Odile Dumbleton
University College Dublin
School of Information and Communication Studies
Newman, C112
Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Phone +353 83 482 3348
RESEARCH
My research seeks to understand stakeholder and museum visitor expectations of digital surrogates, and how these perceptions might influence the process by which digital surrogates are created and used in locative museum spaces.
EDUCATION
2016 – present PhD Student, University College Dublin, Ireland
2016 MSc, Digital Curation, University College Dublin, Ireland
2008 MSLIS, with an Archives Certificate, Pratt Institute, NY
2000 BA, History, DePaul University, IL
REFERRED PUBLICATIONS
Cushing, A. L., & Dumbleton, O. (2017). ‘We have to make an effort with it’ Exploring the use of stages to help understand the personal information management needs of humanities and social science doctoral students managing dissertation information. IFLA journal, 43(1), 40-50.
PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS
Poster Presentation
Dumbleton, O. (2017, July). ‘Please Sir, I want some more.’ Museum Orphans in the Digital Breadlines. Poster Session presented at Archives Education Research Institute (AERI), Toronto, Canada.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Tutor University College Dublin
2016 – present
IS10010 – Introduction to Information and Social Computing
IS10040 – Information Society: Papyrus to Cyberspace
IS10050 – Digital Judgement
Guest Lectures University College Dublin
2018, 5 February – IS40630 Digital Curation: Core Concepts Lecture – Conceptual Models
2017, 8 November – IS30340 IT for Information Professionals Lecture – Databases
2017, 15 May – IS40620 Digital Curation Tools Lecture– Metadata for Access and Use
2016, 6 November – IS40630 Digital Curation: Core Concepts Lecture – The Role of Curators
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant “Walk1916: Exploring how a mobile walking tour app can provide value for LAMs”
Led by Dr. Amber Cushing and Dr. Benjamin Cowan
2016 Dublin, Ireland
Research Assistant “Experiencing Value: Participatory Cultural Heritage”
Led by Dr. Amber Cushing
2015 Dublin, Ireland
WORK EXPERIENCE
Communications Chair, Conference Committee Virtual Heritage Network Conference
2018 Dublin, Ireland
Conference Organiser Data and Computational Journalism Conference
2017 Dublin, Ireland
Consulting Archivist Remembering Mary Mulvihill Archive
2016 Dublin, Ireland
Archivist/Grant Writer at CoCA Archives Project (Temporary, Grant funded)
2015 Seattle, WA
Archivist – The Wing Luke Museum – Oversized Archives (Volunteer)
2011 Seattle, WA
Contract Archivist – Casey Family Programs
2010 Seattle, WA
Archives Consultant, Private/Personal Archive
2011 – 2014 Bainbridge Island, WA
Librarian, Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library
2008 – 2009 Brooklyn, NY
Archives Assistant, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Archives
2006 – 2007 New York, NY
Collections Assistant, Department of Botany, The Field Museum
2005 – 2006 Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL/ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Archives and Records Association, UK
Library Association of Ireland
Digital Preservation Coalition, UK
Digital Curation Centre, UK