UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE, MILWAUKEE, WI

MLIS ­– ARCHIVAL STUDIES CONCENTRATION  (December 2011)

GPA: 4.0

Advisor: Amy Cooper Cary

Selected research papers:

• “Providing Virtual Services to All: A Mixed-Method Analysis of the Web Site Accessibility of Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Member Repositories” (Spring 2011) *Recipient of the 2011 Society of American Archivists’ Theodore Calvin Pease Award
• “A Call for Collaboration in Tackling the Problems Surrounding the Use, Access, and Preservation of ‘Born Digital’ Materials in Modern-day Archives and Collecting Repositories” (Summer 2010)
• “Finding Primary Sources: Understanding How the User Interface Designs of WorldCat Local and DELCAT Impact the Discovery, Retrieval, and Assessment of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archival Materials” (Summer 2010)

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, NEWARK, DE 

MA – History of Industrialization (May 2007)

Hagley Fellow | GPA: 3.834               

Advisor: Dr. Arwen Mohun

Concentration: American Industrialization and Technology

Thesis: 

• “‘Despite its Crudities’: The Ringelmann Smoke Chart as an (Un)Scientific Response to Smoke Pollution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1897-1941” (Spring 2007)

SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY, SELINSGROVE, PA 

BA – History (May 2005)

Suma Cum Laude | GPA: 3.83

Advisor: Dr. Donald Housley

Thesis: 

• “Members, Meeting Halls, Management and Marketing: The Effect of Local and Translocal Forces on Associationism in Selinsgrove, PA: 1951-1981” (Fall 2004)

Honors Thesis: 

• “From Women’s Work to Masculine Dirt: The Smoke and Dust Abatement League of Pittsburgh and Changing Conceptions of the ‘Smoke Question’” (Spring 2005)

Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware

Library Analyst (April 2008 – present)

• Process manuscript collections (primary responsibility for Delawareana, graphic, and historical collections) • Arrange, organize, and describe collections according to archival principles and standards (DACS, EAD) • Undertake basic preservation work as needed, including document humidifying and flattening, Mylar encapsulation using ultrasonic welder, and measuring and ordering custom enclosures • Use OPAC, OCLC, Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus, LCSH, TGM, and other print and electronic bibliographic and reference tools to assign subject tracings and research collections.

• Produce EAD finding aids using XMetal Author, Notepad, and Microsoft Excel • Modify and revise existing XSLT and XSL-FO stylesheets for HTML and PDF delivery of EAD-XML finding aids • Independently developed and maintain test instance of the eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) for use in indexing, searching, retrieving, and displaying finding aids and digital objects of many formats (XML, MS Word, PDF).

• Designed and implemented repository collection management/location database (Microsoft Access) to improve paging of archival collections • Coordinate manuscript collections’ maintenance, including collection shifts in manuscript stacks in multiple locations • Supervise and train student assistants to support manuscript processing including primary responsibility for manuscripts’ barcoding project.

• Created and maintained department webpages (including online exhibitions, subject guides, and legacy finding aids) using HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Photoshop, and other languages/software products as needed • Implement University “branding” initiatives for Special Collections’ web presence • Participated on 18-month Library-wide taskforce investigating adoption of the Drupal content management system • Streamlined department web pages by writing stylesheets and utilizing server side includes for frequently repeated elements • Added social media toolbar (AddThis) to department web pages and monitor patron web visits and sharing behaviors.

• Participated in 12-month NHPRC-funded repurposing metadata grant project to fully digitize the George S. Messersmith papers • Helped define institutional best practices for linking digital assets (held in DSpace) to EAD finding aids.

• Provide technical support for departmental computing needs and oversee digital image and file management practices.

• Fulfill department-wide public service duties including reader services, reference assistance, and weekly reception desk assignment • Support manuscript coordinator with on-site and remote reference • Assist with reference- and exhibit-related digitization projects using Nikon D-50 camera, flatbed scanner, graphic design software, and large-format printers • Aid exhibition production and installation (2 large gallery exhibitions and numerous smaller exhibitions annually).

Institute for Global Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware/Elkridge, MD

Teaching Assistant (December 2007 – April 2008) 

• Served as teaching assistant for University-administered, grant-funded Department of Defense Area Studies courses for federal agency employees and active-duty military personnel.

• Assisted seminar instructors with all aspects of their travel and teaching needs, including providing transportation to/from airport, hotel, dining and classroom facilities • Ensured instructor receipts were returned to the University for reimbursement purposes.

• Functioned as front-line support for instructors brought in from across the globe based on their areas of expertise • Liaised between instructors, facility personnel, and Department of Defense representatives in Maryland and the Delaware program director based at the University’s main campus 2-hours from the course facility.

   

History Department, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Teaching Assistant (January 2006 - May 2007)

• Courses: Western Civilization to 1648, Dr. Lawrence Duggan; United States History to 1865, Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar

• Assisted in conducting large lecture classes (approximately 200 students) • Prepared photocopies, scheduled room reservations, and conducted review sessions • Maintained attendance and grade records for class.

• Led weekly discussion sections (approximately 80 students) • Created lesson plans, review activities, and assignments for section use.

• Graded tests, essays, homework, and discussion participation for 80-100 students • Held weekly office hours.

  
  
  

Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Research Assistant to Dr. Donald Housely (August 2001 - May 2005)

• Checked facts and organized citations for faculty book publication.

• Compiled information from institutional publications housed in the University Archives for use in faculty research.

