Andrew Bain

2113 Stuart Avenue #2 Richmond VA 23220-3439 USA

804 201 9490 andrew@x31.org http://x31.org

A world where it's easier for people to get good quality information, and then to do whatever they like with it. Special Collections Assistant Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia USA June 2006 Responsible for the day-to-day 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 management application for the library's collection of 7,000+ medical artifacts, based on PHP/MySQL Curated major exhibits on institutional history and history of health sciences for prominent locations on both university campuses Designed and deployed 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 Education Services Specialist Petersburg Virginia USA 2006 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. Maintained a consistent average feedback rating of "Excellent" from instructors BA Interdisciplinary Social Science History 3.2 4.0 May 2005 James Madison University Harrisonburg Virginia USA 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" HTML/XHTML JavaScript CSS PHP MySQL XML ColdFusion Perl MacOS X Windows XP/Vista Ubuntu Microsoft Office OpenOffice Adobe Creative Suite ArcGIS Suite vi/ vim