Background
Shoaf, R. Wayne was born on October 24, 1955 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Son of John Henry and Sue Chestnut Shoaf.
Shoaf, R. Wayne was born on October 24, 1955 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Son of John Henry and Sue Chestnut Shoaf.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1979. Bachelor of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Ohio, 1979. Master of Science, Columbia University, New York City, 1984.
Teaching assistant University Colorado, Engineering Center, Boulder, 1981—1983. Graduate assistant Columbia University, Serials Cataloging, Butler Library., New York City, 1983—1984. Library New York Public Library., Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, Lincoln Center, 1984—1985, cataloger, 1984—1985.
Assistant archivist Arnold Schoenberg Institute, Los Angeles, 1985—1986, acting archivist, 1986—1987, archivist, 1987—1998. Mitarbeiter Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna, 1998—1998. Co-team leader, music cataloging team and digital resources cataloging team, technical services University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1999—2004, metadata specialist, digital information management, 1999—2005, director technical services, imaging, since 2005.
Member of Society California Archivists, Music Library. Association, Association For Recorded Sound Collections, American Society for Information Scientists, History Brass Society, International Horn Society.
Married Melinda Kay Hayes, July 13, 1991.