Experience
Team Leader, Preservation Services
Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
June 2022 - Present
• Establish and lead a team of library/information professionals to provide services for physical preservation and conservation, reprographic imaging and reformatting, digital collections management, and digital preservation
Preservation Officer
Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
June 2017 - June 2022
• Administered complex library-wide comprehensive preservation program including:
- Physical preservation and conservation of both circulating and special collections materials
- Disaster planning and salvage response
- Preventive conservation (environmental monitoring/management, integrated pest management, other strategic physical measures)
- Cross-team collaboration/instruction regarding handling guidelines, Preservation workflows, etc.
Hand Papermaking Apprenticeship
Tom Balbo Galleries
January 2018 - January 2021
• Learn from a master papermaker the finer points of the handmade processes with regard to creating production-grade paper in Eastern, Western, and experimental styles utilizing a wide array of fibers.
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory - Cleveland, OH
Board of Directors Secretary: 2019-2022
Volunteer: 2017 - Present
• Help with any "oddball stuff" that needs to be done with regard to production papermaking, workshops/events, and general facility upkeep
• Active participant and demonstrator at the annual Kozo harvest
• Organization of Board documentation, taking meeting minutes, participation in Governance Committee, strategic planning committee, and committee on the Next Chapter project of founder transition
Photography Archive Supervisor
Houston Public Library | Houston Metropolitan Research Center
February 2017 - June 2017
• Lead and directed the efforts in researching, cataloging, digitizing, preserving, and disseminating HMRC's extensive (4M+) photographic collections
• Assisted with HMRC's programming efforts by curating exhibits, conducting departmental tours, assisting with programs and outreach efforts, and representing the library and HMRC at public events
• Coordinated and perform specialized, photography-based reference and reproduction (digital and print) services to the general public in-person and electronically
• Supervised two FTE's and manage their duties within the imaging lab and photography archive
2016 Mary and Samuel Somit Preservation Intern
University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
May 2016 - July 2016
• Somit Preservation Internship
• Worked with the Conservation Unit to design, perform, and analyze results of a large-scale, random sample condition survey of the Rare Book Collection of approximately 200,000 printed volumes held in the Special Collections Research Center
• The information gathered in this survey will aid in determining the overall health of this collection, planning future conservation projects, and fundraising for the Library’s conservation program
Digitization Specialist/Project Archivist/Imaging Technician
The Digital Archive Group - Chicago, IL
March 2015 - January 2016
• Provided consultant work regarding archives/preservation, data preservation/curation, and digitization
• Digitized photographic and flat art materials using Digital Transitions reprographic equipment and CaptureOne software
• Made all necessary adjustments (crop, color correct, exposure etc.) to ensure accurate digital representation of imagesVolunteer Collections Management Consultant
Chicago Museum of Holography Rescue Project - Chicago, IL
July - August 2015
• Provided input regarding the reclamation of an array of artifacts from a disaster-level environment
• Trained volunteers on proper handling and cleaning of the different objects found inside
Document Imaging Specialist
Hyatt Corporation - Chicago, IL
September 2014 - February 2015
• Digitized vital records from legal library for SharePoint document management system
• Quality assurance of scanning and optical character recognition
• Applied appropriate descriptive metadataLibrary & Archive Volunteer
John G. Shedd Aquarium - Chicago, IL
April 2013 - February 2015
• Led the creation process of a digital finding aid using CollectiveAccess
• Serials circulation: check-in and route serials to Shedd employees using Horizon ILS
• Copy and original cataloging of rare/archival materials as well as the circulating collection in OCLC
• Archival processing: rehousing, arrangement, and descriptionCollections & Archive Volunteer
Museum of Science & Industry - Chicago, IL
March - November 2014
• Transferred accession ledger (1929-present) from handwritten copy to Access database
• Cross referenced original Kardex catalog records to ensure the accuracy of record entryMetadata Assistant
McDonald's Corporation - Oak Brook, IL
November 2013 - April 2014
• Acted as liaison between users and IT support staff; participated in DAM system maintenance and testing
• Assisted in taxonomy creation and documentation of global market items
• Created links to indicate relationships between assets
• Ensured long-term usability of assets through quality metadata creation and application
• Maintained usage rights metadata throughout asset lifecycleStacks Management Assistant
Center for Research Libraries - Chicago, IL
2013-2015 (intermittent)
• Processed interlibrary loan requests for the CRL consortium
• Performed article-level retrieval from a collection of over five million items
• Light preservation work on decaying and at-risk materials
• Applied descriptive metadata to resources with a firm grasp of bibliographic information/enumeration• Performed catalog record corrections and physical processing of new materials for serials collections using Millennium
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