ERIK NORDBERG, Ph.D.

Wayne State University Libraries 5150 Anthony Wayne Dr. Detroit, MI 48202 [email protected] 313-577-4176

EDUCATION

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan Doctor of Philosophy, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, Social Sciences Department, 2017 Dissertation: “Personality Over Policy: A Comparative History of the Founding and Early Development of Four Significant American Repositories of Business, Industry, and Technology.” Committee: Dr. Terry Reynolds (chair), Dr. Susan Martin, Dr. Steven Walton, and Dr. Robert Johnson, Michigan Technological University.

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Master of Science Library Science and Certificate of Archival Administration, 1992

University Of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Master of Philosophy – Anglo-Irish Literature, 1988

University Of Ulster at Jordanstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Combined Humanities, 1987

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, 2014 – present 5150 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48202

Interim Assistant Dean, June 2018 – present University Library System

The Interim Assistant Dean reports to Dean of Libraries and focuses on four pillars aligned with the library and university strategic visions: student success, scholarship, community engagement, and organizational development. Serving as a key member of the senior management team, this role has direct oversight of library operations, including user experience, collections/acquisitions, liaison and research support services, reference and instruction, communications, and community engagement.

• Actively involved in senior leadership groups, including Dean’s Organizational Issues group (4 persons) and Dean’s Library Council (9 persons); • Close partnership with Director of Business Affairs for allocation of budget, management of current grant- funded initiatives, and library endowments and gift accounts; • Coaches and leads 15 full-time direct reports, including contractually represented and non-represented positions, 36 full-time indirect reports, and additional part-time permanent and temporary employees, graduate student assistants, and undergraduate student clerks; Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 2

• Provides direction to and advocacy for $9.5 million collections budget; • Leads integration, partnerships, and oversight of key library operations including Information Services (liaison services, instruction, reference), Collection Strategy (acquisitions, collections, assessment, materials processing and preservation), User Experiences (circulation, ILL, storage management, building security), Communications (marketing, social media), Community Engagement, and Special Collections; • Promotes and models implementation of leadership and team-building programs, particularly CliftonStrengths (my top five: Winning Others Over, Communication, Positivity, Relator, and Maximizer). • Actively collaborates with development officer to review existing endowments and gift accounts, engages current prospects, and designs programs and events to communicate opportunities for giving; • Dean’s Designee for AAUP-AFT labor contract which represents 30 professional librarians and 3 academic services officers; manages contractually mandated committees and processes for annual review, promotion, selective salary, and applications for Employment Security Status; also manages division-wide promotion and tenure committee including an additional 17 professional archivists; • Shares matrix leadership of the Library Vision Support Team, a system-wide group encouraging grassroots ideation and strategic process improvement; • Provides leadership perspective to special projects within, and on behalf of, the University Library System: • Integration of Wayne State University Press with University Library System, including chairing national search for Press Director in 2019; • “Grand Challenges: Attacking the Wicked Problems of Urban Detroit,” a community engagement speakers program (under development); • Campus initiative for learning units, badges, and micro-credentials (in partnership with IT, School of Information Sciences, and Office for Teaching and Learning); • Open access and open education resources (WSU is a member of the Open Textbook network); • Data literacy, data access, and data curation; includes the launch of an innovative data catalog, creation of the Data@Wayne community of learning, and pending IMLS funding proposal for partnership with Wiki Education to improve use of the WikiData platform; • Digital collections, aggregators systems, and education; includes ongoing work to fund digitization of distinctive collections, ingest to trusted digital repositories, and share through collaborative networks (grant-funded project currently underway has developed a new statewide portal, michmemories.org); • Represents the Dean and the University Library System at meetings of the Michigan Council of Library Deans and Directors (COLD); • Represents the Dean and the University Library System at campus events and meetings.

Library Director, October 2014 – June 2018 Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs and the Wayne State University Archives

The Library Director reports to the Dean of Libraries and serves as the functional and administrative director of the central manuscript and records repository at a large urban university. Sets vision and provides direction for collections, research, exhibits, and public programming. Supervises all aspects of the operations, staffing, and collections comprising three primary collecting areas: the development of the University from the 1868 founding of the Detroit Medical College to the present, urban affairs in the metropolitan Detroit area, and the history of organized labor in North America.

• Actively involved in senior leadership groups, including Dean’s Library Council (8 persons) and Dean’s Management Team (10 persons); • Built shared vision, led strategic planning, and directed organizational change; • Direct authority for $1.4 million annual budget, including subsidy salary support from 8 external unions and nonprofit agencies; Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 3

