ARCHIVAL EXPERIENCE
Contract Archivist • 07/01/2015 - present
Volunteer Archivist & Co-Chair of Archive Committee • 2003 – 06/30/2015
Ruthie and Bill Katz Archives at North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL
Archives & Special Collections at DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Japanese American Service Committee, Chicago, IL
Contract Project Archivist • 02/22/2018 - 11/05/2018
Kenamore & Klinkow, LLC:
Temple Sholom Chicago, IL
Contract Project Archivist in the Legal Department • 04/2011 – 05/26/2011
Rexam Beverage Can Company, Chicago, IL
SDI International Corporation: Motorola, Inc. Legacy Archives, Schaumburg, IL
Institutional Archivist Consultant • 07/06/2010 – 07/12/2011
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
Archivist/Educator Intern 87-hours • Spring, 2010
Media Burn, Chicago, IL
Archivist Intern 43-hours • Fall, 2009
Robert M. Myers Archives at Society of the Divine Word, Techny, IL, Pages, Numbers
Volunteer Archivist & Co-Chair of Archive Committee • 2003 – 06/30/2015
Ruthie and Bill Katz Archives at North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL
- Established and manage an institutional archive of 100 years of congregational materials while supporting research needs of the executive director, staff, international and external clientele.
- Wrote the archival collection development policies and procedures, along with the records retention policy.
- Responsible for recruiting and managing volunteers, maintaining a budget, and soliciting archival donations.
- Processing the collection by re-establishing order, weeding, re-housing, and creating the taxonomy.
- Provide outreach for the archive promote the history of the congregation by utilizing Facebook, creating exhibitions, a digital library for Confirmation photographs and programs, leading presentations to groups and writing articles for (internal and external) publications.
- Document activities and events through photography, video and streaming; handle all digital conversions.
Archives & Special Collections at DePaul University, Chicago, IL
- Surveyed, developed a processing plan, arranged and described the National People’s Action Collection and created an EAD finding aid.
Japanese American Service Committee, Chicago, IL
- Accessioned donations, processed and cataloged collection and materials to enhanced access for researchers.
- Administered and updated the records management program for organizational records.
- Supported research needs of the executive director, staff and international and external clientele.
Contract Project Archivist • 02/22/2018 - 11/05/2018
Kenamore & Klinkow, LLC:
- Arrange and describe archival records of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
- Arranged and describe materials in the Morton Windsor Salt Historic Archives; digitize selected materials from collections to upload to SharePoint.
Temple Sholom Chicago, IL
- Developed the plan to create their institutional archive and guided them through the process.
- Wrote the archival collection development policies, procedures, taxonomy and the records retention policy.
Contract Project Archivist in the Legal Department • 04/2011 – 05/26/2011
Rexam Beverage Can Company, Chicago, IL
- Appraised legal documents, scan and created a descriptive inventory of off-site records for efficient retrieval.
- Evaluated outdated patents to select materials of historical value for retention and transfer to the archives.
SDI International Corporation: Motorola, Inc. Legacy Archives, Schaumburg, IL
- Appraisal of records, video and image collections: processed, weeded, arranged, re-housed, developed a taxonomy, described and created accession and location records.
Institutional Archivist Consultant • 07/06/2010 – 07/12/2011
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
- Established an institutional archives including writing policies, procedures, and taxonomy.
- Located, appraised and processed institutional records.
- Trained staff to manage and develop the institutional archives.
Archivist/Educator Intern 87-hours • Spring, 2010
Media Burn, Chicago, IL
- Developed business and marketing plan for a “Participatory Online Secure Educational User Community,” in the form of a Wiki for K-12 and Higher Education markets.
- Special emphasis on the use of Web 2.0 principles of collaboration, including social media tools for marketing strategy: See business plan for the MBEC.
- Professionally digitized and cataloged video content to posted online for greater access.
- Specialized Applications: iMAP, Digital Rapids Stream, Alfresco and Tyfresco.
Archivist Intern 43-hours • Fall, 2009
Robert M. Myers Archives at Society of the Divine Word, Techny, IL, Pages, Numbers
- Processed, arranged and described (finding aid) for the Fr. Edward J. Norton, SVD Collection.
- Digitized audio recordings to determine enduring value for the collection.
- Created a presentation and outline.