Dan Michelson

Dan is responsible for collection management, archival processing, stacks management, and a number of other functions in Special Collections Technical Services.

From 2018 to 2021, Dan led the Access to Collections (A2C) project to improve and standardize access to the extensive holdings of Smith College Special Collections.  He 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.

Professional Affiliations

Society of American Archivists Standards Committee, Co-Chair; ArchivesSpace Training Corps, Member

Committees

Emergency Planning Working Group

Publications & Presentations

Kinchen-Addicks, Erin, Samantha Schafer, Michelle Peralta, Karen Glenn, and Dan Michelson. “Applying Project Management Principles to Archival Work” presented at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, August 2026.

Kottman, Miloche, Dan Michelson, and Rebecca A. Baugnon. "Using Bulk Edit and Import Templates in ArchivesSpace." ArchivesSpace workshop, April 17, 2025.

Allison-Bunnell, Jodi, Rachel Searcy, and Dan Michelson. "ArchivesSpace Application Overview and Basic Record Creation." ArchivesSpace workshop, February 20, 2025.

Michelson, Dan. “'They don't teach project management in grad school: How archives can combine ethical practices with modern Agile project management methods.” presented at the Society of American Archivists Research Forum, August 10, 2022.

Topek, Althea and Dan Michelson. "A Workflow for Accessioning Non-permanent College Archives Records." presented at the ArchivesSpace Online Forum, March 29, 2021.

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.

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.