Resume
Experience
August 2022 - August 2023
Digital Projects Librarian
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, TX
Helps digitize various collection materials according to in-house standards and aids on various institutional projects to make our items more accessible to researchers.
September 2019 - August 2022
Hall-Troubridge Online Archive Project Librarian
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, TX
Created over 60,000 digital images for online use compliant with FADGI standards, generated and managed metadata templates for CONTENTdm ingest, and managed the Hall-Troubridge Online Archive team. The Hall-Troubridge Online Archive won the 2022 THRAB Archival Award of Excellence.
June 2018 - August 2019
Post-Custodial and Digital Initiatives Graduate Research Assistant
LLILAS Benson Latin American Collection, Austin, TX
Assisted in daily digital archiving and metadata tasks, including quality control work for collections, metadata research, implementation of standards, and digital stewardship.
January 2019 - May 2019
Capstone - The Ricardo Ainslie Papers
LLILAS Benson Latin American Collection, Austin, TX
Processed the Ricardo Ainslie Papers, a hybrid collection of audiovisual and paper materials, according to traditional archival standards by rehousing materials, creating an access and preservation plan, and formatting an XML finding aid for online use.
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Information
Masters of Science in Information Studies
May 2019
May 2016
Moody College of Communication
Bachelors of Journalism & Bachelors of Science in Radio-Television-Film
Activities & Awards
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Narrative Jury Member, Austin Asian American Film Festival 2024
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Watched narrative features and shorts in competition, deliberated with fellow jury members, and decided on awards and Special Jury Mentions
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Winner, Best Film Critic, The Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin 2024
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Won the Readers' Poll Award for my work as a film critic based in Austin, TX
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Nominee, The Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin 2023
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Was nominated for my work as a film critic based in Austin, TX
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Member, Austin Film Critics Association, 2022 - Present
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Writes at least two reviews a month, collaborates with association members to vote on best films of the year
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Member, Harry Ransom Center Diversity and Inclusion Committee 2019 - 2022
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Co-authored committee bylaws, arranged events, and collaborated with committee members on institutional initiatives
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Co-Director, Association of Moving Image Archivists, University of Texas at Austin Chapter, January 2018 – May 2019
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Created a newsletter for the organization, arranged screenings and collaborative events with other student organizations on campus
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Bitcurator Workshop, Archival Enterprise II, Spring 2018
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Collaborated on a formal 2.5-hour group presentation/workshop outlining how to use Bitcurator
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Metadata Implementation Plan, Theories and Applications of Metadata, Spring 2018
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Wrote and presented a formal business proposal for a metadata visualization project using OpenRefine, Tableau, and Google Slides. Developed and presented an interactive data visualization for this proposal using Tableau
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Practicum at the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports, Austin, TX, Fall 2018
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Processed the Jody Conradt Papers according to traditional archival standards by rehousing materials, creating an access and preservation plan, and formatting an XML finding aid for online use
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Skills
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Knowledge of standards such as PREMIS, DCMI, MARC, and Dublin Core
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Knowledge of EAD and XML
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Knowledge of DOS batch language, Unix systems, PHP, MySQL, SPARQL
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Bitcurator, Archivematica, Access to Memory, Bagit, Bagger, and Oxygen XML
Editor, Tableau -
Adobe Suite, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Audacity, Microsoft Office, Google Suite
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Google Analytics
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Project Management
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Research
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Event Planning
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Longform Writing
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English (can read, speak, and write fluently)
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Spanish (can read, write, and speak at an intermediate level)