Lorraine
N. Abraham
Director of Library and Information Technology Services
Emory & Henry College
Education
Certificate
of Specialty in Medieval and Renaissance Studies,
The Ohio State University, 1997
Master of Arts in History, The Ohio State University,
1996
Master of Library and Information Science, University
of South Carolina, 1994
Bachelor of Arts in History, Armstrong Atlantic State
University, 1993
Professional
Experience
Director
of Library and Information Technology Services, 2000-present
Emory & Henry College, Emory, Virginia
Systems
Librarian and Adjunct Instructor, 1998-2000
Midlands Technical College, Columbia, South Carolina
Consulting
Archivist, 1995- 1998
City of Grove City, Ohio
Digital
Media Consultant, 1996-present
Hilandar Research Library/Resource Center for Medieval
Slavic Studies,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Teaching
Experience
Emory
& Henry College, 2000-Present
Guest Lecturer, Religion and History Departments
Midlands
Technical College, 1998-Present
Systems Librarian, Library
Adjunct Instructor, Computer Information Technology
Department
The
Ohio State University, 1994-1997
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of History
University of South Carolina, 1993-4
Graduate Teaching Assistant
College of Library and Information Science
Presentations
1999
League for Innovation in the Community College Conference,
Chicago
"Creating the Virtual Library"
A presentation on creatinga user-friendly multi-function
remote access library via website design, remote patron
authentication, & self-instruction modules.
1993.
University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Graduate History
Forum.
"A Historical Comparison of the Assimiliation
of Jews in the North & South from Colonial to
Antebellum Times."
1992.
Southern Regional Conference, Phi Alpha Theta.
"The Recovery of the Holy Lance of Antioch and
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse."
Papers
1996-present
Journal of Women's History
Regular contributor of book abstracts on the subjects
of women's religious history and medieval and early
modern women's history.
1996.
Master's Thesis in History, The Ohio State University.
"Politics, Property and Prayer: The Role of the
Moskovskii Novodevichii Convent in Muscovite and Early
Imperial Russia."
1993.
Senior Honors Thesis in History, Armstrong Atlantic
State University. "Sofia Paleologia: Byzantine
Politics in the Court of Ivan III." Warlick Award
winner for best history paper (1993).
1992.
Historical Methodology Research Paper. "Levi
Sheftall D'Lyon: A Preliminary Biography." Acquired
by the National Jewish Archives.
Works
in Progress
Primary
research on depictions of women religious in medieval
Slavic manuscripts at the Hilandar Research Library
as part of doctoral dissertation research on women
religious in the medieval Russian Orthodox Church.
Recipient of research grant from the Hilandar Library.
Honors
and Activities
Beta
Phi Mu (library honor society)
Phi
Alpha Theta (history honor society)
Dobro
Slovo (Slavic honor society)
History
Department Honor Graduate (AASU)
Title
VI Grant recipient (Slavic language area studies)
First
Summer Scholarship recipient (OSU)
Roger
K. Warlick Award (1992-3 AASU)
Co-founder,
OSU Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association
Affiliations
Southwest
Virginia Education Teaching Network consortium, Executive
Board Member
South
West Virginia Technology Council, College Representative
Holsten
Associated Libraries consortium, Treasurer & Executive
Board Member
Southwest
Information Network Group consortium, Executive Board
Member
Independent
College Enterprise consortium, Executive Board founding
member
Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools Reaffirmation/Substantive
Change Evaluation Team member
