent locations on both university campuses
• Designed and developed new and redesigned web and intranet sites according to VCU style conventions and participated in working groups to improve web standards compliance, accessibility, and semantic markup practices for the library system
• Created new digital manifestations of 200 medical artifacts, including complete description, photography, and accessioning for the library's institutional repository

Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Soldier · Petersburg, Virginia
Education Services Specialist · 2006

Led instructional and interpretive sessions for youth on American History, with a focus on the Antebellum South and the Civil War. Areas of instruction included military tactics, slave and plantation life, social and economic history, medical and surgical history, and the experience of war for individual soldiers in the Union and Confederate armies.

• Achieved an average rating of "Excellent" on instructor evaluations
• "Andrew had an impressive command of the subject matter and a flair for communicating complex concepts in a way that the students understood. The experience of war really 'came alive' for them . . . thanks again for a great day!" - 6th grade Social Studies teacher, Palmyra VA

Antebellum Southern History, History of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linguistics, Historic Preservation, Open Source Software, Urban Planning, Maps and mapmaking, Typography, American Literature, Metadata, and finding the perfect ice cream cone.

E-Mail: andrew (at) x31.org (public key)
Voice: +1 804.201.9490