Experience

Energy & Environmental Research Center

• United States
• Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Librarian & Archivist

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  • Provide research assistance to EERC staff located remotely and on site. • Assist with collection maintenance for cataloged library materials. • Arrange and describe EERC archival records and collections for improved discoverability. • Manage multiple library student assistants and a part time employee. • Provide research assistance to EERC staff located remotely and on site. • Assist with collection maintenance for cataloged library materials. • Arrange and describe EERC archival records and collections for improved discoverability. • Manage multiple library student assistants and a part time employee.



The Ohio State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• AV Assessment & Process Assistant

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2020

  • Led a 3-year audiovisual (AV) assessment project to assess condition, housing, rarity, and percent digitized of AV items in high-value archival and special collections across 8 library units. • Collected item level assessment data of over 20,000 rare or unique AV items. • Produced interim and final project reports with assessment findings and recommendations. • Provided improved descriptive and technical information about assessed collections so finding aids and catalog records could be updated and enhanced for improved discoverability. • Supervised, hired, and trained student assistants for archival assessment work. • Developed and managed workflow for on-demand patron requested audiovisual digitization. • Co-organized and managed telework assignments for 35 libraries staff and student assistants consisting of watching/listening to digitized video and audio recordings and creating item level minimal descriptive metadata because of COVID-19 and requirement to work remotely. • Edited item level minimal metadata to follow descriptive standards, added controlled vocabularies, and batch ingested digitized recordings into an institutional repository. • Provided support for a multi-day disaster response of oil contaminated circulating and archival materials. Show less



91.3 WYSO - Public Radio for the Miami Valley

• Archive Fellow - American Archive of Public Broadcasting National Digital Stewardship Residency

  • Jul 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Assigned and created file naming conventions for born-digital Civil Rights oral history collection. • Researched and selected transcription creating software for oral history collection. • Edited software created transcripts, created biographies, and selected LoC subject headings. • Assigned and created file naming conventions for born-digital Civil Rights oral history collection. • Researched and selected transcription creating software for oral history collection. • Edited software created transcripts, created biographies, and selected LoC subject headings.



Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

• Audiovisual Intern

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Inventoried and processed two large audiovisual collections that contained film, video, and audio formats for future researcher use. • Operated a Steenbeck film editing table to view 16mm film and corresponding sound elements. • Completed 100 hours. • Inventoried and processed two large audiovisual collections that contained film, video, and audio formats for future researcher use. • Operated a Steenbeck film editing table to view 16mm film and corresponding sound elements. • Completed 100 hours.



Michigan State University - University Archives & Historical Collections

• Film Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2015

  • Inventoried MSU UAHC's film collections and entering the data into Archivists' Toolkit. • Ran and recorded an A-D strip test to determine the severity of vinegar syndrome in acetate film collections. • Researched and answered reference questions about the institution’s film collections. • 10 hours a week. • Inventoried MSU UAHC's film collections and entering the data into Archivists' Toolkit. • Ran and recorded an A-D strip test to determine the severity of vinegar syndrome in acetate film collections. • Researched and answered reference questions about the institution’s film collections. • 10 hours a week.



Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University

• Student Worker

  • Aug 2011 - May 2014

  • Created a project proposal to provide access and better storage conditions for film collections. • Implemented and created processing plans, including building a motion picture film viewing station. • Identified, described, and updated finding aids for 16mm and 8mm films in the Clarke’s film collections. • Cleaned, spliced, and canned 16mm and 8mm films for future digitization. • Created a project proposal to provide access and better storage conditions for film collections. • Implemented and created processing plans, including building a motion picture film viewing station. • Identified, described, and updated finding aids for 16mm and 8mm films in the Clarke’s film collections. • Cleaned, spliced, and canned 16mm and 8mm films for future digitization.



Central Michigan University Student Government Association

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Historian

  • May 2013 - Apr 2014

  • Created and implemented records management guidelines for Student Government Association. • 5 hours a week. • Created and implemented records management guidelines for Student Government Association. • 5 hours a week.



Alaska Film Archive

• Film Archives Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  • Arranged, described, cleaned, spliced, and digitized a 16mm film collection for patron access. • Created an unused catalog number list and located and accessed all malfunctioning archive videos on Alaska Digital Archive website. • Completed 240 hours. • Arranged, described, cleaned, spliced, and digitized a 16mm film collection for patron access. • Created an unused catalog number list and located and accessed all malfunctioning archive videos on Alaska Digital Archive website. • Completed 240 hours.