Short Bio
Born in Bartow, Florida, home of the Yellow Jackets, monstrous Live Oaks, and phosphate mining, Leila Adams received a BA in English Literature from the University of Florida in 2007. As an undergraduate she participated in two research programs: the University Scholars Program and the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program. While receiving funding from these programs, she performed an ethnographical study of the local women's movement and theorized the ways in which new media revises and corrects cultural memory. She presented at local and regional conferences. View the paper and her spotlight profile in the University of Florida Journal of Undergraduate Research. The paper emphasizes the importance of developing online exhibits to compliment digital collections.
During her senior collegiate year, she worked at the Digital Library Center and learned about the digital preservation process. She helped develop the Women and Social Movements collection and was responsible for full creation of the Radical Women in Gainesvile subcollection. View the online exhibit. She also worked on a minigrant to digitize the Comics Collection.
In July 2008, she completed the University of Florida Marston Science Library web site, a three-month project. As sole developer and project manager, Adams interfaced with UF library staff and faculty to create a science portal that would efficiently link patrons to science-related materials. The result? A 90-page standard compliance site with an easy-to-use interface and several helpful features. Read more about the MSL site.
Adams now works for ITT Systems.
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