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Resume

Experience

August 2022 - August 2023

January 2019 - May 2019

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.

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

May 2019

May 2016

The University of Texas at Austin

School of Information
Masters of Science in Information Studies

Moody College of Communication 
Bachelors of Journalism & Bachelors of Science in Radio-Television-Film

Activities & Certificates

  • Nominee, The Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin 2023

    • Best Film Critic | Was nominated and earned the second runner up spot for my work as a film critic based in Austin, TX

  • Austin Film Critics Association, 2022

    • Member | Writes at least two reviews a month, collaborates with association members to vote on best films of the year​ 

  • Harry Ransom Center Diversity and Inclusion Committee 2019 - 2022

    • Member | Helped draft committee bylaws, arranged events, and collaborated with committee members on institutional initiatives​

  • Association of Moving Image Archivists, University of Texas at Austin Chapter, January 2018 – May 2019

    • Co-Director | Helped create a newsletter for the organization, arranged screenings and collaborative events with other student organizations on campus

  • Archival Enterprise II, Spring 2018

    • Bitcurator Workshop | Collaborated on a formal 2.5-hour group presentation/workshop outlining how to use Bitcurator

  • Theories and Applications of Metadata, Spring 2018

    • Metadata Implementation Plan | 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

  • Archival Enterprise I, Fall 2018

    • Practicum at the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports, Austin, TX | ​Helped process 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

Skills
& Expertise

  • Working knowledge of standards such as PREMIS, DCMI, MARC, and Dublin Core

  • Knowledge of EAD and XML

  • Knowledge of DOS batch language, Unix systems, PHP, MySQL, SPARQL

  • Bitcurator, Archivematica, Access to Memory, Bagit, Bagger, and Oxygen XML
    Editor, Tableau

  • Adobe Suite, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Audacity, Microsoft Office

  • English (can read, speak, and write fluently)

  • Spanish (can read, write, and speak at an intermediate level)

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