Liath Appleton
Manager of Museum Collections
About
Liath is a museum collections specialist and biologist with a background in malacology, botany and ornithology. Previously Registrar at the Florida Museum of Natural History invertebrate collections and Collections Manager at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology mollusk collections, she has been working to maintain the non-vertebrate paleontology collections at the University of Texas, Jackson School Museum of Earth History, since 2011. Liath’s academic interests are in digital imaging, conservation of museum specimens, and evolutionary ecology. She is the database and web manager for the Jackson School Museum of Earth History, Non-vertebrate Paleontology Collections and is also the web manager and an editor for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.
Experience
- Manager of Museum Collections
Non-vertebrate Paleontology, Jackson School Museum of Earth History — Jul 2011 – Present
— Data management – Access and Specify, MySQL
— Museum collections specialist - Manager of Museum Collections
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology — Mar 2002 – Jan 2009
— Managed the research mollusk collection, curatorial staff, SQL database and division website.
— Responsible for photography, photo microscopy and photo editing for research staff.
Registrar
Florida Museum of Natural History — Jun 1998 – Mar 2002
— Maintained the research mollusk collection and database.
— Photographed and edited digital images for publications.
Organizations
Austin Area Garden Council
VP of Membership · Dec 2020 – Present
Shaolin Temple Cultural Center – Austin
Instructor, Web Manager· Jun 2012 – Present
https://shaolintempleaustin.com
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Web Manager, Publications Editor · Aug 2011 – Present
https://www.spnhc.org/
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