Gina Minks

Gina Minks is the Imaging and Preservation Service Manager for Amigos Library Services where she directs preservation and digital imaging training, consulting, and disaster assistance programs offered to libraries, museums, and cultural heritage institutions. Minks received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and English from Baker University in 1991 and a Master of Library Science degree from Emporia State University in 1999.

Prior to joining Amigos, Minks served as Web and Digitization Librarian and Special Collections Librarian at the University of Tulsa’s McFarlin Library where she focused on the digitization of archival and manuscript materials as well as rare books. Previous to her work at TU, she worked for the Electronic Text Center at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln as a TEI and EAD encoder. Minks has served on the Amigos Library Services Imaging & Preservation Service Advisory Council since 2002. She is the recipient of two Amigos Fellowships and served as co-principle investigator for the Oklahoma Statewide Feasibility Study of Available Resources and principle investigator for The University of Tulsa Digitization Initiative: A Blueprint of EAD Implementation for the Small Academic Library.

Minks has presented on a variety of digital issues including EAD, XML and Metadata and has a special interest in project management, knowledge management and fostering collaboration between institutions. She is an active member of the American Library Association and Society of American Archivists where she has served as vice-chair and chair of the EAD Roundtable.