Karen E. King Email & Phone Number

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

As a cataloger at the World Bank:Participate in monitoring the Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) service email account.· Communicate with clients by phone, email, or in person, as appropriate.· Maintain clear understanding of content workflows and curation guidelines and apply appropriately.· Catalog high priority reports and their components in OKR.· Create.

Library Of Congress, Washington, DC

• Collections, Holdings, and Inventory Improvement Project-New Acquisitions Program (CHIIP-NAP) July-September 2023
• Assist with the inventory management project to review/update and process information within the Library of Congress Integrated Library System (LC ILS):
• Assigned collection storage locations for new books (1999-present)
• Ensured basic data control of items selected for off-site storage including:
• Verified integrity of bibliographic holdings, item and location data
• Prepared items for transfer off-site

Library Of Congress, Washington, DC

• Retrospective Holdings Integrity Project (RHIP) Aug 2019 – Jul 2023
• Assisted with the inventory management project to review/update and process information within the Library of Congress Integrated Library System (LC ILS):
• Assigned collection storage locations
• Ensured basic data control of items selected for off-site storage including:
• Verified integrity of bibliographic holdings, item and location data
• Prepared items for transfer off-site

Library Of Congress, Washington, DC

Additional Service Copies Project (ASC):Process additional copies of books for transfer from the generalcollection to the surplus books program via approved methods: Check OCLC holdingsCheck for presence of mass deacidification sticker and/or in the Voyager ILS catalogstatistics Verify existence of permanent copy either offsite or in fixed location Verify.

Washigton, DC Metro Area

I have researched many topics including:Obituaries in Montgomery County, MarylandWorld War II unit historiesUS Civil War pension files

College Park, MD

Prepared World War II Normandy burial lists for scanningReviewed scanned images of Korean War and Vietnam War US Navy deck logs

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Assist in digitization project:Database work on the Transportation Research Information Database (TRID):Edited over 14,000 component record (articles) and over 1300 monograph records (journals).Corrected over 5,000 broken URLs for online digital contentCreated over 100 new component and over 100 monograph recordsImported over 300 new articles from relevant.

Rockville, Maryland

• Assist in library:
• Update card catalog
• Appraise new donations and determine where to file material
• Do basic genealogical research

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assist in inventory projects:
• Describing lighthouse logbooks ranging from the 1870s to the 1940s in a spreadsheet
• Adding business information from 1929 Census of Manufactures, Office of Naval Intelligence to a spreadsheet
• Performed quality control assessment of digital images of ship logs
• Created bibliography of food-related articles and accession in quarterly magazine Prologue
• Described naval logbooks dating from 1776 to 1920 in a spreadsheet

Kensington, Maryland

• Assist in inventory projects
• Rehouse and describe Baltimore & Ohio Railroad waybills 1894 – 1930
• Update General Files inventoryCreate policy and research guides

Garrett Park, Maryland

• Advanced the archives’ digitization by reviewing and managing the entry of existing collection records and the object ID system, and developing ways to handle new records entries.
• Supervised the work of student volunteers
• Created comprehensive policy and procedures manual
• Developed the forms needed for the operation of the archives, including such forms as those for material accession and deaccession, temporary custody, arrangement and description, loans and releases.

Sandy Spring, Maryland

Found and united scattered collection materials and updated information in PastPerfect database.

College Park, Maryland

• Prepared and enhanced numerous archival finding aids and MARC catalog records.
• Provided reference service to on-site and off-site researchers via phone, email and mail.
• Recommended and implemented policies and procedures to increase access to the Broadcasting Archives’ (NPBA and the Library of American Broadcasting) holdings.o Worked with other curator and catalogers as chair of the.
• Contributed to the development of the web-site, archival finding aids and other projects that enhance access to the Broadcasting Archives’ holdings:o Maintained the NPBA website ( http://www.lib.umd.edu/NPBA/ ). o.
• Helped administer overall Broadcasting Archives functions including:o Ordering basic office and archival supplies.o Scheduling monthly desk shifts for staff.
• Scheduled, directed and supervised student personnel:o Supervised and mentored over 20 students in arranging and describing collections.o Scheduled monthly desk shifts for students.

College Park, Maryland

• Prepared and enhanced numerous archival finding aids and MARC catalog records.
• Provided reference services to on-site and off-site researchers via phone, email and mail.
• Contributed to the development of the website, archival finding aids and other projects that enhance access to NPBA’s holdings:o Build and maintained the NPBA website. Site included cross-references between.
• Helped administer overall Broadcasting Archives functions including:o Ordering basic office and archival supplies.o Scheduling monthly desk shifts for staff (2002-2008).
• Scheduled, directed and supervised student personnel:o Supervised and mentored over 80 students in arranging and describing collections.o Scheduled monthly desk shifts for students (2002-2008).

Ma/Mls, History, Library Science

Ba, Religion

Activities and Societies: Glee Club, Board of Deacons

Education record