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 OKR metadata relationships between reports, components (like chapters), author profiles and more.· Improve and enrich metadata for specific reports and/or derivatives.· Perform quality control of published content and duplication.· System testing and referring errors and bugs within the tools to higher level support.· Contribute to special projects based in HQ, such as OKR metadata optimization, statistical usage reports, etc.· Act as a backup and carry out responsibilities as needed.

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 • Referred items needing correction to LC staff

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 • Corrected certain errors or referred items to LC staff • Rehoused books via tying with cotton tape or with acid-free board and envelope as appropriate

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 book is not charged out or marked as lost Confirm book is not published before 1950 Confirm book matches catalog record in LCCN, title, year, copy number, and call numberCreate holding and item records in VoyagerLink barcodes to books in Voyager

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 serials for indexersLinked to over 100 relevant articles from weekly RSS feedCataloging:Shelf-read collection with colleague to determine status of entries in local catalogCreated over 250 new records as necessary through original or copy catalogingUpdated holdings information as appropriate in OCLC Connexion

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• Finished folder inventory of closed Coast Guard investigation files from 1971 to 1972

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 Special Collections Cataloging Team (2008-2010).o Co-wrote comprehensive processing manual for curators and students. o Conducted inventory survey of over 100 collections to identify “hidden” treasures in the archives.• 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 Described NPBA collections in HTML format on the archives website.o Entered about 100 Broadcasting Archives collection guides in EAD format on the Special Collections portal.o Updated about 70 Broadcasting Archives collection guides to comply with the new DACS format on the portal and in the online access catalog.• 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 collections, subjects and dates as well as links to other repositories and station information.o Described NPBA collections in HTML format on the archives website.• 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

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