Experience

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

• Corpus Christi, Texas Area

• Director of Special Collections and Archives

  • Jun 2019 - Present



Texas A&M University-Kingsville

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• University Archivist of South Texas Archives

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2019

  • Responsible for the overall management and maintenance of South Texas Archives. • Manage and supervise active collection development to acquire the most significant materials of permanent historical value for documenting the history of Texas A&M University-Kingsville and the South Texas region, and provide and coordinate appraisal, accessioning, preparation of processing plans, arrangement and description, and preservation of materials in all formats for the STA.• Manage and supervise digitization projects, acquisition of manuscript and archival collections, donor relations, and grant proposals as appropriate. • Manage and supervise efforts to produce encoding finding aids using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) for contribution to the STA website and AMK Digital Repository, and is liaison to the University community vis-à-vis the Repository. • Overall supervision of one processing archivist, one archival assistant, and four part-time students. Show less

• Interim Director of South Texas Archives

  • Aug 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Responsible for the overall management and maintenance of South Texas Archives. • Manage and supervise active collection development to acquire the most significant materials of permanent historical value for documenting the history of Texas A&M University-Kingsville and the South Texas region, and provide and coordinate appraisal, accessioning, preparation of processing plans, arrangement and description, and preservation of materials in all formats for the STA.• Manage and supervise digitization projects, acquisition of manuscript and archival collections, donor relations, and grant proposals as appropriate. • Manage and supervise efforts to produce encoding finding aids using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) for contribution to the STA website and AMK Digital Repository, and is liaison to the University community vis-à-vis the Repository. • Overall supervision of one processing archivist, one archival assistant, and four part-time students.• This position also serves at the general reference desk and contributes to the Library's liaison program with campus academic departments.Became the Head Archivist in January 2016 Show less

• Digital Librarian for Archives

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Digital processing of archival collections including developing workflows for scanning, metadata creation, ingest to public access platform, and preservation of digital records• Creation of digital records performing original and complex copy cataloging using descriptive standards such as Resource Description and Access (RDA), Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS), and utilizing a variety of encoding standards such as MARC, Dublin Core, and Encoded Archival Description (EAD)• Performs pre-accessioning evaluations on new born digital materials by surveying materials and documenting provenance information• Transfers digital files to processing workstation and creates transfer documentation• Evaluates content of electronic records with special focus on personal identifying information or otherwise restricted materials• Provides arrangement and description of born-digital materials as needed; consults with director for final approval• Provides authority metadata for university theses, dissertations, and digital collections in the AMK Repository• Provides Reference service for South Texas Archives, library materials and online resources• Assists in writing technical specifications for grants• Migrates oral history cassette tapes to WAV digital formats• Creates Finding Aids for digital and analog collectionsAsked to be Interim University Archivist when our Director of the Archives retired Show less

• Metadata Librarian for James C. Jernigan Library and South Texas Archives

  • May 2013 - May 2015

  • Managed monthly batch downloads of EBSCO, Credo E-Books, and Alexander Street Press records into Millennium using Marc Edit, Data Exchange, Create Lists, and Rapid Update modules in Millennium• Created workflows and policy to implement RDA into copy and original cataloging• Created metadata templates for university theses, dissertations, and archival digital collections in ContentDM, catalog all ContentDM records, and manage monthly syncs• Provided authority metadata for university theses, dissertations, and digital collections in the AMK Repository• Surveyed and created collection level records in South Texas Archive’ s content management system, a total of 365 collections identified.• Assisted in development and management of the university library’s digital preservation program.• Developed specifications and workflows to manage born-digital archival materials, including ingest, storage and access of digital packages• Processes and arranges archival collections, creates DACs-compliant archival description in Dublin Core Qualified metadata scheme and authority control utilizing Library of Congress subject and name authorities, processed eleven collections in 2014• Drafted and rewrote Processing Manual for South Texas Archives• Digitized images from South Texas Archives prominent collections to facilitate online access• Assisted in reprocessing STA Oral Collections from cassette tape format to WAV electronic format• Created template for STA Finding Aids to be attached to ContentDm’s digital collection level record• Assisted by providing metadata and description for Splash Pages in ContentDM database• Technical Head of Government Documents and the Federal Depository Library Program, manages work flow of check-in, record keeping, access, selection, discard, and statistical procedures• Downloaded and maintained Marcive Federal Government Records• Managed two full time staff positionss• Created LibGuides for Mathematics & the Archive Show less



American Airlines

• Flight Attendant

  • Apr 1979 - Apr 2013

  Provided friendly and professional customer service for people traveling to international and domestic destinations. Coordinated communication, trained flight attendants, provided emergency first aid, CPR, AED, trained in evacuation and terrorists procedures. Provided friendly and professional customer service for people traveling to international and domestic destinations. Coordinated communication, trained flight attendants, provided emergency first aid, CPR, AED, trained in evacuation and terrorists procedures.



Anne Bridge Baddour Library

• Nashua, New Hampshire

• Reference Librarian for Daniel Webster College,

  • 2000 - 2001

  Provided relief reference services on weekends in an automated environment. Participated in orientation programs and bibliographic instruction. Manned the reference desk, offered assistance with electronic and physical resources. Answered phone ready reference questions. Provided reference consultations and circulation duties. Provided relief reference services on weekends in an automated environment. Participated in orientation programs and bibliographic instruction. Manned the reference desk, offered assistance with electronic and physical resources. Answered phone ready reference questions. Provided reference consultations and circulation duties.



Texas Christian University

• Mary Couts Burnett Library

• Cataloger for Texas Christian University

  • 1993 - 1994

  Searched, retrieved, and edited bibliographic records accessing OCLC for monographs and serials. performed original cataloging on monographs without records. Edited records according to AACR2 in MARC format. Supervised two technical workers and student help. Searched, retrieved, and edited bibliographic records accessing OCLC for monographs and serials. performed original cataloging on monographs without records. Edited records according to AACR2 in MARC format. Supervised two technical workers and student help.