Experience

New Jersey State Library

• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Librarian 1

  • Jun 2023 - Present



California State University, Bakersfield

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Temporary Archives Librarian, Reference & Instruction Librarian

  • May 2022 - Apr 2023

  Instruction: Information literacy for first-year students, archival literacy for archives visitors and interns Reference: Archival and library reference, oversee researchers in reading room, library reference desk Collection Development: Rebuilding juvenile and young adult collections for library users using GOBI LibApps: Using the Springshare platform in day-to-day duties, incl. LibGuide creation and development Arrangement and Description: Roy Ashburn political fonds/collection, ongoing Donor Relations: Cultivating and maintaining donor relationships, community outreach to potential donors Oral History Projects: Planned and conducted historical interviews with a team of researchers and volunteers Student Coordination: One-on-one instruction, mentoring, research assistance, internship coordination Exhibit Planning & Design: Research, volunteer coordination, graphic design (Photoshop CC), editing Research: Assisting researchers and students with primary source research Show less



Open Doors, Organization for Transformative Works

• Administrative Staff

  • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Digital Archiving: Facilitating the preservation of at-risk and offline digital archives • Communicating with stakeholders and current and potential donors • Drafting correspondences, announcement posts, and other written communications • Digital Archiving: Facilitating the preservation of at-risk and offline digital archives • Communicating with stakeholders and current and potential donors • Drafting correspondences, announcement posts, and other written communications



The University of British Columbia

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professional Experience: Web Archiving

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Metadata Standardization: Standardizing metadata for UBC Library’s Archive-It collections• Web Archiving: Identifying and scoping seeds, preforming crawls, quality assurance checks

• Student Librarian

  • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Reference: Providing reference services to university students, faculty, and researchers across British Columbia• Database fluency: familiar with searching all major academic literature databases, incl. PubMed, Web of Science• Reference interviewing: extremely familiar with conducting reference interviews for academic materials• Remote Work: Working in a team remotely, utilizing multiple time-sensitive collaboration applications at once• Customer Service: Using strong customer service skills with library patrons in a remote working environment Show less



Museum of Anthropology at UBC

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professional Experience: Audiovisual Materials

  • Jan 2020 - Sep 2020

  • Indexing: Processing and indexing a large backlog of audiovisual materials • Appraisal: Proposing selection and acquisition recommendations • LibGuides: Planning and drafting Research Guide for Indigenous languages spoken in British Columbia • Indexing: Processing and indexing a large backlog of audiovisual materials • Appraisal: Proposing selection and acquisition recommendations • LibGuides: Planning and drafting Research Guide for Indigenous languages spoken in British Columbia



The University of British Columbia

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Archives Assistant

  • May 2019 - Apr 2020

  Archives Assistant at LOAA • AtoM: Assessing and resolving issues with user experience with LOAA’s Access to Memory (AtoM) database • Description: Establishing standards for upper level archival descriptions • Research (forthcoming): On the nature of provenance and the creator in archaeological archives in Canada Archives Assistant at LOAA • AtoM: Assessing and resolving issues with user experience with LOAA’s Access to Memory (AtoM) database • Description: Establishing standards for upper level archival descriptions • Research (forthcoming): On the nature of provenance and the creator in archaeological archives in Canada



Whittier Museum

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

• Archives Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2018

  • Exhibits: Research and planning as lead designer for Richard M. Nixon Room and Hubert Perry Corridor • Research: Researcher for genealogy, local history, Quaker history • Archives: Accessioning and deaccessioning materials, onsite basic preservation work, exhibit recommendations • Teaching: Docenting school groups and one-on-one oral history instruction • Media: Assisting with StoryCenter oral history workshops, specialty in media and product design • Exhibits: Research and planning as lead designer for Richard M. Nixon Room and Hubert Perry Corridor • Research: Researcher for genealogy, local history, Quaker history • Archives: Accessioning and deaccessioning materials, onsite basic preservation work, exhibit recommendations • Teaching: Docenting school groups and one-on-one oral history instruction • Media: Assisting with StoryCenter oral history workshops, specialty in media and product design



Lightspeed Imaging

• Whittier, California, United States

• Photoshop Editor

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2018

  • Editing: Extensive photo editing for use in paint sampling mock-ups, extensive experience with Photoshop CC • Photography: Competent in basic photography, extremely familiar with DSLR cameras (Nikon, Cannon) • Editing: Extensive photo editing for use in paint sampling mock-ups, extensive experience with Photoshop CC • Photography: Competent in basic photography, extremely familiar with DSLR cameras (Nikon, Cannon)



TSJ Logistics

• Cerritos, California

• Marketing Assistant

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Persuasive public speaking and presentation, employment of extensive informational interviewing skills • Examining and determining marketability of companies through extensive research to company standards Sales experience: persuasive speaking, avg. 25 calls per hour • Persuasive public speaking and presentation, employment of extensive informational interviewing skills • Examining and determining marketability of companies through extensive research to company standards Sales experience: persuasive speaking, avg. 25 calls per hour