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Basics

Name Alía Warsco
Label Librarian
Email 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

  • 2022.08 - 2024.12

    New York, NY

    MSLIS Candidate
    Long Island University - Post
    Library and Information Science
    • Critical Librarianship and Sustainability
    • Archives and Manuscripts
  • 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
  • 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