• Independently processed the papers of two former University Presidents in the University’s (unstaffed) Archives • Produced detailed finding aid, including biographical and scope and contents notes and full collection inventory.

• Conducted deed, tax, and architectural research of historic Selinsgrove homes.

• Communicated with University administrators regarding research activities.

  
  
  

Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Writing Center Peer Tutor (August 2003 - May 2005)

• Instructed approximately 8-16 peers a week on successful writing skills.

• Practiced peer-reviewing and editing techniques • Participated in tutoring workshops.

• Delivered outreach presentations to publicize Writing Center.

• Scheduled appointments and completed required report forms in timely manner.

August 2011         Theodore Calvin Pease Award, Society of American Archivists/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Spring 2011          Timothy L. Ericson Scholarship in Archival Studies (merit scholarship awarded to one archival studies concentrator annually), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2010 – 2011         MLIS Chancellor's Student Award (merit scholarship awarded to five incoming students annually), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2005 – 2007         Hagley Fellow (stipend, tuition remission, and travel funding), University of Delaware

November 2004     John H. Longaker History Award, Susquehanna University

Summer 2004       Summer Research Grant Recipient, Susquehanna University

2001 – 2005         Susquehanna University Assistant (merit scholarship), Susquehanna University

“Providing Virtual Services to All: A Mixed-Method Analysis of the Web Site Accessibility of Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Member Repositories,” American Archivist 75, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2012).

November 2011    “ArchiveGrid,” OCLC Research Webinar, presented by Bruce Washburn and Ellen Ast.

September 2011    “Scan and Deliver: Creative User-initiated Digitization in Special Collections and Archives,” OCLC Research Webinar.

Fall 2011               Preserving Information Media, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies, Professor Amy Cooper Cary.

Fall 2011               Electronic Documents and Records Management, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies, Professor Fynnette Eaton.

August 2011         “ARCHIVES 360°,” 75^th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists, Chicago, Illinois.

July 2011               “EAD Tips and Tricks: Repurposing EAD with XSLT,” Society of American Archivists Webinar, presented by Michael Rush.

Summer 2011        Legal Issues for Library & Information Managers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies, Professor Tomas Lipinski.

Summer 2011        Technology Issues in Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies, Professor Amy Cooper Cary.

Spring 2011           Seminar in Modern Archives Administration, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies, Professor Amy Cooper Cary.

March 2011           “Electronic Records ... the next step,” Society of American Archivists Webinar, presented by Geoffrey A. Huth.

Fall 2010               “The Politics of Archives,” Bi-annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

October 2010        “What is EAC-CPF?,” Society of American Archivists Webinar, presented by Dr. Katherine M. Wisser.

September 2010    “Introduction to RDA,” Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Webinar, presented by Robert Ellett.

August 2010         “ARCHIVES*RECORDS / DC 2010,” Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists, Washington, D.C.

Spring 2010           “Outside the Archival Box: Cultural Heritage Collaborations,” Bi-annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Wilmington, Delaware.

Panel Chair/Moderator for “The Laboring Mind and Body,” 2007 Hagley Fellows’ Conference, “Missing Subjects: Bridging the Gaps in the History of Business, Technology, Consumption and Work,” Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware, 31 March 2007.

“Members, Meeting Halls, Management and Marketing: The Effect of Local and Translocal Forces on Associationism in Selinsgrove, PA: 1951-1981,” 25th Annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, 19 April 2005.

Steering Committee member, Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Roundtable, SAA, February 2012 – present.

Member, Accessibility Working Group, SAA AMRT/RMRT Joint Working Group on Accessibility in Archives and Records Management, August 2011 – present.

Member, Special Collections Finding Aid Taskforce, Newark, Delaware, September 2010 – present.

Committee member, Search Committee for Two Assistant Librarians for Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, April – July 2010.

Special Collections representative, University of Delaware Library Drupal Implementation Taskforce, Newark, Delaware, March 2009 – June 2010.

Secretary/Treasurer, Hagley Fellows’ Conference Planning Committee, “Missing Subjects: Bridging the Gaps in the History of Business, Technology, Consumption, and Work,” Hagley Fellows Conference, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware, 31 March 2007.

Tour Guide, Barton House Museum, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, September 2004.

Volunteer, Joseph Priestley House Museum, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, June 2004 – May 2005.

London Bound: American Writers in Britain, 1870–1916, curated by Mark Samuels Lasner and Margaret Stetz, August 24 – December 17, 2010, http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/londonbound/index.html.

Games People Play: A Historical Perspective, curated by Iris R. Snyder, January 26 – June 25, 2010, http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/games/index.html.

ABC: An Alphabet Exhibition, curated by Iris R. Snyder, August 24 – December 18, 2009, http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/alphabet/index.html.

Abraham Lincoln: A Bicentennial Celebration, curated by Timothy D. Murray and Iris R. Snyder, January 27 – June 5, 2009, http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/lincolnbicent/index.html.

Building the Future, Remembering the Past: Fifty Years of the University of Delaware Library Associates, curated by Timothy D. Murray, Iris R. Snyder, and Jesse Rossa, August 19 – December 12, 2008, http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/fifty/index.html.

Little Known Histories of Newark, 1758–2008, curated by L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin and and Jaime L. Margalotti, February 19 – June 20, 2008, http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/newark/index.html.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC), April 2010 – present

Society of American Archivists, May 2010 – present

Society of American Archivists Student Chapter (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), May    2010 – December 2011

German (reading)