Experience

Fort Worth Botanic Garden

• United States
• Zoos and Botanical Gardens
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Librarian

  • Nov 2021 - Present



The Dallas Morning News

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

  - Building, maintaining, and QCing The Dallas Morning News digital archive by OCRing and ingesting microfilm scans into Preservica, TDMN’s DAMS. - Writing “From the Archives” articles using curated attention-grabbing clips and images. - Providing research support to newsroom staff by locating, analyzing, and organizing public records, criminal and civil court documents, demographic data, and archival content. - Maintaining the daily archiving of the newspaper and registering its copyright with Library of Congress monthly. Show less



Foxtail Books & Library Services

• Independent Contractor

  • Dec 2020 - Dec 2020

  Physically organizing a private library collection of over 1,200 books into distinct subject categories, using the client's personal search, retrieval, and classification preferences to form subject sections. Physically organizing a private library collection of over 1,200 books into distinct subject categories, using the client's personal search, retrieval, and classification preferences to form subject sections.



City of Carrollton

• United States
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Community Engagement Librarian

  • Apr 2019 - Dec 2020

  - Liaising with the city marketing department to create and disseminate graphics through targeted channels & penning up captivating social media posts that build buzz about library programming and resources. - Cultivating relationships with local businesses and community organizations to strategically execute larger-scale programs and embed the library into the community (i.e. ESL classes, grant-writing, engaging with residents at senior living facilities). - Representing the library at outreach events and spreading the value of library resources. Show less



University of North Texas

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digitization Assistant

  • Oct 2017 - Apr 2019

  - Overseeing numerous ongoing digitization projects through their stages of digitization, tracking project progress through Excel and web-based project management application Trello.- Migrating digitized and born-digital files into non-proprietary file format derivatives for increased access and digital preservation purposes.- Creating metadata templates for digitized materials and supervising 16 student workers—training them on entering descriptive metadata into metadata records on the back end of the Portal to Texas History, UNT’s homegrown digital asset management system.- Preparing the scanning & digitization of primary resources for semesterly exhibits and patron scan-on-demand requests.- Coordinating part-by-part digitization of UNT Special Collections' largest collection - the KXAS/NBC5 News Collection – with third-party vendors by requesting collection portions from our remote storage facility, inventorying the materials, assigning each individual object a unique identifier, and creating spreadsheets to later populate with descriptive metadata.- Developing digitization process workflows for students and staff to implement during preparations of large-scale digitization projects.- Monitoring the movement of files of digitized objects through library's internal digitization queues as well as the uploading of digitized materials to the Portal to Texas History.- Gleaning physical metadata from artifacts and recording this metadata into spreadsheets to get ahead on metadata entry before digitization. Show less

• Strategic Collections Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Oct 2017

  - Evaluated Open Access articles and Open Educational Resources across academic disciplines for possible ingestion into UNT Library's catalog.- Assigned metadata to ingested electronic resources & created resource records for these electronic resources in Sierra ILS.



Dallas Public Library

• Libraries
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Library Associate - Volunteer Coordinator & Literacy Liaison

  • Nov 2015 - Aug 2017

  - Managed collection by conducting analyses of materials using CollectionHQ software, reviewing lesser-circulated items for redistribution or withdrawal, and ordered new materials for the Spanish & English media sections. - As Volunteer Coordinator: hired volunteers and built their schedules, trained them and delegated key library tasks to assist with library operations such as shelving or assisting with initiatives such as the Summer Lunch Program, and submitted monthly reports of volunteers’ work hours. - As Literacy Liaison: ensured the branch’s adult education classes' success by setting up teaching materials for literacy program instructors and maintaining in constant communication with program instructors, their students, and library administrators regarding our branch’s ESL & Spanish GED classes. - Provided research assistance to patrons by connecting them to in-house resources. - Developed programming pertinent to community members’ needs by connecting them with local organizations. - Marketed community resources by developing visually appealing displays filled with books, pamphlets, and flyers. - As member of the Spanish Speaking Outreach Team, translated DPL promotional materials and program forms into Spanish and coordinated Hispanic Heritage Month cultural events by connecting with and enlisting local artists and organizations. Show less



City of Carrollton

• United States
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Library Technician

  • Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

  - Promoted within a 2-month period for going above and beyond in access services. - Assisted patrons with library equipment, catalog, and database searches. - Roved around the library to monitor patron activity. - Resolved patrons’ queries about library card registration, fines, lost items, and holds. - Sorted then shelved returned items & maintained orderliness of shelves. - Promoted within a 2-month period for going above and beyond in access services. - Assisted patrons with library equipment, catalog, and database searches. - Roved around the library to monitor patron activity. - Resolved patrons’ queries about library card registration, fines, lost items, and holds. - Sorted then shelved returned items & maintained orderliness of shelves.



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Stacks Management Assistant

  • May 2014 - Jan 2015

  - Transported books and serials to sorting areas then shelved serials into stacks.- Logged periodical deliveries into Excel and replaced old issues in the Reading Room.- Visually inspected microfilm reels for blemishes or illegible words.

• Office Assistant

  • Sep 2013 - Jan 2015

  - Arranged cinema’s display cases and updated marquee.- Organized and disposed of dated cinema office files.



Cornell Center for Teaching Excellence

• Summer Program Assistant Coordinator

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Coordinated a teaching assistant program for international graduate students by communicating with graduate field assistants, revising program curricula, requesting bulk print orders, and statistically analyzing program data from student evaluations. Coordinated a teaching assistant program for international graduate students by communicating with graduate field assistants, revising program curricula, requesting bulk print orders, and statistically analyzing program data from student evaluations.



Durland Alternatives Library

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Assistant

  • May 2013 - May 2014

  - Selected and edited incarcerated individuals’ entries for the library’s quarterly Prisoner Express newsletter. - Compiled packages of personalized books and letters for incarcerated individuals nationwide. - Worked the circulation desk, processed new materials, and restructured library sections by subject. - Selected and edited incarcerated individuals’ entries for the library’s quarterly Prisoner Express newsletter. - Compiled packages of personalized books and letters for incarcerated individuals nationwide. - Worked the circulation desk, processed new materials, and restructured library sections by subject.



Telluride Association

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Program Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Supervised kitchen clean-up shifts and led trips & leisure activities for program participants. Supervised kitchen clean-up shifts and led trips & leisure activities for program participants.



Student Agencies, Inc.

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Note Taker

  • Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Recorded and edited class notes for TakeNote®, Cornell’s supplemental note service. Recorded and edited class notes for TakeNote®, Cornell’s supplemental note service.



Texas Litigation Services

• Dallas, TX

• Patient Caller

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Called class action lawsuit clients to request pharmacy and medical records for their cases. Called class action lawsuit clients to request pharmacy and medical records for their cases.