Colorado Mesa University

Special Collections and Archives Librarian

Amber worked at Colorado Mesa University as a Special Collections and Archives Librarian

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Archives and Special Collections

Intern

Redesigned and created an online exhibit on performance spaces at RPI using HTML and CSS http://www.lib.rpi.edu/dept/library/html/archives/gallery/performance_spaces/index.html
• Proposed, designed and created an online exhibit using HTML and PHP with a searchable MySQL image database for covers of a student humor magazine from the early twentieth century – http://www.lib.rpi.edu/pup/main.php
o Collaborated with my supervisor and the head of systems to make the exhibit available through the RPI library servers
• Blogged about the new online exhibits on the department’s official blog
• Digitized and cataloged photograph collections and performed basic digital enhancements and alterations as necessary to improve image quality
• Accessioned artifacts and archival and manuscript collections
• Processed three manuscript collections
o Created Encoded Archival Description finding aids according to the principles of Describing Archives: A Content Standard
o Used Archon to make the finding aids available online

Willamette University

Processing Archivist and Records Manager

•Supervising and training interns, support staff, and student workers
•Overseeing student-created exhibits, both physical and Omeka digital exhibits
•Initiated and managed the implementation of ArchivesSpace, including migration of data, importing legacy EAD finding aids, and data cleanup
•Developed ArchivesSpace training documentation for the Orbis Cascade Alliance and taught training workshops on implementing and using ArchivesSpace
•Creating and maintaining authority files in ArchivesSpace and CONENTdm based on local sources and professional vocabularies such as Library of Congress and Getty vocabularies
•Enhancing and updating workflows for digital preservation
•Transferring and ingesting born-digital material into hosted instance of Archivematica
•Assisting university department records liaisons with uploading to DSpace for preservation and access
•Scoping, crawling, and assessing captures of University websites and social media using Archive-It
•Processing and describing manuscript and archival collections according to MPLP and creating DACS-compliant EAD finding aids using ArchivesSpace and Oxygen
•Liaising with office support staff to facilitate records management and updating retention schedules for University offices
•Coordinating transcription and translation of oral histories conducted in English and Japanese in collaboration with Japanese faculty and staff at Tokyo International University of America (TIUA)
•Teaching classes in collaboration with the humanities librarian and donors to enhance student learning
•Assisting researchers with research questions in person, over the phone, and via email

Dixie State University

Special Collections Librarian and Archivist

• Assessed and strategically organized materials in the collections to follow best practices in archival care and management
• Collaborated with our Systems Librarian to install and utilize Archivists’ Toolkit for tracking accessions, creating finding aids, and managing collections
• Established an effective system for assigning numbers to accessions and collections to efficiently track paperwork, collections, and digital objects from donations
• Processing, organizing, and describing manuscript collections
• Researching and establishing guidelines for digitization
• Initiating and coordinating the transfer of records with historical value to the university archives from various individuals and offices on campus
• Drafting and revising mission, vision, and goals for Special Collections & Archives
• Designing, planning, and presenting workshops about preservation and local history
• Providing workshops on research skills for the Writing Center
• Creating and nurturing positive relationships with donors of unique and rare materials
• Developing and implementing a preservation strategy for Special Collections & Archives
• Performing original and copy cataloging of materials according to Resource Description and Access
• Training and supervising one part-time paraprofessional, one to two work-study students, and volunteers
• Overseeing sections of the one-credit online information literacy course
• Contributing to campus committees as assigned
• Managing a budget for supplies and special projects
• Responding to Special Collections reference inquiries
• Re-designing LibGuides to better facilitate research for English and History & Political Science students
• Liaising with faculty in the English, History & Political Science, and Humanities Departments to develop information literacy skills in students specific to assignment and subject area needs
• Conducting reference interviews with students in person, online, via e-mail, and over the telephone

Dixie State University

Adjunct Professor

•Moderating sections of an online course in information literacy for freshman students
• Providing detailed guidance and feedback on written assignments to develop student skills
• Assessing and grading written assignments

University at Albany Department of Information Studies

Research Assistant for Professor Hemalata Iyer

Collaborated on researching, writing and editing two articles for publication and a proposal for a paper presentation at the 2012 International Society for Knowledge Organization conference

Archivematica to ArchivesDirect: A practical solution for limited staff resources

Records and Information Management/ALA Neal-Schuman

Forthcoming

Archivematica to ArchivesDirect: A practical solution for limited staff resources

Records and Information Management/ALA Neal-Schuman

Forthcoming

Web Representation and Interpretation of Culture: The Case of a Holistic Healing System

Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics: 2012-2013

Archivematica to ArchivesDirect: A practical solution for limited staff resources

Records and Information Management/ALA Neal-Schuman

Forthcoming

Web Representation and Interpretation of Culture: The Case of a Holistic Healing System

Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics: 2012-2013

British Theatre Archives: Scattered but Accessible

QQML e-journal

Archivematica to ArchivesDirect: A practical solution for limited staff resources

Records and Information Management/ALA Neal-Schuman

Forthcoming

Web Representation and Interpretation of Culture: The Case of a Holistic Healing System

Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics: 2012-2013

British Theatre Archives: Scattered but Accessible

QQML e-journal

Archetypes, Idealized Cognitive Model and Prototype Effect: A Discussion of Images and Cognition in Categorization

Advances in Knowledge Organization: Categories, Contexts and Relations in Knowledge Organization/International Society for Knowledge Organization/Ergon Verlag

Archivematica to ArchivesDirect: A practical solution for limited staff resources

Records and Information Management/ALA Neal-Schuman

Forthcoming

Web Representation and Interpretation of Culture: The Case of a Holistic Healing System

Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics: 2012-2013

British Theatre Archives: Scattered but Accessible

QQML e-journal

Archetypes, Idealized Cognitive Model and Prototype Effect: A Discussion of Images and Cognition in Categorization

Advances in Knowledge Organization: Categories, Contexts and Relations in Knowledge Organization/International Society for Knowledge Organization/Ergon Verlag

Protecting Your Family History: Preserving Digital Media and Physical Items

Senior Sampler

Archivematica to ArchivesDirect: A practical solution for limited staff resources

Records and Information Management/ALA Neal-Schuman

Forthcoming

Web Representation and Interpretation of Culture: The Case of a Holistic Healing System

Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics: 2012-2013

British Theatre Archives: Scattered but Accessible

QQML e-journal

Archetypes, Idealized Cognitive Model and Prototype Effect: A Discussion of Images and Cognition in Categorization

Advances in Knowledge Organization: Categories, Contexts and Relations in Knowledge Organization/International Society for Knowledge Organization/Ergon Verlag

Protecting Your Family History: Preserving Digital Media and Physical Items

Senior Sampler

Review of Archives in libraries: What librarians and archivists need to know to work together

Journal of Western Archives

Archivematica to ArchivesDirect: A practical solution for limited staff resources

Records and Information Management/ALA Neal-Schuman

Forthcoming

Web Representation and Interpretation of Culture: The Case of a Holistic Healing System

Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics: 2012-2013

British Theatre Archives: Scattered but Accessible

QQML e-journal

Archetypes, Idealized Cognitive Model and Prototype Effect: A Discussion of Images and Cognition in Categorization

Advances in Knowledge Organization: Categories, Contexts and Relations in Knowledge Organization/International Society for Knowledge Organization/Ergon Verlag

Protecting Your Family History: Preserving Digital Media and Physical Items

Senior Sampler

Review of Archives in libraries: What librarians and archivists need to know to work together

Journal of Western Archives

Discovery and Access Systems: Discussion of Value Added Dimensions Using Twitter

SRELS Journal of Information Management