{"186321":{"#nid":"186321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Flutist Finds Second Career as Archivist","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristine de Catanzaro was\u0026nbsp;10 years old when she found the flute \u2014 a hobby that would evolve into a regular job playing with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMusic just became a part of my life,\u201d said de Catanzaro, who is an access archivist at the Georgia Tech Archives and the music subject librarian at the Library. \u201cI\u2019d always wanted to be a music teacher and a musician, so that\u2019s what I became. After finishing my training in England and Canada, I played with the touring orchestra and taught elementary school music and flute for about five years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe also earned a PhD in music history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill), which would lead to her teaching music history at both UNC and Georgia State University (GSU).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019ve always been fascinated by history, so when the opportunity to work with the Johnny Mercer archival collections opened up at GSU, I couldn\u2019t resist,\u201d de Catanzaro said. \u201cFrom that point on, I morphed into an archivist.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter eight years in her role at GSU, de Catanzaro accepted her current position at Tech and has now been here for slightly more than eight years. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy current position is the best of both worlds,\u201d she added. \u201cAlthough 80 percent of my time is spent on my archivist responsibilities, my work as a subject librarian allows me to also focus on music some days.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDescribe an average day in your job. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EI work with three other archivists to collect, preserve and make available the historical things that Tech keeps in our Archives. (For more about the Archives, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/archives\u0022\u003Ewww.library.gatech.edu\/archives\u003C\/a\u003E.) We respond to calls and emails from people asking questions to learn more about a relative that might have been enrolled here or asking what Tech was like during World War II. People will also come in to do research on the materials we have. For example, the Archives houses large science fiction and rare science and technology book collections. As a subject librarian, I am the liaison between the Library and the School of Music. I regularly help faculty members request information from the Library and am responsible for purchasing new books and resources for the Library that are related to music.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you enjoy most about your job?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EI love the old register of students that students had to sign in the early years of Tech. Each entry includes information such as the student\u2019s signature, birth place and date, date of entrance, and, eventually, a withdrawal or graduation date. We have records in this volume for the very first students who attended Tech, as well as for the first students who completed their degrees here. I also enjoy our Georgia Tech Songs collection, which includes songs such as \u201cRamblin\u2019 Wreck.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat would you like for people to know about your job? \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe don\u2019t just have paper documents. We have a wide array of visual materials, including photos and architectural drawings, wonderful rare books, digital materials and artifacts. And no one should be shy about coming in and requesting to see things.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your favorite spot on campus?\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EI enjoy the oldest part of campus that includes Tech Tower, the French Building and other historic buildings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you could have dinner with one person, who would it be?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt would probably be Mozart or Bach \u2014 they were both such amazing musicians. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhere is your favorite place to have lunch?\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003ERight now, it\u2019s West Egg, and I\u2019ll order the Blue Plate Special. But I am eagerly awaiting the opening of the Highland Bakery that\u2019s going into the old Junior\u2019s spot.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us something unique about yourself. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EI swam 62 miles over the course of last summer. This year, my goal is to swim 75 miles. But it takes me about an hour to swim a mile, so accomplishing this takes awhile.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristine de Catanzaro was\u0026nbsp;10 years old when she found the flute \u2014 a hobby that would evolve into a regular job playing with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Christine de Catanzaro was 10 years old when she found the flute \u2014 a hobby that would evolve into a regular job playing with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-01-24 09:50:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:29","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"186021":{"id":"186021","type":"image","title":"Christine de Catanzaro","body":null,"created":"1449179081","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:44:41","changed":"1475894833","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:13","alt":"Christine de Catanzaro","file":{"fid":"196153","name":"christine.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/christine_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/christine_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":916178,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/christine_1.jpg?itok=1mBAWejt"}}},"media_ids":["186021"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"56271","name":"Christine de Catanzaro"},{"id":"9761","name":"georgia tech archives"},{"id":"659","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}