Sara Beckman Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington

-Manage and train interns and volunteers in all area of the digital archive process-Publish and import collections, as well as help, maintain git repository the Densho Digital Repository is built upon-Communicate with possible collection donors and evaluate if collection should be added to the repository

Seattle, Washington

-Digitize documents, photographs, newspapers, books, photo albums and other materials using flatbed Epson scanners, book drive scanner or copy stand.-Edit digital files using Photoshop or Adobe Acrobat-Create metadata and input into custom repository software-Contact donors about family collections via phone or email

Seattle, Washington

Greater Seattle Area

• Researched and planned a World War I module to add historical context to material• Identified over 200 candidate playbills to be digitized from J. Willis Sayre Theatre Program Collection at University of Washington Special Collections• Provided input for design of front and back end of website

Greater Seattle Area

• Scanned 270 programs from the J. Willis Sayre Theatre Program Collection• Cropped and resized images using Photoshop• Created metadata for all programs using ContentDM digital asset management software• Researched topics to add contextual notes to metadata to enhance user experience

Greater Seattle Area

• Created or edited 21 Wikipedia articles for 2013 & 2012 releases• Standardized metadata and descriptions on all videos on Sub Pop’s Youtube channel• Created physical backups of all music videos of 2011 releases in order to guarantee local access to media

Kirkland, Washington

• Perform research such as uncovering historic experience of South Asians in the Seattle area, identifying local repositories that may hold materials about South Asian Americans, and identifying possible local, financial supporters• Edited 81 Wikipedia pages to include links to relevant materials in archive in order to raise awareness of the archive and increase the number of visitors• Overhauled organization’s Wikipedia in order to create a more robust, well rounded presence with updated information, press, and graphics

Kirkland, Washington

• Cataloged digital objects from the 1912 Presidential Election• Performed copyright review on 1,118 digital objects to determine if they were in the public domain and available to be published in the digital library• Reviewed metadata written by others checking for mistakes such as incorrect grammar, inappropriate subject terms, and wrong or misused political titles

Terre Haute, Indiana Area

• Scanned images and created metadata for the young life portion of the Margaret Gisolo Special Collection to meet the deadline of Ms. Gisolo’s memorial service• Wrote metadata using Dublin Core and WV3 metadata guidelines in CONTENTdm • Interviewed Gisolo family representative concerning collection

Terre Haute, Indiana Area

• Gave on-the-job instruction to new employees or employees learning new tasks• Managed personnel including scheduling breaks and delegating responsibilities and tasks while acting as a student manager.• Provided quality customer service by communicating and interacting with customer in person, over the phone, and via e-mail.• Establish and sustain professional relationships with vendors, publishers, and university personnel.

Terre Haute, Indiana Area

• Created finding guides in Archiver’s Toolkit for 60.25 linear feet of institutional records including: Student Government Association, Office of Affirmative Action, Vice President for University Advancement and University Faculty Senate• Updated Microsoft Access Database of archive holdings with records data including location in the archive and box identification information

Masters Of Information And Library Science, Information And Library Science

Activities and Societies: Student American Library Association, Special Library Association, Society of American Archivists, Washington.

Bachelors Of Science, History

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta, History Club, ISU University Honors Program, Alpha Lambda DeltaGraduated with Honors.