Experience

State Library of New South Wales

• Australia
• Libraries
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Conservator

  • Jan 2018 - Present

• Senior Conservator, Digitisation

  • Mar 2016 - Jan 2018

  This contract position primarily involves directing the mass-digitisation workflows in the Collection Care branch in order to deliver results for the Digital Excellence Program. The responsibilities include: managing and developing a team of two people to prepare collection material for onsite and offsite digitisation; recruitment of suitable team members; training internal and external staff; assessment, treatment and packing of collection material; project management, planning and prioritising work, and thinking and solving problems with logistics and scheduling of multiple simultaneous large-scale projects; communicating effectively with other departments, such as CA&D and Digitisation; having integrity and maintaining impartiality in procurement and contract management processes to evaluate and choose external digitisation vendors.In addition to the DEP projects, the role involves working collaboratively within the Collection Care branch and senior staff team to facilitate professional development activities; and participate in strategic planning for the branch, disaster preparedness and WHS, and the development of a new conservation lab.



Center for Jewish History

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Preservation Services Manager

  • Feb 2013 - Mar 2016

  This role began by re-establishing conservation services in an existing laboratory after a hiatus in the conservation program. The role provides conservation treatment services to Partner collections, including devising treatment proposals, treating, rehousing and documenting a wide range of paper-based archival and library material; carrying out condition surveys on individual items and collections; preparing collection material for exhibition and digitisation. The position also works closely with the Center’s Archive Processing and Digitisation teams on joint projects. As manager, the role encompasses management of the Preservation Services department: hiring, training and supervising conservation staff, volunteers, interns and visiting fellows; managing staff workflows; project leader for a sustainable preservation environment investigative project with external consultants; designing a conservation database; financial management: tracking of departmental spending, devising annual budgets, invoicing; researching and purchasing new materials and equipment for department; researching grant opportunities; writing preservation policies. Additionally preservation and consultation services are undertaken in this role, including: creating an environmental monitoring program covering both collection storage and gallery spaces; establishing a quarantine room and directing quarantining of incoming collection material; conducting training sessions and giving advice on disaster preparedness and preventive conservation topics; directing and participating in outreach programs and tours; advising and assisting in moving artefacts; advising on optimal exhibition parameters: display mounts, lighting, length of display; acting as registrar and conservator for incoming loans to the Center. Separate from this role, other duties have included chairing the Preservation and Sustainability committees, as well as participating in Social Media and Disaster Preparedness committees.



Museums Victoria

• Australia
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Conservator, Book, Paper, Images

  • Apr 2012 - Oct 2012

  This contract position involved joining an existing exhibition team to prepare the collection for a two-year travelling exhibition. Tasks included condition reporting exhibition material for loan and creating photographic loan documentation; devising treatment proposals and treating a collection of art-on-paper and rare books to exhibition standard; documenting treatments through written and photographic records; maintaining database records of treatments and collection object locations; devising and constructing specialised housing for storage and transport; preparing collection material for exhibition: hinging, mounting and framing, designing book mounts; liaising with stakeholders such as collection managers and curators; liaising with staff from other teams such as digitisation, design and exhibition management; participating in consultations on preventive conservation of collection material; participating in consultations on WHS.



State Library of Western Australia

• Paper Conservator

  • Mar 2011 - Mar 2012

  This contract position primarily involved the documentation, treatment and re-housing of a wide range of paper-based and photographic material. Additionally I participated in consultations on preventive conservation of collection material; prepared collection material for exhibition; and researched and ordered new materials and equipment for the laboratory. There was also a supervisory component, managing and training volunteers, graduate interns and practicum students; and supervising and instructing conservation technicians.



Corkill Conservation

• Paper Conservator and Director

  • Oct 2009 - Mar 2012

  Corkill Conservation is a self-established private paper and photograph conservation studio. This enterprise required the responsibilities of a company director to develop and implement a marketing program to attract clients; develop and administer the company website; manage company administration including maintaining database records, correspondence and client contracts; run company financials including budget, accounts, quoting and invoicing; in addition to undertaking the duties of a conservator, including meeting clients, discussing and managing expectations and treatment outcomes; devising treatment approaches and treating a wide range of paper-based and photographic artefacts; documenting treatments through written and photographic records; consulting on preventive and conservation solutions for collections; researching and writing Preservation Needs Assessments for a variety of collections; delivering treatments to time and budget, preparing risk assessments and safe work method statements, and managing WHS, and working within the AICCM Code of Ethics.



International Conservation Services

• Australia
• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Paper Conservator & Acting Head of Paper

  • Nov 2005 - Aug 2009

  This role involved meeting clients, discussing and managing expectations and treatment outcomes; devising treatment approaches and treating a wide range of paper-based artefacts and photographic materials; documenting treatments through written and photographic records; participating in disaster recovery scenarios for private collections; consulting on preventive and conservation solutions for collections; project managing large scale treatment programs with varied stakeholders and many team members; delivering treatments to time and budget; preparing risk assessments and safe work method statements, and managing WHS within my department; managing departmental budgets, quoting and invoicing; training Conservation Assistants; and working within AICCM Code of Ethics.