American Baptist Historical Society is delighted to announce that Dr. Jenny Manasco, CA, has joined the professional team. The search committee identified Manasco as the applicant whose training and experience best fit the needs of the Historical Society. After earning a master of Library Science degree, Manasco worked fifteen years as librarian and archivist at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. During that time she became a Certified Archivist and received a Digital Archives Specialist certificate. Prior to that, she earned an M.Div. and a Ph.D. (Old Testament Languages and Literature), both from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
As Digital Collections Specialist Manasco will be primarily responsible for digital archives at ABHS. The digital project has two main foci: the digitization of portions of current collections and the archiving of born-digital documents. Manasco has begun by increasing accessibility to the catalog of books in the American Baptist Samuel Colgate Library.
