Matthew Parsons: Education & Background

Education:

• MS Library & Information Science; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 2000.
• BS Interdisciplinary Science w/Geology Minor; South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD; 1997.

Continuing Education:

• GIS Academy; King County GIS Center, Seattle, WA, January 10-14, 2011.
• Summer Institute on Data Curation: Research Data in the Earth and Environmental Sciences; Data Curation Education Program (DCEP) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, May 17-20, 2010.
• CFR 250: GIS in Forest Resource; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Fall Quarter, 2003.

Professional memberships:

• American Library Association (ALA)
  • Map & Geospatial Information Round Table (MAGIRT)
• Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
• Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML)
• Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)
• Society for Disability Studies (SDS)

Awards:

• ALA Emerging Leader, 2007