Evyn Kropf

About

As project cataloguer for our "Collaboration in Cataloging: Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan" effort, I am responsible for overseeing the creation and enhancement of cataloging records for the approx. 900 manuscripts in our collection which are currently only represented in a brief handlist. For these and the nearly 350 manuscripts which have already been catalogued, I am also engaged in the gathering and incorporation of expert descriptive content via our discovery interface where the manuscripts' digital surrogates are accessed.

Background

Education
•MSI Library & Information Services, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, School of Information, 2009
•Level Six Diploma - Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages, University of Jordan, Amman, 2005
•B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003

Relevant Experience
•Islamic Manuscripts Project Cataloguer - Area Programs, UM Library, Ann Arbor, March 2009-Present
•Summer Library Intern, Library & Resource Center, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI, June 2008-August 2008
•Assistant Arabic Cataloguer - Near East Division, UM Library, Ann Arbor, April 2008-March 2009
•Arabic Digitization and OCR Project Intern - Near East Division, UM Library, Ann Arbor, January 2008-April 2008
•Reference Assistant - Information & Reference Center, Hatcher Graduate Library, UM Library, Ann Arbor, August 2007-Present
•Advisor/GRE Instructor - University Services Program, Global Institute, Amman, Jordan, March 2005–June 2006

MSI Projects
•Usability evaluation for the Hathi Trust Digital Library (Spring 2009)
•Librarianship, the court, and historiography: Abū cAlī Miskawayh and Āl-i Būyeh (Spring 2009)
•Digitization project assessment: Bodleian Library Images of Medieval Manuscripts (Fall 2008)
•An introductory look at the response to Qāsim Amīn via Ṣāliḥ Ḥusayn’s Qibal al-radd calá Taḥrīr al-mar’ah (Fall 2008)
•Value-added functionality: the BA DAR Digital Viewer and the state of the art in display tools for digital libraries (Spring 2008)
•Information Behavior of Physician Assistants in Emergency Medicine (Spring 2008)

Publications

•Kropf, Evyn. “The Yemeni manuscripts of the Yahuda Collection at the University of Michigan: provenance and acquisition.” Chroniques du manuscrit au Yémen no 13 (2012).

•Kropf, Evyn. “المشاركة في الفهرسة : المخطوطات الاسلامية في جامعة ميشيغان.” Chroniques du manuscrit au Yé men no 12 (2011).

•Kropf, Evyn and Jonathan Rodgers. “Collaboration in Cataloguing: Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan.” MELA Notes 82 (2009): pp. 17-29.

•Kropf, Evyn. “Training challenges: a practical report of an Arabic OCR experience.” MELA Notes 81 (2008): pp. 1-13.

Honors
•University Citation for Extraordinary Academic Achievement, University of Tennessee, Knoxville