Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Information: School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (beginning Fall 2009)
  • M.S. in Information; Preservation of Information Specialization: School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2009)
  • B.S. in Physics Yale University, New Haven, CT (2006)

Research

Archival Metrics
Graduate Student Researcher (Jan 2009 Ð present)
  • PI: Beth Yakel
  • Conducting and facilitating interviews with government archivists, genealogists, teachers and other researchers
  • Coding transcripts
  • Updating and maintaining the Archival Metrics website using Drupal
Digital Preservation Readiness
Graduate Student Researcher (May 2009 Ð present)
  • PI: Beth Yakel and Paul Conway
  • Coding data using Excel and SPSS
Data Stewardship
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (Oct 2009 Ð present)
Research Intern
  • Assessing current data stewardship practice at the University and researcherÕs attitudes and needs in the area
  • Creating a survey to be disseminated to all faculty and researchers
  • Conducting an assessment of current practice in other institutions and around the world
  • Generating and maintaining a bibliography and resource list

Work Experience

Scholarly Publishing Office
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Programmer (May 2009 Ð present)
  • Designing and building a database to allow staff, students and journal editors to generate and manage bibliographic metadata and production workflow
  • Programming using Drupal, PHP and CSS
Electronic Publishing Assistant (Sept 2007 Ð Dec 2008)
  • Creating and editing XML documents for online publication
  • Writing, editing and running conversion scripts in PERL
  • Proofreading and editing texts
The University of Chicago Library, Preservation Department
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Jul 2008 Ð Aug 2008)
Somit Foundation Intern
  • researched and created recommendations for delivering digitized AV special collections and circulating materials;
  • created documentation and a workflow for selecting and reformatting obsolete media;
  • worked with bibliographers, catalogers, and collection development staff to create an ongoing program for reviewing floppy disks and other obsolete media.
Parks Library, Preservation Department
Iowa State University, Ames, IA (May 2008 Ð Jun 2008)
Lennox Foundation Intern
  • researched best practices in digital libraries and institutional repositories;
  • developed a set of guidelines and recommendations on metadata, technology, selection policy and other issues relating to creating a digital preservation program.
Entertainment WeeklyÕs EW.com (Jan. 2008 Ð Apr. 2008)
Ann Arbor, MI
Online Archives Intern
  • updated and coded articles for EW.comÕs online archives;
  • wrote tag lines and archive summaries
University of Michigan Copyright Website
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Jan. 2008 Ð Apr. 2008)
Intern
  • researched issues in copyright law such as the history and philosophical basis of copyright, Creative Commons, and Open Access;
  • wrote, designed and implemented additions to copyright.umich.edu including new sections, FAQÕs and a search bar.
Museum of Zoology, Mollusk Division
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Sept 2007 Ð Apr. 2008)
Research Assistant
  • cataloged, rehoused and georeferenced samples from the mollusk collection.
A. Philip Randolph Memorial Library
Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY (Jan. 2007 Ð May 2007)
College Assistant
  • ordered and cataloged new books;
  • worked with EReserve system and digitization of course materials
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (Jan. 2006 Ð June 2006)
Preservation Assistant
  • performed basic mending/repair techniques for circulating and rare book materials
Sterling Memorial Library
Yale University, New Haven, CT (Sept. 2002 Ð Dec. 2004)
Library Assistant
  • aided patrons at circulation desk;
  • organized and prepared books to be sent to other libraries through borrow-direct and inter-library loan systems

Publications and Presentations

  • ÒApproaches to Defining the Significant Properties of Digital Objects.Ó 28 Oct 2008. Presented at Media in Motion: The Challenge of Preservation in the Digital Age. Montreal, Quebec.
  • Lewis, Caggiano, Parikh, Deibel, Visser, Fear, Parker and Hix (2005) Al-26(g,m)+p resonances studied via proton decays of Si-27. Nuclear Physics A 758: 84C-85C.

Scholarships and Honors

  • School of Information Merit Scholarship (2008 Ð 2009)
  • Mary Rollman Scholarship (2007 Ð 2008)
  • Wallace and Joyce Bonk Scholarship (2007 Ð 2008)

Professional Affiliations

  • American Libraries Association (2008 Ð present)
  • Society of American Archivists (student member) (2008 Ð present)
  • Michigan Libraries Association (2008 Ð present)