• Coached and led 19 direct reports, primarily full-time contractually represented professional archivists, 6 indirect reports, and additional part-time permanent and temporary employees, graduate student assistants, and undergraduate student clerks; • Worked with Dean of Libraries to address salary equity disparities with professional librarians; • Negotiated increased salaries for full-time positions funded by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the American Federation for State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME); • Secured funding for a wholly new full-time professional archivist working with flagship collections of the International Union, United Auto, Aerospace and Agricultural Workers of America (UAW); • Reworked open general fund salary line to create Outreach Archivist position to coordinate outreach, instruction, public programming, and communications; • Provided leadership and direction to project development, fundraising, and grant writing; • Co-authored $167,000 grant to develop a statewide digital collections portal, digitize collections from under-represented groups in Detroit, and produce educational tools to highlight their experience and heritage; • Provided leadership to Wayne State University 2018 Sesquicentennial; served on campus planning committee, coordinated committee activities across the University Library System, led Reuther Library activities including exhibits and programming funded through $35,000 subvention from WSU President’s Office; • Built partnerships to explore and record the history of the University, Detroit’s civic and economic resurgence, and the changing landscape of organized labor in the United States; • Expanded partnerships with the Michigan Labor History Society, Labor’s International Hall of Fame, and as co-host of the annual North American Labor History Conference; • Completed project and secured $50,000 external funding for restoration and exhibition of 1937 mural depicting scenes from Michigan labor history; • Developed a speaker’s series highlighting visiting scholars supported by local grant program; • Authored $10,000 grant from American Library Association to develop shared programming with Detroit’s Hispanic community providing national context to this growing community in urban Detroit; • Managed a standalone archival facility, including security, compliance with collections care, conservation and environmental standards, and coordination of projects with campus facilities personnel and external contractors; • Certified in various University processes including Professional and Administrative (P&A) hiring process.

MICHIGAN HUMANITIES COUNCIL, 2013 – 2014 119 Pere Marquette Drive, Suite 3B, Lansing, Michigan 48912

Executive Director, May 2013 – October 2014

The Executive Director reported to the Board of Directors and served as the functional and administrative director of the nonprofit organization which provided cultural programming to the entire state of Michigan. Lead the Council in setting vision and implementing programming which engaged state residents in cultural, literacy, identity, and civic discourse. Oversaw all aspects of programming, institutional operations, external relations, communications, and resource development and partnered with the Board in supporting MHC’s strategic vision.

• Collaborated with governance model Board of Directors: • Reported to a 25-person volunteer governance board, including gubernatorial appointees; • Provided leadership and coordination to board committees addressing finance, grant-making, resource development, legislative advocacy, and public humanities programming; Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 4

• Partnered with the board to support MHC’s strategic vision and lead staff to develop, implement, and assess operational programs; • Maintained effective board engagement through regular communication and board/staff committee work; • Collaborated closely with board leadership to adopt organizational policies and to recruit board candidates; • Developed and maintained relationships with local libraries, community centers, cultural organizations, historical societies and museums, educational systems, and tribal governments throughout the state; • Maximized human resources: • Coached and led 10 direct reports, including program officers, financial manager, and office staff; • Hired, mentored, developed, and evaluated staff to maximize their performance toward efficient and productive application of MHC resources; • Modeled effective performance and fostered a collegial work environment; • Direct authority for $2 million annual budget: • Maintained and expanded direct support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, as well as grants from foundations and private philanthropic giving; • Supervised preparation of the annual budget, financial reports, and annual audit; • Oversaw day-to-day fiscal operations and ensured that appropriate financial governance systems were maintained, including accounting, risk management, human resources, legal compliance, and technology; • In partnership with the board, cultivated strong relationships with public and private donors and directed a fundraising initiative to diversify revenue and raise funds; • Secured a three-year, $900,000 project support grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation; • Expanded annual support grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs; • Secured $14,000 Capital Improvement grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs for improvements to MHC’s online grant submission platform, as well as upgrades to staff administrative hardware and software; • Lead design and implementation of all public programming, advocacy, and outreach: • Supervised staff in creating and supporting meaningful public humanities programming, including Great Michigan Read (statewide reading initiative), Prime Time (family reading program), Arts and Humanities Touring Program, Poetry Out Loud (national student poetry recitation competition), and Museum on Main Street (touring Smithsonian exhibits); • Close oversight and participation in grantmaking programs, including $350,000 in annual re-granting to libraries, museums, and cultural organizations; • Maintained substantive knowledge of MHC’s programs and services; • Improved standards of quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of MHC programming; • Represented MHC as principal spokesperson and advocate for humanities statewide, regionally, and nationally; • Maintained productive relationships with federal, state, and private entities, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Federation of State Humanities Council, the Library of Michigan, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and other public, educational, and cultural institutions, public officials, and leadership of Michigan’s for-profit and nonprofit sectors; • Advanced MHC’s mission by developing and maintaining effective relationships with diverse program partners and communities, particularly libraries, museums, and academic institutions.

Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 5

MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, 1994 – 2013 J. Robert Van Pelt Library, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931

University Archivist, January 1997 – April 2013 MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Functional and administrative director of archives/special collections department of a mid-sized academic library with five full-time professional staff and additional part-time and student employees. Supervised all aspects of the operations and collections comprising two primary collecting areas: the development of the University from its 1885 founding as the Michigan Mining School, and the preservation of regional historical materials from Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, its historical copper mining industry and the communities, social organizations, and individuals of the area. Activities included collection development, donor relations, arrangement/description (including the creation of finding aids and descriptive databases), and preservation/security of collections; coordination of reference and bibliographic instruction for department holdings, both in-person and remote; researching, mounting exhibits and otherwise publicizing the collections to encourage their use and further development; keeping current with developments in archival administration, preservation/conservation, special collections librarianship and related fields, and introducing new services, techniques and concepts to the department and the library as a whole; administrative functions, including meetings, reports, personnel issues, and basic budgetary responsibility.

Interim Head, August 2009 – May 2011 Reference, Instruction, and Government Documents Functional and administrative oversight of eight librarians during search for permanent hire. Responsible for routine operational meetings, planning and reporting activities, performance evaluation of professional staff, involvement in assignment of salary increases, and other general management.

