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Basics
Name | Alía Warsco |
Label | Librarian |
aliawarsco@gmail.com | |
Phone | (502) 309-0032 |
Work
- 2024.01 - Present
IIIF Community Coordinator (Digital Scholarship Services)
Division of Libraries, New York University
Creating workflows and resources for using IIIF standards, IIIF-compatible content, and creating new IIIF materials by surveying potential users and implementers.
- 2023.03 - 2023.12
Graduate Student Assistant
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University
Led the first major effort to catalog the CLACS Quechua Library, ultimately resulting in the creation of Runakunaq Bibliotecanku (see Projects). Additionally, assisted with departmental events through promotion and administrative support.
- 2022.07 - 2023.01
Community Contributor/Executive Assistant
Epicenter NYC
Contributed to the weekly newsletter with Quechua language learnings. Reported for citywide COVID-19 and MPV grant, including social media outreach, community programming, and vaccination efforts. Additionally, managed the schedule for the CEO/Founder, Mitra Kalita.
Projects
- 2023.01 - Present
Runakunaq Bibliotecanku
An in-progress, open-access library and research hub for Andean studies, Quechua language, and worldwide Indigenous studies
- Open Access
- Andean Studies
- Quechua
- Static Site
- 2024.01 - Present
IIIF Guides - NYU
Creating guides and resources to expand IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) awareness and use at NYU.
- IIIF
- Open Resource
- 2023.06 - 2023.08
Chile 1973/2023
Created website for events happening around New York City to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S.-backed military coup in Chile.
- Wordpress
- Dev
Education
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2022.08 - 2024.12 New York, NY
MSLIS Candidate
Long Island University - Post
Library and Information Science
- Critical Librarianship and Sustainability
- Archives and Manuscripts
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2022.08 - 2024.12 New York, NY
MA Candidate
New York University
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Comparative Racisms in Latin America
- Critical Voices in Sustainability and Environmental Justice
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2016.08 - 2019.05 New York, NY
B.A.
New York University
Linguistics and Anthropology, Minor in Studio Art
- Indigenous Languages in the Americas
- Language in Latin America
Awards
- 2022.08.01
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship - Quechua
U.S. Department of Education
FLAS Fellowships provide allocations of academic year and summer fellowships to institutions of higher education to assist meritorious graduate students undergoing training in modern foreign languages and related area or international studies.
- 2023.05.01
Dália Leonardo Student Award
Library Association of CUNY
In honor of Leonardo's lifelong contributions to the field, LACUNY has created the Dália Leonardo Library School Scholarship for students who show interest in description, digitization, and organizaiton.
- 2019.08.01
Sapir Award for Research in Anthropology and Linguistics
NYU Department of Anthropology and Linguistics
The Edward Sapir Prize is given once a year to an outstanding senior with a joint major in Linguistics and Anthropology.
Languages
English | |
Native speaker |
Spanish | |
Intermediate |
Quechua (Cusco Variety) | |
Intermediate |
Interests
Library and Information Science | |
Open access / Open Educational Resources | |
Critical Librarianship | |
Indigenous Librarianship | |
Digital libraries and archives | |
Intersections of art, academia, and community |
Indigenous Languages in Latin America | |
Language Documentation and Revitalization | |
Language and Identity | |
Language and State Formation |
Web Dev | |
Static Sites | |
Web accessibility | |
Translation and Multilingual Sites |