Elise Calvi

Elise Calvi is head of Preservation in the University of Delaware Library where she manages both the preservation and digitization programs. Calvi conducted education and outreach programs while working at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) in Philadelphia, including organizing a three-day conference on architectural records in 2000. She also edited the conference proceedings, Architectural Records: Preserving and Managing the Documentation of Our Built Environment. She has also worked in preservation in the University of Maryland and Harvard University Libraries. In addition to her academic library experience, she has also worked in museums and archives. In 1993 she co-authored "Guidelines for Use of MARC Field 533 Subfield m in Bibliographic Records for Preservation Microform Masters," which was adopted as a CONSER standard. Calvi is a member of the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of ALCTS, and is currently a member of the Book and Paper Committee. She also serves on the University of Delaware's Preservation Studies doctoral degree program committee.