Bill Levay

Digital Archivist, New York Philharmonic

Education

Pratt Institute, MSLIS with an Advanced Certificate in Archives
New York University, Master of Arts in Humanities and Social Thought
Pennsylvania State University, BA in Anthropology

Notable Clients

Meredith Monk/The House Foundation for the Arts
92nd Street Y

Memberships & Certifications

Society of American Archivists
Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York
Association for Recorded Sound Collections

About Bill

Bill Levay is a digital archivist and digital projects consultant. Prior to joining the Winthrop Group, Bill worked as the metadata and systems librarian at the California Historical Society, and led the Bay Area Reporter digitization project at the GLBT Historical Society, both in San Francisco. He also has experience in corporate archives and digital asset management. While a student at Pratt Institute, Bill worked on the Linked Jazz project where he conceived and implemented ways to enhance the discoverability and accessibility of jazz-related digital resources, including photo archives and discographies, using linked open data tools and best practices. Bill compiled the discography for the book Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of The First Guitar Hero by Ed Ward (Chicago Review Press, 2016), which was named Best Discography of 2017 in the Blues, Gospel, Soul or R&B category by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.