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Part of a digital team of four archivists.Managed the transition from Archivist's Toolkit to ArchivesSpace. Included: standardizing data, migrating data into the new system, writing documentation, installing the system on CentOS, tweaking the MySQL database and application code, and training staffIngested digital materials into the Archivematica system and then connected them to our online access system for web displayCoordinated the ingest of digital materials into MetaArchive for long-time digital preservationWorked with the Internet Archive and Archive-It to configure and capture selected Archive Center-related websites. Conducted Quality Assurance and Quality Control checks on captured web pages. Wrote workflows for long-term site preservationManaged two part-time workers on a 2,600-page digitization project for donors. Included metadata capture and QCCompleted metadata clean-up and reconciliation for tens of thousands of subject, geographic, and name termsWrote frequent blog posts on Digital Team blog, recorded screen casts for donors, and researched/reviewed new archival technology

Answered questions from prospective students, helped process admissions applications, and helped staff and organize various outreach opportunities and events. Regularly contributed to the UMSI Admissions blog with posts targeted to help prospective students make their graduate school decisions.

Processed collections under a grant for the National Endowment for the humanities. This involved performing all stages of processing, from standard processing all the way to creating MARC and EAD finding aids. Another project included creating a database of information pertaining to women, African Americans, and Native Americans in the Clements' historical manuscripts collections. This project will go live in June 2012, and offers an online interface for researchers to find gender-related content. Duties included designing database, cleaning data, designing website layout, and adding additional records to database by summarizing collections and their metadata.

Answered both in-house and virtual reference requests. Created subject guides that would live on the Bentley Historical Library website, and other reference tasks.

Worked with a team to develop media plans for several well-known clients. Also handled all of the outdoor buying for our team.