Education

MSLIS, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana
BA in Classical Civilizations, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Book* Recommendations (*and a podcast)

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Ologies with Alie Ward

Recent Publications/Presentations

• Michael, Brinna, and Sofia Slutskaya. (April 2023). “Integrating Inclusive Cataloging with Your Vendors.” Invited webinar given as part of the Jumpstart Inclusive Cataloging course offered by Library Journal & School Library Journal Professional Development.
• Michael, Brinna, and Sofia Slutskaya. (February 2023). “Alternatives to Library of Congress: Vocabularies Offering Diverse Access.” Invited presentation given for AALL Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section.
• Michael, Brinna, and Sofia Slutskaya. (December 2022). “Retroactive Addition of Homosaurus Terms: An Evaluation of Methods.” Webinar given for Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures.
• Michael, Brinna. (April 2022). “Review of Social Justice and Library Work: A Guide to Theory and Practice.” In Theological Librarianship, 15.1, 22-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.31046/tl.v15i1.3046
• Engleson, Leslie, Brinna Michael and Caitlin Soma. (June 2021). “Implementing Antiracismin Technical Services.” In the proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth Annual Conference of Atla, 14-29 June, 2021, https://doi.org/10.31046/proceedings.2021.2958
• Michael, Brinna.(December 2020). “Reframing Description: A Practical Introduction to Linked Data and the Bibliographic Universe.” In the proceedings of the Seventy-Fourth Annual Conference of Atla, 17-19 June, 2020, 239-249. https://doi.org/10.31046/proceedings.2020.1854
• Michael, Brinna. (October 2020). “The Problem of Describing Digital Ephemera.” In Theology Cataloging Bulletin, 28.4, 18-21. doi: https://doi.org/10.31046/tcbv28no4
• Michael, Brinna and Myung-Ja K. Han.(January 2020). “User Tagging Behaviors in an OPAC: An Analysis of Seven Years of I-Share User Tags.” In Library Resources & Technical Services, 64.1, 4-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.61n1.4
• Michael, Brinna and Myung-Ja K. Han. (September 2019). “Assessing BIBFRAME 2.0: Exploratory Implementation in Metadata Maker.” In the proceedings of International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, 23-26 September, 2019, 26-31. https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/pubs/article/view/4229
• Kuhn, Cristina and Brinna Michael. (July 2019). “WILL Radio Presents: The Preservation of Transcription Discs at the University of Illinois.” In MAC Newsletter 47.1, 184. 32-34

Professional Organizations

TCB: Technical Services in Religion & Theology, Section Editor
Atla Technical Services Interest Group, Chair
CATACOM (Cataloging and Authority), Co-Chair

Areas of Interest

Spreadsheets and data organization/structure
Metadata
Controlled Vocabularies

Random fact: Crows, and most corvids, are incredibly smart and do things like recognize human faces and hold “funerals” for their dead. (have a lovely episode of Short Wave: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/760666490)

Pitts Pets: Jade!