| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Champaign, Illinois |
| Conservation Graduate Paid Intern |
January 2008 - present |
| ● Involved with pre-planning for Google Books Library Project at university-wide level |
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| ● Planned and supervised outside vendor clean-up of a mold outbreak within a collection of 300,000 items |
| ● Conducted an assessment of enclosures within the Rare Books and Manuscript Library on an item by item basis |
| ● Performed conservation treatment on circulating collections materials |
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| ● Completed written condition and treatment reports with photographic documentation of individual collection materials such as monographs, photographs and flat paper documents |
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| University of Utah Marriott Library |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Conservation Graduate Intern |
September - December 2007 |
| ● Performed conservation treatment on circulating collections materials |
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| ● Participated in library-wide restructuring retreat |
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| ● Assisted in transferring collections materials into high-density on-site storage facility |
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| Pinos Y Serriera Archives |
Vilassar de Dalt, Spain |
| Summer Fieldwork |
June - July 2007 |
| ● Humidified and flattened parchment documents dating from the 12th - 19th centuries |
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| ● Designed and built archival-quality custom enclosures for oversized rolled documents |
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| ● Re-housed paper manuscripts in custom enclosures |
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| The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection; University of Texas |
Austin, Texas |
| Conservation Technician |
August 2006 - September 2007 |
| ● Constructed archival-quality custom enclosures for 17 th to 20 th century pamphlets |
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| ● Maintained database of pamphlets’ location and status |
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| ● Assessed supply needs for pamphlet re-housing project and conservation work area |
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| Bates College |
Lewiston, Maine |
| Summer Fieldwork |
May - June 2006 |
| ● Created separate disaster plans for Bates’ Ladd Library and Edmund Muskie Archives |
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| ● Designed and taught water-based recovery workshop for library and archive employees |
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| ● Created disaster-ready supply closet with accompanying supplies |
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| Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center; University of Texas |
Austin, Texas |
| Conservation Volunteer |
December 2005 - October 2006 |
| ● Surveyed and performed treatments on 19th century photographic albums |
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| ● Created archival quality housing for albums of varying binding structures |
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| ● Kept written and photographic documentation of treatments |
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| Alexander Architectural Archive; University of Texas |
Austin, Texas |
| Conservation Volunteer |
September - Decenber 2005 |
| ● Re-housed rolled architectural drawings from the Roy Thomas Collection |
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| ● Updated the collection’s archival finding aid using FileMaker Pro |
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| Montgomery County Public Library |
Kensington Park, Maryland |
| Book Repair Technician |
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| ● Managed all mending and repairs for circulating library’s book and multimedia collection |
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| ● Responsible for daily check-in of materials and items on hold |
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| ● Assisted in multimedia ordering and organization |
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| Library of Congress Social Sciences Cataloguing Directorate |
Washington, District of Columbia |
| German and Scandinavian Languages Team Member |
June 2004 - April 2005 |
| ● Assisted in subject and descriptive cataloging procedures |
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| ● Searched German and English language databases for usable copy |
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| ● Organized incoming materials for team members |
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Introduction to Cloth Case Bookbinding - Amy Lapidow, North Bennet Street School (June 2004)
Book Restoration Intensive - Dominic Riley, San Francisco Center for the Book (August - September 2004)
Limp Vellum Bookbinding - Audrey Jawando, North Bennet Street School (March 2005)
Gold Tooling Workshop - Jamie Kamph, University of Texas Mim Watson Workshop (March 2007)
Professional Memberships
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Book and Paper Group
Guild of Book Workers
American Library Association
Texas Library Association