Experience

Montserrat College of Art

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Library Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Peabody Essex Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Technical Services Librarian

  • Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Responsibilities from previous position (Print Librarian) with the following additions:• Management of the Assistant Manuscript Librarian who also supervises the Manuscript Processing and Digitization Assistant.• Priority identification and setting for Technical Services department with focus on backlog processing priorities.• Stewardship and acquisition responsibility for all library collection material including books, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, broadsides, and photographs.

• Print Librarian

  • Apr 2018 - Aug 2020

  • Maintain, develop, and steward the book collection (~300,000 volumes), including selection, acquisition, intellectual control, and staff circulation.• Responsible for allocating $30,000 annual collection development budget and managing over 1,200 items received by over 50 donors per year.• Manage full-time Assistant Cataloging and Systems librarian.• Project manager for several special projects including implementing Aeon management software• Co-curator of The Creative Legacy of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Selections from the Phillips Library, the inaugural exhibit in the dedicated gallery for library material at PEM. Show less

• Reference Librarian

  • Jul 2015 - Mar 2018

  • Provide reference services for internal and external patrons including answering reference questions, staffing the reading room, providing study and publication quality images to patrons and staff, and managing digitization standards and procedures.• Responsible for print acquisition and collection development selection, management, purchasing, and internal circulation.• Coordinate library programs including proposing the library book club “Behind the Book” and library participation in PEM/PM.• Assist with coordination, implementation, and management of library fellowship programs.• Manage reference department volunteers.• Social media coordinator for the library blog and Twitter accounts. Show less

• Assistant Reference Librarian

  • Dec 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Answered reference questions from patrons in person and remotely.• Provided archival reference and microfilm orientations, supervised reading room, created reading room publications (i.e. research guides, brochures, manuals).• Worked with colleagues to create and actualize a library-wide digitization standard and procedure.• Coordinator and contributor to the library blog and Twitter• Special projects for the Manuscript Processor, Head Cataloger, and Library Director.



Peabody Essex Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Library Reading Room Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

  Working primarily in the Reading Room I page and re-shelve materials, aid in reference requests, create research guides for frequently requested topics (i.e. “PEM Historical Houses,”) and perform reference and office duties as needed. Working primarily in the Reading Room I page and re-shelve materials, aid in reference requests, create research guides for frequently requested topics (i.e. “PEM Historical Houses,”) and perform reference and office duties as needed.



i-Concepts, LLC

• Wellesley, MA

• Social Media and Sales Representative

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Edited digital records to maximize website Search Engine Optimization. Chose images of Julia Child from Schlesinger Library’s Visual Information Access database for reproduction. Worked with print image sales in Fenway Park during the 2012 regular season. Edited digital records to maximize website Search Engine Optimization. Chose images of Julia Child from Schlesinger Library’s Visual Information Access database for reproduction. Worked with print image sales in Fenway Park during the 2012 regular season.



Emerson College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Archival Intern

  • May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Assisted with the organization, development, and operation of Alumni Weekend by writing memory books, creating posters, digitizing content, making slideshows, and writing alumni/faculty biographies for various departments on campus. Processed and appraised forty linear feet of Faculty and Tenure Files. Assisted with the organization, development, and operation of Alumni Weekend by writing memory books, creating posters, digitizing content, making slideshows, and writing alumni/faculty biographies for various departments on campus. Processed and appraised forty linear feet of Faculty and Tenure Files.



Historical Commission of Reading MA

• Reading, MA

• Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

  Processed the Pierce Organ Collection from accessioning to writing a finding aid. Processed the Pierce Organ Collection from accessioning to writing a finding aid.



YMCA of Greater Boston

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Camp Counselor

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

  Provided excellent camp counseling services for the five-six year old age group. Primary tasks included supervision, safety precautions and procedures, aid with swim instruction, as well as ensuring the children had a safe and fun camp experience. Provided excellent camp counseling services for the five-six year old age group. Primary tasks included supervision, safety precautions and procedures, aid with swim instruction, as well as ensuring the children had a safe and fun camp experience.



Department of Conservation and Recreation

• Boston, MA

• Archival Intern

  • Apr 2011 - 2011

  Organized, sorted and foldered three drawers of architectural/construction Land Plans (162 items). Catalogued plans into Excel Spreadsheet using sixteen fields. Digitized plans for preservation and use purposes by creating thumbnails and full-sized digital images for each plan. Scanned images were linked to the Excel Spreadsheet. Wrote a Scope and Content Note for Plans Series. Organized, sorted and foldered three drawers of architectural/construction Land Plans (162 items). Catalogued plans into Excel Spreadsheet using sixteen fields. Digitized plans for preservation and use purposes by creating thumbnails and full-sized digital images for each plan. Scanned images were linked to the Excel Spreadsheet. Wrote a Scope and Content Note for Plans Series.



Durrick Library

• Colchester, VT

• Volunteer

  • Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Assisted Reference Librarians with signage projects, shelf reading, organization of the Reference collection and poster design to advertise reference services. Assisted Reference Librarians with signage projects, shelf reading, organization of the Reference collection and poster design to advertise reference services.



John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

• Boston, MA

• Audio-Visual Intern

  • Dec 2009 - Jan 2010

  Scanned nitrate photo negatives for use in a Kennedy Library Foundation publication. Edited, resized, and reformatted negatives and photos for optimal digital copies using Adobe Photoshop. Scanned nitrate photo negatives for use in a Kennedy Library Foundation publication. Edited, resized, and reformatted negatives and photos for optimal digital copies using Adobe Photoshop.



John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

• Boston, MA

• Research Room Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Researched reference questions. Organized previously classified collections (specifically the "Condolence Mail" collection). Created research guides on frequently requested topics such as “Africa,” “Cuban Missile Crisis,” and “Bay of Pigs.” Researched reference questions. Organized previously classified collections (specifically the "Condolence Mail" collection). Created research guides on frequently requested topics such as “Africa,” “Cuban Missile Crisis,” and “Bay of Pigs.”



Boston Athenaeum

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Children's Library Intern

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Organized children and young adult programs. “My Athenaeum” full day children’s event planning. Member admission and cataloging projects. Booklist pamphlet design. Organized children and young adult programs. “My Athenaeum” full day children’s event planning. Member admission and cataloging projects. Booklist pamphlet design.



Communitas, Inc.

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Relief Staff

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

  Relief staff to assisted living homes with developmentally disabled adults. Daily household chores (making meals, laundry etc.) Relief staff to assisted living homes with developmentally disabled adults. Daily household chores (making meals, laundry etc.)