Work Experience and C.V.

Reference & Instruction Librarian – Apr 2017 – Present
Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY

  • Teaching instruction sessions in how to use the library’s resources for research purposes.
  • Providing reference service in-person and remotely.
  • Assisting in creation of new library website.
  • Acting as subject specialty liaison in digital humanities, history, government, communication, sociology, peace studies, labor studies, urban studies.
  • Advising on collection development in subject specialties.

Archives Assistant – Nov 2016 – Apr 2017
Bulova, New York, NY

  • Added, modified and expanded information recorded in our DAM regarding watches, advertisements and other materials within the collection, as well as maintaining an inventory of these items.
  • Created quality scans of paper materials.
  • Researched additional metadata for materials where there are informational gaps

Contract Archivist – June 2016
Winthrop Group, Client and Location Confidential

  • Weeded a large and varied collection of media items according to the institution’s collection policy.
  • Rehoused materials with supplies I calculated for efficient storage
  • Captured representative images of materials, and organized them to be findable by users in their current state, and amenable to future ingest into Past Perfect.

Research Assistant: May 2016  – March 2017
Professor Emeritus Dorothy Helly, Hunter College, New York, NY

  • Entering bibliographic sources for a biography into Zotero.
  • Inventorying primary source materials of biography subject  (journals, newspaper clippings, correspondence, etc.).
  • Arranging primary source material by type and chronologically.

Processing Assistant: Jan 2016 – May 2016
Brooklyn Historical Society – Packer Institute Collection

  • Rehoused and checked for conservation risks on photos, slides, negatives, and documents
  • Arranged  documents thematically and chronologically, and photo and other media chronologically
  • Contributed description of items to the ongoing creation of the finding aid for this collection.
  • Converted inventory list to EAD and placed within existing finding aid for the collection.
  • Edited existing finding aid in Archivists’ Toolkit.

Graduate Assistant: Jan 2015 –May 2016
Professor Deborah Rabina, Pratt Institute, New York, NY

  • Provided classroom instruction on how to use Camtasia and LibGuides for student projects
  • Created example prototypes of these formats for students
  • Provided assistance with the transcription of materials needed for the professor’s research, and recorded metadata regarding these materials
  • Worked with the professor with Atlas.ti to assist with research design and coding, as well as with Tableau to illustrate research findings

Digital Projects Intern: Aug 2015 – Jan 2016
American Museum of Natural History

  • Scanned negatives, transparencies, drawings,  other museum collected items as part of a digitization project
  • Processed digital image files to remove scanner artifacts such as scratches and Newton’s rings and adjust image attributes.

Graduate Assistant: Jan 2015 – December 2015
Pratt Institute Library, New York, NY

  • Worked at circulation desk and maintained an organized library
  • Helped with reference inquiries
  • Assisted with various projects in inventory, outreach and acquisitions

Public Services Intern: October 2014 – May 2015
Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY

  • Pulled archival materials for use by researchers
  • Assisted on-site patrons with reference questions and provided remote reference by email, phone and mail
  • Reshelved within the library and archive
  • Supervised reading room, greeted users, and taught library policies
  • Supported instruction and class visits
  • Crafted an online subject guide for the Brooklyn Bridge

 

Ad Operations Manager: March 2013 – January 2015
Condé Nast Digital, New York, NY

  • Managed the ad campaigns running on Style.com; Now Manifest; and the sites for Bon Appetit, Vanity Fair, Condé Nast Traveler, Allure, Women’s Wear Daily and Self
  • Taught new ad operations traffickers. Trained sales associates on how to use the platforms to book and track campaigns
  • Worked with the production and development teams for site re-launches, microsite launches, and to troubleshoot bugs

 

Computer Skills:
Omeka
Atlas.ti
Tableau
GoogleDocs and Sheets
Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook
HTML/CSS
Python (some)
Photoshop
Refworks
Camtasia
LibGuides
Archivist Toolkit
Past Perfect
Primo
Zendesk
Proficient with both Macs and PCs

Publication:
(2015). “When you find out what digital humanities is, will you tell me?”. The Serials Librarian, 69(2), 194-203. doi:10.1080/0361526X.2015.1036198

Online Publication:
“Women with Wings: American Aviatrixes” Online Exhibition at the Digital Public Library of America, crafted with Megan De Armond and Diana Moronta
http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/american-aviatrixes

Memberships
ASIS&T, Secretary of Pratt Institute Chapter 2015-2016.