Acting Library Director, June 2008 – September 2008 J. Robert Van Pelt Library Functional and administrative director of academic library with 28 employees and additional part-time, student, and volunteer staff. Full responsibility and authority to manage and direct all library functions during transition following previous director’s retirement. Involved with campus-wide review and assessment of the library’s core values and services, issues affecting the future of the library, assessment of opportunities for integration with other departments and other special projects. Budgetary work included oversight of year-end financial accounting, assignment of salary increases, and planning for new fiscal year budget. Direct reports included head of reference and instruction, head of collection management, head of access services, automation staff and director’s office staff.

Local Collections Archivist, November 1994 – December 1996 MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Two-year federally-funded project to process the archival records of the Quincy Mining Company and Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Mining Company, companies of significant importance to the history of copper mining in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Grant funding received from the National Historical Records and Publications Commission, a division of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Products of the grant project included the two processed collections (combined over 1,000 cubic feet), folder-level finding aids, a published guide to the collections, and a long-term plan to make other material available to researchers. Central contact for information about collections during grant project, with secondary responsibility managing general departmental operations. Active involvement with regional historical organizations and Keweenaw National Historical Park. Supervision of one full-time staff member and student assistants.

Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 6

INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND, 1993-1994 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, Indiana 46634

Assistant Librarian for Archives/Special Collections, February 1993 – November 1994 Franklin D. Schurz Library Tenure-track position supervising all aspects of archives/special collections department of a mid-sized academic library. Position included quarter-time responsibility with Library's reference department and significant involvement in the bibliographic instruction program. Involvement with campus-specific and university-wide committee structure, as well as tenure-related expectations for professional development and publication. Supervision of one full-time and occasional part-time staff.

UNITED AUTO, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS OF AMERICA, 1992 – 1993 8000 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48214

Library Intern, January 1992 – February 1993 Integral position in the operation of a full-service research library specializing in corporate, economic and labor relations information. Duties included full range of reference, technical and research support services.

CONTINUING EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CliftonStrengths Training and Workshops, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Ongoing personal, professional, and leadership development program building from my specific strengths: Woo (winning others over), Communication, Positivity, Relator, and Maximizer. Open Textbook Network Workshop, October 2018, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Library Management Skills Institute II: The Organization (LSMI II), University of Delaware, September 2018, Newark, Delaware. Michigan Open Educational Resources Summit, September 2018, Port Huron, Michigan. Evidence Based Decision Making: Leadership Competency, Library Leadership and Management Association, April 2018 (online faculty-directed workshop). Open Access 2020 (OA2020) Initiative Workshop, April 2018, Detroit, Michigan (held in conjunction with the 2018 meeting of the International Coalition of Library Consortia / ICOLC). Archival Education and Research Institute, July 2016, Kent, Ohio. Archival Education and Research Institute, July 2015, College Park, Maryland. Grant Writing, Grant Writing USA workshop hosted by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, March 2015, Detroit, Michigan. Project Management for Archivists, Society of American Archivists workshop, December 2014, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Archival Education and Research Institute, July 2012, Los Angeles, California. Encoded Archival Description, September 2011, Houghton, Michigan. Archival Education and Research Institute, July 2011, Boston, Massachusetts. Archives Leadership Institute (founding cohort), June 2008, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Connecting to Collections: The National Conservation Summit, Institute of Museum and Library Services, June 2007, Washington, DC. More Product, Less Process: Reducing Archival Backlog and Rethinking Traditional Collections Processing, Fall Symposium, Midwest Archives Conference, October 2006. Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 7

FUND DEVELOPMENT, GRANTS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND CONSULTING

Executive Officer / Project Director / Principal Investigator / Significant Participant

“Teaching Students to Use and Improve WikiData, the World’s Largest Linked Open Data Repository” (Wayne State University), creation of a replicable model for college and university libraries to teach students data literacy skills, Institute for Museum and Library Services, $249,381 total project value (no match required) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant Program (pending). “Discovering Michigan History” (Wayne State University), creation of a statewide digital collections portal, digitization and description of three catalyst collections documenting underrepresented identity communities in Detroit, and design and implementation of educational tools for teacher learning, K-12 students, and adult audiences, Library of Michigan, $209,000 total project value / $167,000 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grant Program, LOM Award No. 17-46528, expected completion March 2019. “Mechanical Systems Analysis and Collections Needs Assessment,” working with the Image Permanence Institute, assess storage environments and collections handling procedures to establish baseline data and prioritize projects to improve the preservation of archival collections, National Endowment for the Humanities, $127,843 total project value /$40,000 Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (Planning Grant), NEH Award No. PF-255848, expected completion March 2019. “Wayne State at 150” (Wayne State University), creation of an exhibit, support for a WSU graduate student researcher/writer, scanning of 1,000 historic campus images, and additional pop-up exhibits to commemorate the institution’s sesquicentennial anniversary, WSU President’s discretionary funds, $35,000, completed October 2018. “UAW Archivist” (Wayne State University), creation of new, externally-funded position to manage extensive historical collections on deposit by the United Auto Workers union at the Reuther Library, provide reference service to UAW staff and members, assist with records management, and collaborate in promotion, exhibit and other history-related activity, United Auto Workers International Union President’s Office, $66,500 recurring annual subsidy. “Michigan Labor Mural Restoration Project” (Wayne State University), restoration of 1937 WPA oil painting depicting significant scenes from Michigan labor history; the project includes removal of the 9’ x 20’ painting from a local United Auto Workers union hall, restoration by a professional art conservator, and installation in the reading room of the Walter P. Reuther Library, $50,000 total project value / $21,031 cash gift from the United Auto Workers / $22,500 Program for Operational and Project Support, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, MCACA Award No. 160P3255PS (includes $2,420 from the National Endowment for the Arts), completed October 2016. “Yamasaki Digitization Project” (Wayne State University), digitization of personal papers of architect Minoru Yamasaki held by the Walter P. Reuther Library, $7,000 (no match required) / Wayne State University Yamasaki Advisory Board, completed October 2016. “Exploring The History of All Michigan’s People” (Michigan Humanities Council), racial history re-grant program to smaller grassroots organizations, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, $1.7 million total project value (no match required). WKKF Grant Award No. P3029509, completed June 2017. “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” (Wayne State University), public programming with partner organizations to highlight and celebrate the history of Latino/a Americans in metropolitan Detroit. Series includes screenings and facilitated discussions about episodes of a PBS documentary series, installation and panel discussion about a traveling exhibit examining Latino American auto workers, and collaborative planning for a community archives relating to Hispanic Detroit, American Library Association (through a Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 8

grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities), $10,535 total project value / $10,000 funding from agency, ALA Award No. LA105910, completed May 2016. “Capital Improvement Project” (Michigan Humanities Council), new online grant application system and upgrades to administrative computing, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, $27,550 total project value / $13,775 from funding agency. MCACA Award No. 14CI0051EQ, completed September 2014. “Extracting Buried Treasure: Enhancing Access to Manuscripts about Michigan's Copper Country” (Michigan Technological University), Archives – Detailed Processing grant program, National Historical Records and Publications Commission, $339,290 total project value / $168,287 from funding agency. NHPRC Award No. NAR11-RP-50064-11, completed June 2014. “Turning Point in History: The 1913 Michigan Copper Miners’ Strike” (Michigan Technological University), a traveling exhibit program, Michigan Humanities Council, $28,495 total project value / $14,500 from funding agency, MHC Grant No. 2893, completed May 2013. “Coming to the Surface: Revealing Hidden Collections in Michigan’s Copper Country” (Michigan Technological University), Archives – Basic Projects grant program, National Historical Records and Publications Commission, $250,342 total project value / $116,500 from funding agency. NHPRC Award No. PG-50268-08, completed October 2011. “Environmental Monitoring, Damage Mitigation, and Disaster Response Preparation for Archival Collections at Michigan Technological University” (Michigan Technological University), Preservation Assistance grant program, National Endowment for the Humanities, $7,483 total project value / $4,797 from funding agency. NEH Award No. PG-50268-08, completed June 2009. “An Interior Ellis Island: Ethnic Diversity and the Peopling of Michigan’s Copper Country” (Michigan Technological University), Humanities Project Grant, Michigan Humanities Council, $34,217 total project value / $15,000 from funding agency, MHC Grant No. 2522 H 04 completed December 2006. Project selected for a 2007 Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. Products include Keweenaw Digital Archives (http://digarch.lib.mtu.edu/) and web content (http://ethnicity.lib.mtu.edu/). “Preservation Needs Assessment for Archival Collections at Michigan Technological University” (Michigan Technological University), Preservation Assistance grant program, National Endowment for the Humanities, $7,511 total project value / $4,974 from funding agency, NEH Award No. PA-50219-04 completed June 2006.

Participant

“Walter P. Reuther Library Oral History Description and Access Project” (Wayne State University), processing and cataloging project; project was initiated by previous director and other staff served as project manager, but I served as principal investigator with responsibility for grant funds and documentation; Documenting Democracy: Access to Historical Records Projects grants program, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, $289,342 total project value / $109,152 from funding agency. NHPRC Award No. RH50094-14, completed June 2017. “Scanning and Indexing Project for 30 Linear Feet of Historical Material from the UAW National Ford Department” (Wayne State University) project employed graduate students to scan and create metadata from print records and newspaper clippings; other staff served as project manager, but I served as principal investigator with responsibility for grant funds and documentation; $13,500 total project value / $13,500 cash gift from the United Auto Workers, completed June 2015. “Max M. Fisher Archives” (Wayne State University) archival processing project; project was initiated by previous director and other staff served as project manager, but I served as principal investigator with responsibility for grant funds and documentation; The Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, $10,000 total project value / $10,000 foundation grant from funding agency, completed May 2015. Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 9

“Copper Mining Records Project” (Michigan Technological University), archival processing project to organize and describe 3,000 linear feet of records from two Michigan copper mining companies; I served as sole processing archivist on the project; National Historic Records and Publications Commission, National Archives and Records Administration, $267,877 total project value / $84,870 from funding agency, Grant No. 94-097, completed July 1997.

