| EXPERIENCE |
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Dupre Library
Digitization Archivist/Instructor |
Lafayette, LA
Aug 2018 — present |
- Digitize and make accessible materials from the special collections and unviersity archives
- Fulfill digitization requests for patrons
- Assist with maintaining the institutional repository
- Provide reference for patrons
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Austin Community College, Eastview Campus Library
Library Assistant |
Austin, TX
Feb 2018 — Jul 2018 |
- Check in and check out library materials to students and faculty
- Collect fines, issue receipts, and take visitation and engagement statistics
- Maintain and reconcile cash drawer
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IC2 Institute, University of Texas
Archives Intern |
Austin, TX
Sep 2017 — Jan 2018 |
- Accessioned and processed archival materials for a non-profit economic research institute, including business records, research materials, and project proposals and reports
- Re-housed archival materials and labeled boxes and folders
- Created a new DACS-compliant finding aid for the IC2 Institute Records (1969-2017)
- Assisted with space planning for current and future storage solutions
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Archives of the Episcopal Church
Archives Processing Intern |
Austin, TX
May 2017 — Aug 2017 |
- Processed the papers of Bishop William White (1748-1836) and created the finding aid
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Briscoe Center for American History
News History Intern |
Austin, TX
Sep 2016 — Aug 2017 |
- Created and edited web documents with Drupal/Islandora content management system for the Dan Rather legacy website using video segments, newspaper articles, book excerpts, and photographs
- Digitized book excerpts and unpublished materials into PDF documents
- Created metadata for digital objects and researched taxonomy terms, authority names, controlled access points, and unique identifiers (URIs)
- Processed the papers of Susan Zirinsky (former CBS News producer)
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Texas Pecos Trail Region
Executive Director |
Sonora, TX
Dec 2009 — Aug 2016 |
- Promoted heritage tourism in a 22-county region in West Texas at travel shows, special events, and conferences under the guidance of the Texas Historical Commission
- Organized and directed board meetings and prepared strategic plans, budgets, financial reports, and monthly and annual progress reports
- Created, updated, and maintained website content and engaged in social media
- Published and distributed a monthly e-newsletter
- Created and administered a small grants program for regional tourism partners
- Spoke at public events, tourism training workshops, and historical marker dedications
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Lyndon B. Johnson Museum of San Marcos
Museum Director |
San Marcos, TX
Apr 2007 — Nov 2009 |
- Planned, designed, and installed permanent, rotating, and traveling exhibits
- Appraised, accessioned, curated, and preserved museum artifacts, archives, and organizational records
- Created and implemented collections policy, donor acquisition forms, facilities use agreement, and plan for disaster preparedness
- Designed, managed, and created content for museum website with HTML (including sound/video, images, and other digital objects)
- Secured grants for stabilizing and managing collections and purchased equipment and supplies for all museum operations
- Trained docents and supervised interns processing collections
- Gave educational presentations to school groups, civic groups, and media outlets
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Smart-Mail of Austin
Support Team and Quality Control Manager |
Austin, TX
Nov 2002 — Apr 2007 |
- Managed receiving and warehouse and performed regular quality control inspections
- Produced the quality control technical manual with procedures and flowcharts
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Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Administrative Assistant, Associate, and Volunteer |
Austin, TX
Apr 2003 — Apr 2007 |
- Retrieved and re-filed materials in all formats and recorded use statistics
- Provided basic customer service and reference assistance to patrons
- Processed several archives collections and created or edited EAD finding aids
- Managed the inter-library loans for microfilm
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| SKILLS |
| Content Standards: DACS, RDA, OAIS, ISO |
| Applications: Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat and Illustrator |
| Databases: Access, PastPerfect, ArchivesSpace |
| Multimedia: Photoshop, Pinnacle Studio, Acid Studio, Audacity, Cura 3D |
| Web Design: Basic HTML, CSS, XML |
| Metadata Schemas: EAD, MARC, Dublin Core, MODS, RDF, SKOS, MP3Tag |