jason anfinsen

I earned a graduate certificate in Museum Theory & Practice from the College of Fine Arts at Florida State University and participated in an FSU study abroad for museums and cultural heritage sites in London, England.

I managed an academic art research library as the campus librarian at Miami International University of Art & Design (the Art Institutes). 

As the assistant reference librarian at Hirsch Library in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, I delivered research support to curators, docents, and visiting scholars, and I taught information literacy to graduate students at Rice University and undergraduates at Lone Star Community College. 

In Minneapolis, I assisted on a cataloging migration project to a new ILS at the Walker Art Center Library and acquired customer service skills in visitor services and in the retail store at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, where I supplied blue-ribbon service for 110,996 visitors at Martin Luther: Art of the Reformation.

Served as a contemporary arts research & reference librarian in the 4th most populous U.S. city at the Hirsch Library at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where I provided research support and instruction to students from Rice University and Lone Star Community College.

Managed an academic library in the 8th largest U.S. city as Director of Library Services. Supported a diverse community of 1,200 students and 100 faculty. Developed, coordinated, and led all library services as the campus librarian at Miami International University of Art & Design (the Art Institutes). 

Assigned Library of Congress Classification & unique barcodes to hundreds of new records AND performed copy-cataloging of artist monographs and Museum exhibition catalogs according to national standards in a collection of 35,000 contemporary art books at the Walker Art Center Library in Minneapolis.