Grant Review, Program Evaluation, and Consultation

Panel Reviewer, Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant program, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C., October 2018. External Review Team (consultant and team leader), American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming Libraries, Laramie, Wyoming, February 2018. Peer Reviewer, Archives Leadership Institute, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, National Archives and Records Administration, January 2018. Site Visit Team Member, National Endowment for the Humanities, Evaluation of Ohio Humanities, Columbus, Ohio, November 2017. Peer Reviewer, Access to Historical Records Grants, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, National Archives and Records Administration, August 2016. Peer Reviewer, “Native Voices: Native People’s Concepts of Health and Illness,” Public Programs Office, American Library Association, November 2015. Site Visit Team Member, National Endowment for the Humanities, Evaluation of the Wisconsin Humanities Council, Madison, Wisconsin, April 2015. Panel Reviewer, Regional Minigrant Program, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, on behalf of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, 2013. Board Reviewer, various grant programs, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, on behalf of Michigan State Historical Records Advisory Board, 1997-2013. Panel Reviewer, Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions, National Endowment for the Humanities, July 2012, June 2008. Board Reviewer, Major Grants, Michigan Humanities Council, 2005-2010. Panel Reviewer, Digitizing Historical Records Grants, National Historical Records and Publications Commission, National Archives and Records Administration, August 2008.

RECENT AND UPCOMING ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

“Leading Cultural Change in a Large Academic Library,” co-presenter, Library Leadership and Management Association / American Library Association Annual Conference, June 2019, Washington, D.C. (proposal pending). “Transforming Access and Promotion through the Digital Public Library of America,” co-presenter, Midwest Archives Conference, April 2019, Detroit, Michigan. “Holistic Digital Collections: Working with Community Partners to Share Stories and Build Understanding,” co-presenter, Association of College & Research Libraries Annual Conference, April 2019, Cleveland, Ohio (proposal accepted). “Open Textbooks and Open Educational Resources: What are they, and how do they support student success?” co-presenter, Student Success Summit, Wayne State University, November 2018. “Michigan Memories Portal,” co-presenter, Wayne State University Student Chapter, National Digital Stewardship Alliance, September 2018, Detroit, Michigan. “Early Manuscript Collecting in Business, Industry, and Technology,” SAA Research Forum, Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, August 2018, Washington, D.C. Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 10

“Archives as Material Culture: Who Controls What is Collected?” Society for Industrial Archaeology Annual Conference, June 2018, Richmond, Virginia. “Case Studies from Archival History: Collecting Business, Industry, and Technology,” Society of American Archivists Student Chapter / History Graduate Student Association, Wayne State University, April 2018, Detroit, Michigan. “The Salty Mitten: Mining for White Gold,” Michigan in Perspective Local History Conference, March 2018, Sterling Heights, Michigan. Subsequently presented to local historical societies and public libraries. “Improving the Digital Profile of Detroit’s Historic Communities,” co-presenter with Paul Gallagher, Network Detroit Conference, October 2018, Detroit, Michigan. “Designing a Statewide Digital Portal,” co-presenter with Paul Gallagher, Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners Conference, October 2018, East Lansing, Michigan. “Challenges and Opportunities for Labor Archives in the Digital Age,” North American Labor History Conference, October 2017, Detroit, Michigan. “Improving the Digital Profile of Detroit’s Historic Communities,” co-presenter with Paul Gallagher, Wayne State University Library System Infoshare, August 2017, and Network Detroit Conference, October 2017, Detroit, Michigan. “Archives Are More or Less Bunk: Manuscript Collecting at the Henry Ford Museum,” Archival Education and Research Institute, July 2016, Kent, Ohio. “Industrial History Through Collection Genres: The Origins and Early History of Manuscript Collections at the Hagley Museum and Library,” Archival Education and Research Institute, July 2015, College Park, Maryland. “Who Determines What Survives: The Smithsonian Institution’s Archival Collections as a Case Study,” Society for the History of Technology annual meeting, November 2014, Dearborn, Michigan. “The Scale of Mining Machinery: Engineering Drawings from the Nordberg Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee,” Mining History Association, Annual Meeting, June 2014, Trinidad, Colorado. “Company Houses Along the Picket Line,” Retrospection & Respect: Michigan’s 1913-14 Copper Miners’ Strike symposium, April 2014, Houghton, Michigan. “Collecting the Records of American Business and Industry: Museums and Libraries as Midwives to Significant Manuscript Collections,” Sixth International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (ICHORA 6), August 2012, Austin, Texas. “Taking Care of Business: The Origins and Early History of The Baker Library at the Harvard Business School,” Archival Education and Research Institute, July 2012, Los Angeles, California. “Strategies for Designing Undergraduate Archival Courses,” workshop co-instructor, Archival Education and Research Institute, July 2012, Los Angeles, California. Description and link to web content: http://tinyurl.com/UGarchives “Industrial Manuscripts during the ‘Golden Era’ of Collecting at Smithsonian, 1954-1970,” joint meeting of the National Council for Public History and Organization of American Historians, April 2012, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Mining History in Two Dimensions: Engineering Drawings of Milwaukee's Nordberg Manufacturing Company,”11th International Symposium of Mining Cultural Heritage and Earth Sciences: Libraries, Archives and Museums, August 2011, Mexico City, Mexico. “Building an Archive of Science and Industry: The Pre-History of the Smithsonian's Archives Center,” Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, August 2011 Chicago, Illinois. “Manuscripts at the National Museum of American History: An Industrial Variation on Appraisal and Selection at the Time of Schellenberg, Posner, and Norton,” Archival Education and Research Institute, July 2011, Boston, Massachusetts. “Manuscripts of Technology and Industry: The “Golden Era” of Collecting at Smithsonian, 1954-1970,” Great Lakes Connections Conference, April 2011, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Industrial Manuscript Collections at The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 11

History: A Case Study of Archival Practice,” Library Research Seminar V, October 2010, College Park, Maryland. “Industrial Business Collections: A Retrospective on Acquisitions Practice,” presentation and poster, Research Forum, Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, August 2009, Austin, Texas. “Giants of Industry: An Examination of Archival Practice” (poster), Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference, June 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia. “Digital Imaging in the Smaller Shop: Case Studies from the Midwest,” Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, August 2007, Chicago, Illinois.

RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING ACTIVITY

“Personality Over Policy: A Comparative History of the Founding and Early Development of Four Significant American Repositories of Business, Industry, and Technology.” Dissertation for Doctor of Philosophy, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, Social Sciences Department, 2017. Dissertation: Committee: Dr. Terry Reynolds (chair), Dr. Susan Martin, Dr. Steven Walton, and Dr. Robert Johnson, Michigan Technological University. “Wither Mining History,” Mining History Journal, 24 (2017), 1-8. “Manuscripts of Technology and Industry: The “Golden Era” of Collecting at Smithsonian, 1954-1970,” Proceedings of the 2011 Great Lakes Connections Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 20-21, 2011. Online at http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/54451. “Not-So-Secret Keweenaw,” co-author, Lake Superior Magazine, August/September 2010. Article received a 2011 Award of Merit by the International Regional Magazine Association. “From the Archives,” column in Michigan Tech Magazine (formerly Alumnus), a publication of the MTU Alumni Association. Article-length columns on historical topics of interest to alumni and friends of Michigan Technological University, 1997-2013. Some articles available online at http://www.mtu.edu/umc/services/pr-news/magazine/. “Frost on the Spuds: Potato Farming in Houghton County During the Great Depression,” Michigan History, Vol. 93, No. 1, January/February 2009. New Perspectives on Michigan’s Copper Country, co-editor, selected essays from 2004 symposium, Hancock: Quincy Mine Hoist Association, 2007. “The Lone Arranger,” column in MAC Newsletter, a quarterly publication of the Midwest Archives Association. Article-length columns on professional topics of interest to small archives, 1997-2002. “Uncommon Counties” (photographic history of Michigan’s 15 Upper Peninsula counties), Michigan History Magazine, November/December 2001. “Documenting Lake Superior Copper: Comparative Contexts,” Proceedings of the July 2000 First International Conference of the National Association of Mining History Organizations, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Published Summer 2001. Historical Walking Tour, Houghton, Michigan. Selected images and prepared text for series of 14 thematic panels included in the City of Houghton’s historical walking tour. Panels installed July 2001. Additional 10 building-specific panels installed December 2001. Content also added to City of Houghton web page: www.cityofhoughton.com. “Calumet at 125” (photographic spread with introduction and captions), Michigan History Magazine, May/June 2000. “The Arizona & Michigan Mining Company, Globe District, Arizona Territory: A Study of a Small Mine in a Large Network,” Mining History Journal (Vol. 6) 1999, 77-88. Article selected as winner of the 1999 John Townley award by the Mining History Association. “Company Houses Along the Picket Line: A Photographic Essay on the Michigan Copper Strike of 1913,” Mining History Journal (Vol. 5) 1998, 63-75. Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 12

PUBLIC PROGRAMMING

“Attacking the Grand Challenges and Wicked Problems of Urban Detroit,” public lecture series engaging undergraduate students, the larger campus community, and the surrounding region in conversation about real-world problems in the city, the individuals and organizations working to resolve them, and the role that the University plays in this work. University Library System, Wayne State University, 2018-present. Brownbag Speakers Series, public lecture series highlighting research, publication and new acquisitions to the Walter P. Reuther Library, 2014-present. Includes presentations by recipients of Sam Fishman travel-to- collections grant program. Michigan Humanities Council, 2013-2014, executive oversight and fund development for a variety of statewide cultural programming including The Great Michigan Read reading and discussion program, Poetry Out Loud high school poetry study and recitation competition, Museum on Main Street touring exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution, Prime Time Family Reading Time program for childhood reading, Bridging Cultures diversity and cultural programming, and the Arts and Humanities Touring Program, a partnership with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. “Archival Speakers Series,” public lecture series highlighting research, publication and new acquisitions at the MTU Archives, 1995-2013. 1913 Michigan Copper Miners’ Strike Centennial, project coordinator, commemorative events to mark the centennial of the 1913 Michigan Copper Miners’ Strike, including public programming, scholarly symposium, web content, and traveling exhibit, 2007-2013. "People, Place and Time: Michigan’s Copper Country Through the Lens of J.W. Nara," traveling exhibit, with tie-in public programming. National History Day, Michigan District 1, Local Arrangements Committee, 2006-2013 “Comin’ at Ya! The Copper Country in 3-D,” fundraiser program for Michigan Tech Archives, featuring projection of local historic stereoview postcards at historic theatre, July 2010. “Key Ingredients Michigan Foodways,” steering committee member, exhibit installation team leader and coordinator for multi-even speakers’ bureau and tour series relating to traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibit. July-August 2007. “An Interior Ellis Island: Ethnic Diversity and the Peopling of Michigan’s Copper Country,” symposium to launch web content for the Interior Ellis Island ethnic history project, July 2006. “Local History Smackdown,” a spelling-bee style competition for high school teams using local history questions and a panel of judges, 2002-2005. “Michigan’s Role in Arctic Coal: A Centennial Celebration of John Longyear’s Arctic Coal Company,” Symposium with sessions in Marquette and Houghton, Michigan, to mark the centennial of the Arctic Coal Company. Program chair for both days’ events and local arrangements for Houghton events, April 2005. “Michigan’s Copper Country: History, People and Place,” program chair and local arrangements coordinator for symposium including more than 45 speakers, July 2004; co-editor of volume of selected essays, New Perspectives on Michigan’s Copper Country, published by the Quincy Mine Hoist Association. “Fourth Thursday in History,” monthly speakers series, collaboration with staff of Keweenaw National Historical Park, June 2001-July 2005. Michigan Archival Association. Program Committee, 2002 Annual Meeting, Marquette, Michigan, 1996 Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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INSTRUCTION

