Skills
Proficiency with print and digital photography, including b/w and color darkroom experience
Imaging: Adobe CS5, EpsonScan, FlexColor (Imacon), SilverFast, Abbyy Finereader
Software: Microsoft Office, Adobe Bridge, Oxygen, XMetal, Extensis Portfolio, FileMaker Pro, DSpace, Omeka, OCLC Connexion, Millennium
Web Publishing & Databases: HTML, XHTML, PHP, CSS, MySQL
Metadata Schemas & Descriptive Standards: Dublin Core, VRA Core, DACS, LCSH, AARC2, EAD, CCO, CDWA, TGM, Getty AAT and ULAN, Revised Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
Education
- University of Texas at Austin
- Master of Science in Information Studies, 2012
- New York University
- Bachelor of Arts in Art History, 2008
Experience
- Image Collection Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Digital Image Metadata Librarian, September 2013 - Present
- Work with faculty and students to develop and deliver images for teaching
- O'Neill Library, Boston College
- Digital Content Specialist, May - August 2013
- Digitized rare books and other special collections materials
- Collaborated with archives staff with use of materials and records in Archivists' Toolkit
- Developed policy for digital preservation workflows
- Created MODS/METS metadata for simple and complex digital objects
- Ingested materials into DigiTool repository
- Configured and instructed staff with use of new technology, including ATIZ BookDrive Pro
- Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
- Photographic Archives Intern, October 2011 - January 2013
Project Archivist, December 2011 - August 2012 - Processed approximately 150 linear feet of slides, negatives, and prints
- Answered reference questions and assisted researchers with materials
- Created and updated finding aids in EAD using Oxygen and XMetal
- Selected, digitized, and color corrected photographic media from collections
- Cataloged images using Dublin Core standards in Adobe Bridge and Extensis Portfolio
- Processed the complete archives of Karen Dickey, formerly of the Texas Department of Agriculture
- See images selected from this collection and digitized for the Digital Media Repository
- Fine Arts Library, The University of Texas at Austin
- Visual Resource Collection Volunteer (Capstone Project), August 2012 - December 2012
- Catalogued images according to VRA Core and CCO standards
- Selected and scanned images for inclusion in the DASe online image database
- Migrated image records from spreadsheet to in-house digital asset management system
- Wrote a guide to assist professors in accessing digital teaching materials
- Harry Ransom Center for Humanities Research, The University of Texas at Austin
- Archives Associate, May - August 2011
- Arranged and rehoused photographs in the New York Journal American photographic morgue as part of a grant-funded project to make the 64,000 files accessible for research
- Updated online database to reflect physical arrangement of files
- Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
- Sales and Information Associate, April 2009 - November 2010
- Provided assistance to museum guests in the store and at the admissions desk
- Added inventory to the point-of-sale system database
- Prepared sales reports and performed data backups
- Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
- Archives Volunteer, Winter 2009
- Processed portions of the Charles Sheldon collection of photographs taken in Alaska, circa 1906-1908, to determine duplicate prints between photographic albums and loose prints
- Dye-Namix Inc., New York, NY
- Print and Digital Projects Intern, January 2007 – October 2008
Freelance artist, November 2005 – March 2006 - Digitized and re-touched original artwork for reproduction on fabric for high-end art and fashion clients
- Color matched print and digital samples for reproduction
- Catalogued and archived print samples and digital work
- Prepared samples of in-house print design products
- Handpainted garments for retail market
- Designed graphics for company website and portfolio
- America Reads, New York, NY
- Tutor, August 2004 – July 2005
- Supported the primary instructor in a public school kindergarten class in Chinatown
- Assisted students with literacy assignments individually and in groups
- Corrected homework assignments