About:
Katie Frey is the Interim Head Librarian at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. One of her primary projects has been leading the development of the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus, a community supported linked data vocabulary for sorting, filtering, and exploring astronomical literature, data sets, images, etc. She also leads initiatives such as the digitization of logbooks written by women computers who worked at the Harvard College Observatory in the mid to late 1800s, and the development of a tools, devices, and maker collection for exploration and prototyping.
Education:
Master of Liberal Arts in Digital Media Design from the Harvard University Extension School
Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Science in Astronomy from San Diego State University