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Congratulations Kristen!

Richard
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March 19th, 2015
Museum Appoints Director of Library and Archives

Following the conclusion of a national search, the Philadelphia Museum 
of Art is pleased to announce that Kristen A. Regina has been appointed 
as the new Arcadia Director of the Library and Archives. She succeeds C. 
Danial Elliott, who recently retired.

Ms. Regina will assume her new duties on June 1, 2015. She currently 
serves as Head of Archives and Special Collections at the Hillwood 
Estate, Museum & Gardens in Washington, DC where she has been 
responsible for the management, oversight and implementation of 
strategic initiatives for the art research library and digital 
collections as well as the archives, which include significant holdings 
of architectural plans, manuscripts, monographs, oral histories, films, 
photographs and transparencies.

During her tenure at Hillwood, she served as the Chief Art Librarian, 
from 1998 to 2009 and Head of Research Collections and Archivist from 
2010 to 2013. Among the many initiatives she undertook were the 
restructuring of the library, archives and visual resources departments, 
and a collaboration with Hillwoods information technology staff to 
prioritize digital initiatives while updating their image rights and 
reproductions contract to manage their 100,000 digital assets and 
implement a creative commons license. She also worked with IT staff to 
establish institutional technology protocols and create informal 
sandbox labs to serve as project incubators and support the 
development of new cooperative efforts.

In addition, Ms. Regina co-founded a Publications Committee to explore 
digital publishing projects, established a position for a National 
Digital Residency Fellow and partnered Hillwood with the Google Art 
Project, Artsy.net, and Artstor on content creation and access projects. 
She also organized an exhibition based on the librarys collection of 
Romanov Coronation Albums, and supplemental programming and interpretive 
technologies in concert with American University, the New York Public 
Library and Apple iTunes.

Kristen Regina has published and presented on professional issues, and 
been the recipient of grant funding and professional development and 
recognition awards. She is incoming President-Elect of the Art Libraries 
Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) and has chaired and moderated 
ARLIS/NA committees and divisions. She is also current President of the 
Washington Art Library Resources Committee (WALRC) and a member of the 
Society of American Archivists (SAA).


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