Jody Lloyd Thompson

Responsibilities and Services

• Provide instructional support through curriculum based projects and other student research; promote and support scholarly/historical research relating to the historical activities of the institute.
• Collect institute records and publications, faculty and alumni papers, photographs, and other materials of enduring value
• Assist Institute offices in creating and italicizing records retention schedules and to manage the library's records center facility

Presentations

"Hands on History: The Development of Archival Tools in Academic Settings," with Anne Salter, Organization for American Historians' Southern Regional Conference: Practicing American History in the South, July 2004.

"Issues Managing Digital Projects," presented to GALILEO Interconnected Libraries (GIL) User's Group annual meeting, May 2004

"Georgia Archives Week 2004: Touching Lives through Archives," presented to annual conference of Georgia Council of Media Organizations (GaCOMO), October 2002.

Professional Affiliations

• Society of American Archivists
• Society of Georgia Archivist
  • Subscriptions Manager 2003-present, editor 2004-present
  • Electronic Publications Committee 2004-present

Education

Master of Arts in History :: 2000
Georgia Southern University

Bachelor of Arts in History :: 1995
Georgia Southern University