Abraham Alain Schechter Email & Phone Number

Portland, Me, Us

• Continual implementation of the latest professional best practices for managing the department and content of the Special Collections and Archives for the ultimate goal of providing access for all.• Advocating & leading digitization projects to enhance how the resources could be accessed and shared. • Curating and publicizing exhibitions enhanced by self-designed interpretative discussions. • Enthusiastic delivery of instructional and reference services to a public clientele of all ages, including community outreach and lecturing, leverage all aspects of the collections including print material, electronic resources, and art works. • Establishment and promotion of in-house paper conservation and bookbinding services. • Actively collaborate and lead initiatives with other cultural institutions to increase the use and value of library collections, and develop community partnerships.• Teaching writing classes and preservation workshops, as part of the Library’s educational mission. Digital Archives examples I've created and facilitate: * PPL Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/ * Maine Contemporary Archives portal, on Omeka: https://portlandlibrary.omeka.net/* Digital preservation project-1924 Citywide Photographic Survey (31,000 scans + metadata: https://www.mainememory.net/search/ptr/Conservation examples:http://www.flickr.com/photos/21399267@N08/sets/72157620766842003http://www.flickr.com/photos/21399267@N08/sets/72157620905091784https://lotl.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/book-conservation/

Standish, Maine, United States

• Supervised and provided reference and research support, including development of information literacy instruction, in a learning commons environment, ensuring effective results.• Developed and maintained print and database reference collections, and liaisons with faculty.• Supported the College’s Distance Education programming, with reference services and Web sites.• Participated in reaccreditation committees.• Created and managed College Archives and Special Collections, facilitating their use.

* Provided reference services to the campus community, using print and online resources.* Taught research methods courses, working cooperatively with various academic departments.* Supervised student employees.* Established and managed College Archives.

* Appraised, organized, arranged and described Gannett manuscript and publishing/broadcasting records, facilitating access to the collections.* Conserved all paper, photographic, and bound materials.* Prepared collections for permanent archival storage and reference access at Maine Historical Society, including authoring the published Guide to the Collections.

* Created and refined numerous photographic techniques, including reformatting methodologies which were nationally recognized.* Produced major exhibitions and portfolios for institutions such as Magnum Photos, National Geographic, Aperture, and the International Center of Photography. * Provided guidance to and instruction to the public concerning technical problem-solving and archival procedures.

* Innovated and taught beginning and advanced studio courses for adult and advanced high-school students.* Lectured regularly in the history of photography.Curated exhibitions for student groups in the community.

* Arranged, described, and catalogued photographic collections.* Prepared prints and film media for preservation and access.* Curated two exhibitions for the Theodore Roosevelt Gallery, at the Nathan March Pusey Library.

M.L.S, Library & Information Science; Library Science And Archives Administration

C.S. Lewis Scholar-In-Residence, Summer 2013

Research and writing fellowship.

History (Postgraduate)

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta (International History Honor Society)Coursework (21 credits) in preparation for Masters studies..

B.F.A, Photography

Ancient History, Archival Methods

Archival Methods track, in the History Department (Graduate School of Arts & Sciences). At the end of the academic year (shortly.