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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Worked to move out ~30,000 linear feet of archives and manuscript material prior to a renovation of the museum’s archival storage space. Managed team of archives assistants; built & implemented workflows. Created container-level inventory of all archival materials. Updated MARC records in SirsiDynix Horizon.Appraised and assessed new donations.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Enhanced metadata for thousands of images from the ~5 million image Chicago Sun-Times collection.Sorted and re-housed photo negatives. Provided descriptive historical context for images through newspaper research. Assigned relevant subjects and keywords to facilitate searching. Chose representative images for each photo “job.”

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Worked on a wide variety of projects involving the museum’s collection of published items including books, magazines and pamphlets. Copy-cataloged items from the monograph backlog. Provided research assistance at the reference desk. Assessed and processed donated items. Sorted and assigned subject headings to ephemera items including tickets, flyers and.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Worked various positions at a fast-growing, upscale delivery market. Dispatched orders to a team of bicycle and car couriers. Answered customer service help tickets. Inventoried and re-stocked products. Managed a small team of retail associates

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Worked at the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries cataloging fine arts and design monographs from their backlog. Copy-cataloged items using Ex Libris Alma and OCLC. Added and adjusted Library of Congress subject headings in the MARC record according to the libraries’ best practices. Researched name forms and applied authority terms to catalog records.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Assisted the founder of the Lithuanian Archives Project, a small organization looking to preserve and promote the history of Lithuanians in Chicago. Created engaging Facebook posts featuring archival materials. Digitized books, photographs, and other materials. Added item descriptions to existing finding aids

Identified and transcribed metadata from digitized postcards using the Zooniverse platform. Improved discoverability of digital postcard collection.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Assisted customers in person, via email and over the phone with various printing and copying projects. Used InDesign and Adobe Illustrator to craft personalized business cards,invitations, etc. Familiarity with Canon and Konica Minolta printers.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Worked within a team of three teachers to support and care for up to 30 students after the end of the academic school day. We provided nourishment, rest, and play opportunities for students ranging from preschool to 6th-grade.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Welcomed and oriented parents and campers as they arrived. Answered phones and questions. Prepared attendance and allergy reports. Engaged bored campers and helped them find something they could get excited about. Performed minor first aid. Acted as a general staff resource. This was a seasonal position that I held for two consecutive summers.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Collected photographs for a historical road trip of Washington State project, scanned and edited photos from the Seattle Housing Authority archives, and paired images with our essays that were lacking a visual component. In addition, I selected images from various databases to post on our Facebook page in conjunction with linked essays to drive readers.

Seattle, WA

The Daily is the University of Washington’s student-run newspaper. As part of the copy-editing team, read and edited articles using AP style guidelines. Ensured that the content was accurate, clearly stated and free of grammatical errors. Initial read through and edits done on paper and final edits made in Adobe InCopy.

Seattle, WA

Completed a preparatory course in the spring outlining teaching methods and responsibilities. In the fall, taught a class of 17 incoming freshman a General Studies course (The University Community) alongside another peer teacher. In this role, I facilitated discussion; designed creative and engaging lesson plans on the topics of career connections.

Chatham, Massachusetts, United States

Worked as a sales associate at a small clothing and accessories boutique on Cape Cod. In addition to assisting customers and writing up sales, I helped tourists with way finding information and assisted with the design and creation of visually stimulating store displays. As a key holder, I supervised two junior sale associates during my shift, instructing.

Exeter, New Hampshire, United States

Worked at the circulation desk helping patrons find items and checking library materials in and out, re-shelved library items, and assisted with library special projects.

Master'S Degree, Library And Information Science

Bachelor’S Degree, History, Graduated

Activities and Societies: UW Ice Hockey, Phi Alpha Theta, Quizbowl Club, Freshman Interest Group (FIG) LeaderGraduated with a degree in.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Studied abroad in England with a focus on Shakespeare, Radio DJ for WPEA, Junior Varsity Ice Hockey, Member of.