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About Drew Adan

Drew Adan is an archivist at the M. Louis Salmon Library of the University of Alabama in
Huntsville. Before coming to UAH, Drew worked for ten years in the Yale University library
system at the Lillian Goldman Law Library and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library. Drew holds an MLIS from Simmons School of Library and Information Science
and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in History from UAH.

Positions

2017 - Present Archivist, The University of Alabama in Huntsville ‐ M. Louis Salmon Library
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October 2007 - March 2017 Library Services Assistant II-IV, Yale University ‐ Yale University Library System
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2020 - 2022 “The Life and Legacy of Dr. Frances Cabaniss Roberts”
Alabama Humanities Foundation
$2,275
2019 - 2020 “Shooting for the Moon: Digitizing Audiovisual Materials Related to the Apollo Program”
Council on Library and Information Resources
Role: PI
$18,774.72
2018 Preservation Assistance Grant
National Endowment for the Humanities
$5,996
2018 Preservation Needs Assessment
Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
Role: PI
$6,000
2018 Travel fund to present at "To Boldly Preserve: Archiving for the Next Half-Century of Space Flight"
To Boldly Preserve: Archiving for the Next Half-Century of Space Flight
Role: PI
$500
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2017 - Present Member, Society of Alabama Archivists
2017 - Present Member, Society of American Archivists
Present Member, Faculty Senate Personnel Committee
Present Board Member, Historic Huntsville Foundation
Present Member, Phi Alpha Theta
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Honors and Awards

  • Historic Preservation Award, 2018, Historic Huntsville Foundation
  • Host National History Day teachers seminars
  • Host HAL5 meeeting and archives open house

Education

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2023 M.A. in History, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
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2014 M.L.I.S. in Information Science, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science
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2007 B.A. in History and Spanish, The University of the South
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Contact Information

4700 Holmes Avenue
M. Louis Salmon Library
Room 222
Huntsville, AL 35805

drew.adan@uah.edu
256-824-6526