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Christoffer Petersen

Faculty Research Assistant

121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Email: chris [dot] petersen [at] oregonstate [dot] edu
Phone: 1 541-737-2810
Fax: 1 541-737-8674
IM: chris [at] ryanwick [dot] net [Jabber]
Primary Duties: Development, in collaboration, of projects (both digital and print) related to the life and work of Dr. Linus Pauling; description of digital objects using METS and MODS; xml editing of various stripes; creation of finding aids for collections residing in the OSU Libraries Special Collections.
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  • Contact me for help with:

    Linus Pauling and his legacy; other Special Collections holdings

Brief CV

  • Education

    B.S. History. Oregon State University. 1999.
    B.S. Sociology. Oregon State University. 1999.

Publications and More

  • Selected Publications

    Petersen, Chris and Cliff Mead, eds. The Pauling Catalogue – Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Libraries, (Six volumes, 2006).
    Petersen, Chris. “Linus Pauling and the Nature of the Chemical Bond: A Documentary History,”D-Lib, 11, 1 (January 2005).
    Petersen, Chris. “Pauling’s Molecule,” letter to the editor of Chemical and Engineering News, (January 15, 2001): 8.

    Selected Presentations

    Session Chair: “The Scientist as Public Citizen,” The Scientist as Educator and Public Citizen: Linus Pauling and His Era, Oregon State University, October 29-30, 2007.
    “A Stroll Through the Pauling Catalogue,” Library Faculty Seminar Series, Oregon State University Libraries, December 8, 2006.
    Poster Session: “Linus Pauling and the Race for DNA: A Documentary History,” presented at “School for Scanning: Building Good Digital Collections,” Northeast Document Conservation Center, Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 2004.

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