Pratt Institute

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Education

Ph.D., Bryn Mawr Coll; Musicology
M.L.S., Rutgers University, State University
M.M., Manhattan School of Music;
B.M., Manhattan School of Music

Biography

An interdisciplinary researcher, Giannini is a internationally recognized scholar in French woodwind instruments and a leader in cultural informatics having introduced this field of study to the SILS curriculum some 10 years ago especially as it applies to libraries, museums and archives in the digital world. Her recent publications include: 22 articles in Grove Music Online (2013), the book, Great Flute Makers of France, published in Japanese, 2007, described in Choice as “a model of archival research for all graduate students, “Core Competencies for Art Museum Librarianship,” ARLIS, and “Frederic Triebert, Designer of the Modern Oboe” Pendragon. She is writer and project director for two current IMLS grants ($1,250,000) partnering with leading NYC cultural institutions (see http://brooklynvisualheritage.org and http://www.pratt.edu/academics/information_and_library_sciences/grant_scholarship_internship/).