“SS3990 Management and Use of Archival Information,” 3-credit course, undergraduate and graduate hybrid, Social Sciences Department, Michigan Technological University, Spring 2012 and Spring 2013.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, PRESENTATIONS, AND SERVICE

National and International Organizations

American Library Association, 2017-present. Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-present. Library Leadership & Management Association, 2017-present. Society of American Archivists, 1992-present. Archival History Roundtable, Publication Working Group, 2016-2017. Labor’s International Hall of Fame, 2014-present. Academic Co-Chair and Trustee, Executive Board, 2014-present. Induction Ceremony Award Presenter, East Bay, California, May 17, 2018. Induction Ceremony Award Presenter, Detroit, Michigan, May 18, 2017. Induction Ceremony Award Presenter, Troy, New York, May 19, 2016. Induction Ceremony Award Presenter, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2015. Algonquin Club of Detroit and Windsor, 2016-present. American Vice-president (selected to begin 2019). Mining History Association, 1995-present. President, 2016-2017. Vice-President/President-Elect, 2015-2016. Council, 1999-2001, 2004-2007, Nominations Committee, 1996-1997. Program Committee, Annual Meeting, June 2019, Marquette, Michigan. “Wither Mining History?” (Presidential address), Annual Meeting, June 2016, Telluride, Colorado. “Life Underground: Images of Michigan’s Copper Country,” Annual Meeting, June 2005, Scranton, Pennsylvania. “Salt in Michigan: An Unusual Story in Mineral Extraction,” Annual Meeting, June 2002, Wallace, Idaho. “The Arizona & Michigan Copper Company of Globe, Arizona: Another Pothole in the Rocky Road to Fortune,” Annual Meeting, June 1998, Bisbee, Arizona. “Research Tools: Mining Company Employment Records,” Annual Meeting, June 1996, Rossland, British Columbia. “The Archival Record of Lake Superior Copper,” Annual Meeting, June 1995, Nevada City, California. Federation of State Humanities Councils, 2013-2014. Co-chair, “Executive Directors’ Constituent Group Meeting,” National Humanities Conference, November 2013, Birmingham, Alabama. Resolutions Committee, National Humanities Conference, November 2013, Birmingham, Alabama.

Regional Organizations

Wayne State University Press: Editorial Board for the Great Lakes Book Series, 2004-present (includes manuscript review). Michigan Academic Library Association, 2017-present. Midwest Archives Conference, 1990-present. Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 14

“Grant Writing: An Introduction for Archives and Heritage Agencies,” Preconference Workshop, Spring 2016 Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Grant Writing: An Introduction for Archives and Heritage Agencies,” MAC Speakers Bureau Miami Valley Archives Roundtable, April 2016, Dayton, Ohio. Governing Council, 2012-2014. Fall Symposium Planning Committee for 2013 meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Fall Symposium Task Force, 2006-2007. Nominating Committee, 2009-2010, 2003-2004 (committee chair), 1999-2002. “Educating Non-archivists to Preserve Their History,” Spring 2003 Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Louisa Bowen Memorial Graduate Scholarship Committee, 1998-2003, (chair 2000-2003). “Archival Education for the Small Shop Archivist,” (mini-workshop), Fall 2002 Meeting, Rapid City, South Dakota. Program Committee Fall 2002 Meeting (Co-Chair), Rapid City, South Dakota, Fall 1998 Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Spring 1996 Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Membership Committee, 1996-2002, Michigan Membership Coordinator 1996-2002.

Statewide Organizations

Council of Library Deans and Directors, 2018-present. Dean’s Designee to this organization, which represents the libraries of 13 state universities. Michigan Heritage Leadership Council, 2013-present. Michigan Humanities Council, 2004-present. Emeritus Advisory Board, 2018-present. Board Member, 2004-2011. Secretary/Treasurer, 2009-2011, Executive Committee, 2005-2009, Advocacy/Legislative Committee, 2004-2009 (chair 2007-2009), Program Committee, 2005-2009, Grant Review Committee, 2005-2010, Board Development Committee, 2005-2007, “Humanities on the Hill,” (advocacy activity), Washington DC, 2005-2006, 2008-2009. Michigan Archival Association, 1990-present. Workshop Co-presenter: “Show Me the Money: Presenting Compelling Grant Applications,” Annual Meeting, June 2013, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Workshop Presenter: “Getting the Word Out: Basic Archives Outreach,” Annual Meeting, June 2003, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Historical Society of Michigan, 1994-present. “The Salty Mitten: Mining for White Gold,” Michigan in Perspective Local History Conference, March 2018, Sterling Heights, Michigan. "The Copper Strike of 1913: Company Houses Along the Picket Line," Annual Conference, September 2013, Kalamazoo, Michigan. National History Day, District 1, Local Arrangements Committee, 2006-2013. “Frost on the Spuds: Potato Farming in Houghton County, 1929-1960,” Michigan in Perspective Local History Conference, Detroit, Michigan, April 2008. Workshop Presenter: “Things to Think About When Considering A Digital Imaging Project,” Upper Peninsula History Conference, June 2007, Ontonagon, Michigan. “Life Underground: Images from Michigan’s Copper Country,” Michigan in Perspective Local History Conference, Detroit, Michigan, April 2005. Workshop Presenter: “Spreading the Word: Outreach Activities for Small Museums,” Upper Peninsula History Conference, June 2003, Cedarville, Michigan. “Regional Historical Archives: A Symbiosis of Collections and Community," Michigan in Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 15

