Collaborators

Project Team

The core project team of the Sounding Spirit Digital Library includes a combination of full-time Emory Center for Digital Scholarship staff, Emory University graduate students, and remote, grant-funded project team members and volunteers.

Jesse P. Karlsberg, Project Director and Technical Lead
Meredith Doster, Project Manager and Editorial Lead
Erin Fulton, Music Bibliographer and Research Associate
Sara Palmer, Digital Text Specialist
Sarah Dorpinghaus, Digitization Supervisor
Ann McShane, Digitization Workflow Specialist
Jay Varner, Lead Software Engineer
Yang Li, Software Engineer and Information Designer
Ben Silverman, Software Engineer

Em Nordling, Research Data Lead
Lucy Wallitsch, Digital Production Lead
Rachel Shapiro, Music Metadata Associate
Chase Castle, Music Metadata Associate
Chisomo Mwale, Metadata Creation Associate
Patrick Pender, Metadata Creation Associate
Brenda Umutoniwase, Metadata Creation Associate
Diana Duarte Salinas, Metadata Creation Associate

Anne Evers, Metadata Creation Volunteer
Carol Ditner-Wilson, Metadata Creation Volunteer

Solomon Kim, Undergraduate Research Associate
Zoe Stephens, Undergraduate Research Associate
Henry Gao, Undergraduate Development Associate

Institutional Partners

The Sounding Spirit Collaborative proudly partnered with the following archives and institutions on the Digital Library. Partners were selected for the strength of their holdings in southern vernacular sacred song.

• The John Hay Library at Brown University
  • Jennifer Betts, Associate Director for the John Hay Library and University Archivist
  • Lindsay Elgin, Senior Library Technologist
  • Andrew Majcher, Head, Digital Services and Records Management
  • Shashi Mishra, Senior Library Technologist
  • Robin Ness, Senior Library Technologist
• Pitts Theology Library, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, and Emory Libraries at Emory University
  • Bo Adams, Distinguished Director, Pitts Theology Library
  • Emily Corbin, Reference Archivist, Pitts Theology Library
  • Kyle Fenton, Head of Digitization Services, Emory Libraries
  • Katherine Fisher, Head of Digital Archives, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library
  • Carrie Hintz, Associate Director, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library
  • Jennifer King, Former Director, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library
  • Debra Madera, Special Collections Reference Assistant, Pitts Theology Library
  • Brian Methot, Digital Imaging Technician, Emory Libraries
  • Brandon Wason, Head of Special Collections, Pitts Theology Library
• The Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University
  • Olivia Beaudry, Archivist, Center for Popular Music
  • Yvonne Elliott, Executive Assistant, Center for Popular Music
  • Rachel Morris, Assistant Director, Center for Popular Music
  • Gregory Reish, Director, Center for Popular Music
• The John Jacob Niles Center for American Music and UK Libraries at the University of Kentucky
  • Crystal Heis, Library Imaging Specialist, UK Libraries
  • Chris C. Little, Public Services Manager, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts & Design Library
• The University of Michigan Library and William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan
  • Jeremy Evans, Digitization Support Technician, U-M Library
  • Emiko Hastings, Curator of Books and Digital Projects Librarian, William L. Clements Library
  • Christopher Ridgway, Digitization Specialist, William L. Clements Library
  • Lawrence Wentzel, Digital Conversion Production Manager, U-M Library
• The Department of Special Collections and University Archives and the Gilcrease Museum at the University of Tulsa
  • Milissa Burkart, Preservation Specialist, The University of Tulsa McFarlin Library
  • Diana Folsom, Director of Digital Collections, Gilcrease Museum
  • Melissa Kunz, Director of Special Collections, The University of Tulsa McFarlin Library
  • William Smith, Director of the Helmerich Center for American Research and the Museum Science and Management Program
• The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Archives and Special Collections
  • C. Berry Driver, Associate Vice President for Academic Resources and Seminary Librarian
  • Chris Fenner, Digital Archivist

Data Sharing Partners

• Atla Digital Library
  • Christy Karpinski, Digital Initiatives Librarian (former)
• Digital Library of Georgia
  • Nicole Lawrence, Interim Head
  • Sheila McAlister, Director (retired)
• Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM)
  • Andrew Hankinson, Senior Software Developer, RISM Digital Center
  • Christina Linklater, Christina Linklater, Curator of the Isham Memorial Library and Houghton Special Collections Cataloger, Harvard Library; Director, US Office of RISM
  • Jennifer Ward, Editor, RISM Editorial Center

Advisory Board

• James Abbington, Emory University
• Sara Brumfield, Brumfield Labs
• Derrick Fox, Michigan State University
• Sandy Graham, Babson College
• Andrew Hankinson, Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM)
• Kevin Kehrberg, Warren Wilson College
• Tammy Kernodle, Miami University of Ohio
• Cory Lampert, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Gregory Reish, Middle Tennessee State University
• Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, Stanford University
• Kay-Michael Würzner, Saxon State and University Library

Working Groups

Digital Workflow

• Sarah Dorpinghaus (chair)
• Jesse P. Karlsberg
• Ann McShane
• Sara Palmer
• Kay-Michael Würzner

Condition Assessment

• Erin Fulton
• Jesse P. Karlsberg (co-chair)
• Ann McShane (co-chair)
• Rachel Morris
• Sara Palmer
• Lucy Wallitsch

Metadata and Research Data

• Erin Fulton (co-chair)
• Andrew Hankinson
• Jesse P. Karlsberg (co-chair)
• Cory Lampert
• Diana Folsom
• Sara Palmer
• Em Nordling

Entries and Collections

• Meredith Doster (chair)
• Jesse P. Karlsberg
• Jack Martin
• Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh

Exhibitions and Programs

• Meredith Doster (co-chair)
• Clint Fluker
• Jesse P. Karlsberg (co-chair)
• Gregory N. Reish

Pedagogical Materials

• Meredith Doster (chair)
• Derrick Fox
• Vialla Hartfield-Mendez
• Em Nordling
• Lucy Wallitsch

Software Development

• Sara Brumfield
• Jesse P. Karlsberg (co-chair)
• Joanna Mundy
• Sara Palmer (co-chair)
• Jay Varner
• Kay-Michael Würzner