Transformation & Volunteer Manager

• 2019 - Present

Volunteer Researcher & Cataloguer

• 2018 - 2019

• Created, amended and added digital images to catalogue records in CALM software• Researched local and family history enquiries• Indexed resources using Excel spreadsheets • Created, amended and added digital images to catalogue records in CALM software• Researched local and family history enquiries• Indexed resources using Excel spreadsheets

Collections Manager / Volunteer Coordinator

• 2016 - 2018

• Managed all aspects of the library, ephemera and manuscripts collections including daily operation, reference services, preservation, policy and collection description• Oversaw a preservation needs assessment and liaised with contracted conservators• Delivered IT services throughout the organisation, including first level IT support and troubleshooting, formal and informal IT training for staff and volunteers• Established in house and commercial digitisation program• Maintained website, social media, internal network infrastructure and shared information platforms• Converted catalogue from DB Textworks to eHive cloud catalogue and arranged regular harvest to Trove national database• Established a digital repository (Archivematica/AtoM) for preservation and access to digital assets• Managed 60 volunteers including recruitment, administration, scheduling, resourcing, training and procedures development• Developed and supervised student placements and internships• Increased volunteer capacity by over 100 percent, streamlined and upgraded scheduling and recordkeeping, centralised procedures access and distribution• Delivered information sessions at regular regional outreach seminars on topics such as collection description, digital cataloguing and volunteer management• Hosted visiting historical groups, industry professionals and the public

Librarian

• 2000 - 2016

• Circulation, reference, membership and technical services• Original and copy cataloguing (Libraries Australia, Spydus)• Project managed catalogue upgrade to First LMS• Established and managed volunteer program and student placements • Established PMI Press and published 15 history monographs• Managed PMI archives, created archives database (DB/Textworks) and archive digitisation • Managed and promoted program of lectures and other events• Edited the PMI newsletter using Adobe InDesign• Project managed website upgrade and ongoing website maintenance using Wordpress• Hosted visiting historical groups, industry professionals and the public

Library Technician

• 1996 - 2000

Circulation, End Processing and Client Liaison departments. Reader request processing database maintenance (Aurora library system), circulation. Circulation, End Processing and Client Liaison departments. Reader request processing database maintenance (Aurora library system), circulation.