Perspective Local History Conference, April 2001, Detroit, Michigan. Co-Presenter: “Archival Management Workshop,” 1999 Upper Peninsula History Meeting, June 1999, Marquette, Michigan. Workshop Presenter: “Basic Archival Skills Workshop,” Annual Meeting, June 1998, Midland, Michigan, Upper Peninsula History Meeting, June 1996, Copper Harbor, Michigan, Upper Peninsula History Meeting, June 1995, Newberry, Michigan. Michigan Sense of Place Council, 2013-2014. Creative Placemaking Workgroup, 2013-2014. Michigan State Historical Records Advisory Board (Gubernatorial appointment), 1997-2013, Michigan Local Government Records Task Force, 2004-2006. Michigan Alliance for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Board Member, 2001-2004. Upper Peninsula Region of Library Cooperation, Executive Committee, 1999-2002. Society of Indiana Archivists, 1993-1998. Board Member, 1993-1995, Nomination Committee, 1994.

Institutional and Local Organizations

Wayne State University, 2014-present. Sesquicentennial Steering Committee, 2016-present Yamasaki Advisory Board, 2015-present. University Library System Organizational Issues (senior leadership group), June 2018-present. Dean’s Library Council, October 2014-present. Library Vision Support Team, January 2018-present. ULS Sesquicentennial Planning Group, January 2017-present. Library Leadership Team, October 2014-2017. Search Committee, Associate Dean, July-October 2015. Walter P. Reuther Library Chair, Fishman Travel Awards Selection Committee, 2014-2018. Participation in multiple Reuther Library archivist search committees. History Department Advisory Committee, Masters of Arts in Public History, 2014-2018. Advisory Committee, North American Labor History Conference, 2014-present. School of Information Sciences Archival Administration Advisory Board, 2015-present. “Free Money: Basic Skills of Grant Writing for Archives,” School of Information Science Archival Practice Brown Bag Series, May 15, 2015. Athletics Department / Faculty Liaison to the WSU Baseball Team, 2018-present. Warrior Day State Legislature Advocacy Event, March 2018, Lansing, Michigan. Michigan Technological University, 1994-2013. Graduate Faculty, Social Sciences, appointment for masters’ thesis committees, 1999-2013. Provost Search Committee, 2010. MTU Document Imaging Task Force, 2005-2007. University Senate, 1996-2007. Library Representative, 1996-2000, 2002-2006. Executive Committee, 1999-2000, 2003-2005. Administrative Policy Committee, 2006-2007. Elections Committee, 2003-2005 (chair, 2003-2005). Academic Policy Committee, 1996-2000, 2002-2003 (chair 1999-2000). Erik Nordberg, Curriculum Vitae, page 16

J.R. Van Pelt Library: Safety Committee, 2004-2009. J.R. Van Pelt Library: 24-7 Task Force (chair), Summer 2005. MTU Athletic Council, 2007-2010. MTU Blue Line Club (hockey support organization). President, 2008- 2010, Vice President, 2005-2008, Board of Directors, 2005-2010 Newsletter editor, 2005-2010. Northland Historical Consortium, 1994-2013. Secretary/Treasurer and Conference Coordinator, 1994-2013. Indiana University South Bend Senate: Academic Personnel Committee, 1993-1994. Indiana University Archivists Council, 1993-1994.

AWARDS

Recipient of Wayne State University’s School of Information Sciences “Shining Star” during the School’s 50th anniversary in 2017 to celebrate “alumni who have made their mark on the LIS world through their professional achievements.” Institutional Recipient of a 2017 State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan for restoration and installation of the 1937 WPA Walter Speck labor history mural at Walter P. Reuther Library. Recipient of the 2013 Rodman Paul Award from the Mining History Association for outstanding contributions to mining history. Recipient of the 2011 Charles Follo Award from the Historical Society of Michigan for outstanding contributions to the preservation and promotion of Upper Peninsula history. Co-recipient of a 2011 Award of Merit from the International Regional Magazine Association for the article “Not-So-Secret Keweenaw,” Lake Superior Magazine, August/September 2010. Recipient of a 2007 Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History for the “Interior Ellis Island” ethnic immigration web project. Co-recipient of the 2007 Ken Hamar Award from Michigan Technological University for support of Michigan Tech Athletics. Recipient of the 1999 John Townley Award from the Mining History Association for the best article in their annual Mining History Journal. Awarded for “The Arizona & Michigan Mining Company, Globe District, Arizona Territory: A Study of a Small Mine in a Large Network,” 1999 Mining History Journal.