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Project Manager Archivist
Contact & Office Hours
126 West Street
413-585-2919
Education
M.A., Archives and Public History, New York University
B.A., Hampshire College
Dan is responsible for leading the Access to Collections (A2C) project to improve and standardize access to the extensive holdings of Smith College Special Collections.
Dan has previously held positions at Union College, the Hagley Museum & Library, Michigan Tech, and New York University. A graduate of Hampshire College, Dan is thrilled to be back in the Pioneer Valley.
ArchivesSpace Users Advisory Council
Libraries Discovery Team, Five College ArchivesSpace Working Group (Co-Chair)
Bussert, Rachael, Daniel Michelson, Brandon Pieczko, and Marcella Widget. “Improvisations of Processing: Confronting the Unforeseen in Large Processing Projects.” presented at the Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, April 2014. Luftschein, Sue, Maristella Feustle, Matthew Gorham, Adrien Hilton, and Daniel Michelson. “'What Were They Thinking?' How the Proposed New DACS Principles Take on the Need for Transparency.” presented at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2018.
Society of American Archivists, Technical Subcommittee on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (Co-Chair)
