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- Vincent Van Gogh
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Work Experience

Columbus Jewish Foundation
October - December 2010

IT Consultant
  • Formatted complex Excel spreadsheets according to strict specifications for upload
  • Successfully entered data and quality assurance for January 2011 deadline
  • Webmaster for http://www.columbusjewishfoundation.org

Harding Heritage Foundation
September 2012 - January 2013

Archives Project Team Member
  • Installed/networked PastPerfect 5 Software
  • Setup and installation of new computers & printers
  • Sorted/foldered/boxed organizational files & photographs
  • Collaborated with team members cataloging/archives policy & procedures
  • Consulted management on digital archiving policy and procedures

Columbus Jewish Historical Society
February 2009 - July 2012

Assistant Archivist
  • Thoroughly described collections for access and discovery using PastPerfect 5 archival software
  • Assisted the Archivist in responding to patron requests
  • Scanned images for input into the database, created/edited metadata
  • Research for exhibit development
  • Webmaster duties - created, edited, and uploaded web pages as needed, converted oral history MS Word files to html

Legacy 2010: 170 Years of Jewish Life in Central Ohio

CJHS Website

Kent State University SLIS - Columbus Campus
January 2008-August 2009

Part-time Lab Assitant
  • Supervised the computer lab, made copies, answered phones, technical support and customer service for students and instructors, open/closed the lab.

Ohio State University Libraries, Knowledge Bank
September 2008 - February 2009

Metadata Inteoperability Project Volunteer
  • Analyzed Knowledgebank metadata for interoperability according to OAI-PMH protocol

Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Branch Volunteer
April - November 2008


History, Genealogy, & Travel
  • Scanned historic postcards for digital project
  • Government document deaccession
  • Created phase boxes for fragile books

Ohio Historical Society Archives/Library

Volunteered for a variety of projects including:
  • Ohio Memory Project volunteer     2007
  • Transcribed correspondence from the Evva Kenney Heath Papers
  • Public record research/email research - 2006
  • City directory inventory summer 2005
  • Public records search (death certificates) - summer 2005
  • ODNR slide collection archiving - summer 2005
  • Ohio Supreme Justice court research project - December 2005
  • State History Day exhibit judge - May 2005, March 2006, May 2006
  • American Originals exhibit docent - September, 2002

Ohio State University Federal Work-Study       2006-2007

Ohio Memory Project processing assistant
  • Scanned books, documents, photographs, and transparencies into inventory.
  • Entered and edited metadata per Library of Congress standard authorities.

Ohio Historical Society     January - June 2007
Curatorial Assistant - Outreach Projects
  • Researched archive collections for primary source materials related to thematic seminars for Teaching American History/U.S. Department of Education Grants
  • Scanned selected primary source material from microfilm, photographs, serials, books, manuscripts, letters, ephemera; entered metadata into database according to required standards and benchmarks per Ohio Deptartment of Education
  • Quality assurance of html files before burning to CD, Ohio History Day miscellaneous duties, created HTML pages with Macromedia Dreamweaver, compilation of source lists, bibliographies, and Ohio Memory Project online scrapbooks

Example of Work (Joint school/work project)

Letter of Recommendation

Intern - Ohio Memory Project     2007
  • Scanned five Ohio Civil War Commission Battlefield Reports, the Ohio Hundred Year Book, two Ohio Adjutant General photograph collections, Henry Otis Dwight Four Years Relic.
  • Scanned and edited Ohio Governor State of the State Address images and metadata.
  • Scanned items for digital projects, entered metadata on items into the database, coordinated with library research services to identify Ohio history related material, quality assurance for online materials, administrative tasks.

Henry Otis Dwight (Four Years Relic Scrapbook)

Ohio Governor State of the State Addresses

Internship Evaluation

Pearson Education - Westerville, Ohio
11/7/2007 - 11/30/2007

Grader

Columbus Prescription Pharmacies, Inc.
11/1/2001 - 9/19/2005


Warehouse Technician/Lead Shipper
  • Shipped packages nationwide using Clippership software, UPS.com, Elite and Premier couriers.
  • Picked, packed, received, shelved, and delivered home medical supplies.
  • Coordinated with various departments to ensure customer service and satisfaction.

Metro Package Systems
10/1998 - 6/2001

Courier
  • Picked up and delivered packages and freight statewide.
  • Attended to special customer needs on a daily basis.


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