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Work History

October 1999 to Present  

Faculty Research Assistant
The Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers
The Valley Library, Special Collections
Oregon State University

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Primary Duties:  

  • Processing, cataloging, preservation and conservation of the archival and book collections held in the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections - most notably the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers.
  • Original description and EAD encoding of Special Collections archival finding aids.
  • Content selection as well as creation of METS records and native XML records for Special Collections digital projects.
  • Digitization, description and formatting of videotaped conferences and events related to the OSU Libraries Special Collections. (link)
  • Creation and editing of content for a blog devoted to the legacy of Linus Pauling. (link)
  • Research and reference assistance for visiting scholars and graduate interns; handling of daily patron requests, including copyright- and liability-management for all requests.
  • Hiring and supervision of student staff, (100 hours of student assistance per week) including work assignment and evaluation. (in conjunction with the Head of Special Collections)
  • Composition of Special Collections-related articles for the Valley Library’s semiannual development publication, The Messenger.
  • Assorted public relations and promotional tasks; e.g. leading tours, compiling informational and promotional publications, web-based promotions, in-house displays, etc.

Additional Specific Projects:  

  • Editing of the print publication The Pauling Catalogue -- Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers at Oregon State University. Duties included revision and formatting of 1,700+ pages of text, selection of 1,100+ illustrations, caption composition for all illustrations, copyright research for illustrations, coordination of work within the project group and assistance with the physical design of the six volume work.
  • Collaborative work with the Smithsonian Museum of American History's exhibit on the Nobel Prize centenary; the National Library of Medicine's Profiles in Science digital library (link); and Soka Gakkai International's Linus Pauling and the Twentieth Century traveling exhibit, 2001-2002.
  • Co-organization of A Liking for the Truth: Truth and Controversy in the Work of Linus Pauling, a day-long symposium held at Oregon State University, February 28, 2001 and The Scientist as Educator and Public Citizen: Linus Pauling and His Era, held at OSU on October 29-30, 2007; co-organization of additional guest speaker events, including a lecture by Dr. Robert Olby commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the double helix in 2003; a series of talks given by Dr. Matthew Meselson upon his receipt of the Linus Pauling Legacy Award, May 2004; as with Dr. John D. Roberts receipt in May 2006 and Dr. Roderick MacKinnon's in May 2008.
  • Research assistance to Clifford Mead and Tom Hager in support of their book publication Linus Pauling: Scientist and Peacemaker, Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 2001.
  • Teaching assistance and research support for University Honors College Freshman Chemistry section (CH 225H) winter term papers on Linus Pauling, annually 1999 to present. 

Publications:  

Print

  • Petersen, Chris and Cliff Mead, eds. The Pauling Catalogue – Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Libraries, (Six volumes, 2006).
  • Petersen, Chris. “Preface to the Pauling Catalogue,” The Pauling Catalogue – Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers at Oregon State University, Petersen and Mead, eds. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Libraries, (Six volumes, 2006): Vol. 1, xiii-xv.
  • Petersen, Chris. “Foreword,” The Pauling Catalogue – Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers at Oregon State University, Petersen and Mead, eds. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Libraries, (Six volumes, 2006): Vol. 1, xvii-xxii.
  • Petersen, Chris. “Pauling’s Molecule,” letter to the editor of Chemical and Engineering News, (January 15, 2001): 8.

Electronic

Major Presentations:

  • Session Chair: “The Scientist as Public Citizen,” The Scientist as Educator and Public Citizen: Linus Pauling and His Era, Oregon State University, October 29-30, 2007. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/events/2007paulingconference/index.html
  • “A Stroll Through the Pauling Catalogue,” Library Faculty Seminar Series, Oregon State University Libraries, December 8, 2006.
  • Poster Session: “Linus Pauling and the Race for DNA: A Documentary History,” presented at “School for Scanning: Building Good Digital Collections,” Northeast Document Conservation Center, Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 2004.

Committee Service:

  • OSU Libraries Web Group
  • OSU Libraries Messenger Committee
  • OSU Libraries Preservation Committee
  • OSU Libraries Institutional Repositories Content Workgroup
  • OSU Libraries Digital Libraries Work-Flow Task Force
  • OSU Libraries Digital Libraries Metadata Workgroup
  • OSU Libraries Search Committee: Digital Production Librarian (Chair)
  • OSU Libraries Search Committee: Associate University Librarian for Collections, Library Technology and Technical Services
  • OSU College of Liberal Arts Pauling Lecture Committee


Education 

  • Bachelor of Science in History, Minor in Political Science, Oregon State University, (1999, Summa cum laude)
  • Bachelor of Science in Sociology, Minor in Political Science, Oregon State University, (1999, Summa cum laude)

Honors and Awards

  • Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts -- Outstanding Senior Award (June, 1999)
  • Oregon State University Sociology Department -- William C. Jenné Award for outstanding undergraduate scholarship (June, 1999 - $400)
  • Oregon State University Sociology Department -- Faculty Essay Award: Negotiating the Household Economy and Social Structure -- Case Studies of Nepal (with Smriti Aryal, May, 1998 - $100)
  • Oregon State University History Department -- Arthur E. Gravatt Prize for the school year's best history seminar paper: Civilizing the Black Republic: Motivational Foundations for the U.S. Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934 (May, 1998 - $100)
  • Oregon State University Moms Club Scholarship (May, 1998 - $1,000)
  • Oregon State University -- Waldo/Cummings Outstanding Student Award (May, 1996; May, 1997)
  • Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts Dean's Scholarship (May, 1996 - $3,600)
  • Oregon State University Presidential Scholarship (May, 1994 - $14,000)
  • Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors (July, 1994)

 Recent Continuing Education:

  • “Western Archives Institute,” co-sponsored by the Society of California Archivists, the California State Archives and San Diego State University Library and Information Access, June 16-27, 2008.
  • “Designing Websites for Libraries, Part 2,” Association of College and Research Libraries Online Education, July 9 - August 3, 2007.
  • “Designing Websites for Libraries, Part 1,” Association of College and Research Libraries Online Education, May 14 - June 8, 2007.
  • “Preservation Options of PDF,” Society of American Archivists web seminar, February 5, 2007.
  • “Stylesheets for EAD -- Delivering Your Finding Aids on the Web,” Society of American Archivists workshop, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, October 19-20, 2006.
  • “Caring for Scrapbooks,” Southeastern Library Network web seminar, August 21, 2006.
  • Northwest Digital Archives EAD training workshop, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, February 8-9, 2006.
  • “School for Scanning: Building Good Digital Collections,” Northeast Document Conservation Center, Chicago, Illinois, June 2-4, 2004. [presented a poster on the digital library “Linus Pauling and the Race for DNA: A Documentary History”] Link to summary report
  • “Copyright: The Archivist and the Law,” Society of American Archivists workshop, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, April 25, 2001.
  • “Encoded Archival Description,” Society of American Archivists workshop, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, March 22-23, 2001.

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