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Arlington, Va, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Design taxonomies and ontologies following client needs and feedback.• Lead user-design workshops and validation sessions.• Analyze and provide feedback on current knowledge management structures and workflows.• Create governance structures that help to ensure the long-term growth and usability of taxonomies and ontologies.

• Organize and lead a team of student volunteers qualitatively coding survey data related to ethical issues in Ingress, a location-based AR game, after the previous PhD lead left the project.• Develop the qualitative codebook for analysis of the Ingress ethics data.• Interview participants for a research study on "gamer" identity.

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• Accession new items through rehousing, Archives Space record creation, inventory, and description. • Communicate with donors regarding deeds of gift, rights, and potential restrictions.• Research and write draft text for Finding Aids including biographical/historical information and scope notes.• Encode legacy finding aids in XMetaL to improve collection discoverability.• Processed the papers of Norm Winn, an environmental lawyer and activist, following the work performed by the previous archivist.• Created a digital exhibit for the 40th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens Eruption, after an in-person exhibition was cancelled due to COVID. Designed the WordPress site, prepared content for digital exhibition, and ensured that the exhibition follows best-practices for navigation and web accessibility.

Boise, Idaho, Us

• Provide taxonomy support for the Working Group for the Language Metadata Table (LMT), a cross-industry standard for language reference codes in broadcast media.• Review language proposals from industry partners; develop cross-mappings between proposals to show overlap.• Create documentation for the proposed language governance process.• Research as necessary to identify proper codes, language endonyms, use-cases, and answer open questions.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Review student work, providing suggestions on upcoming projects. • Quickly answer student questions and concerns.• Grade and provide feedback on assignments having to do with taxonomy and metadata for video games and other interactive media.

New York, Ny, Us

• Analyzed EIDR and MovieLabs data models for Titles and Promotional Items. Created cross-mappings between internal and external Title taxonomies, along with supporting documentation and use cases.• Developed cross-mappings Genre and Consumer Category taxonomies across Warner Media and Turner properties. Proposed new sub-genre and keyword terms after comparison to competitor genre taxonomies and determining whether there was an outside justification for the proposals. • Performed additional cross-mapping, gap analysis, and taxonomy development research with the Language Metadata Table, leading to proposed new terms/codes and greater interoperability. • Curated auto-mappings of genre and consumer category terms. • Authored Confluence page on genre description and the differences between Navigational and Descriptive Genres, Categories, Keywords, and Tags. • Researched and prepared emotion taxonomies for ingest into Synaptica.

• Supported Tennessee newspapers with daily ad confirmation and weekly tearsheeting/invoicing services. • Maintained hundreds of records so that every possible order was invoiced each month.• Quoted, placed, and created “public notice” ads using Adobe for various government and legal clients with quick turnaround.

Oak Ridge, Tn, Us

• Tagged scientific grant proposals with descriptive metadata and identified appropriate peer reviewers.• Researched, categorized, and created a database of grant opportunities for a partnership with Oak Ridge Schools. • Coordinated, edited, and wrote profiles of scientific research participants and mentors for public release and client reports.• Awarded for communications work during CareerLink, an ORNL recruitment workshop for students at HBCU/MEIs.

St Louis, Mo, Us

• Served customers quickly and correctly. Awarded a raise for high level of customer service and accuracy.

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, Taxonomy, Digital Preservation

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mathematics, English