Education & Certifications
Digital Archives Specialist
Certification, Society of American Archivists
Certified Archivist
Certification, Academy of Certified Archivists
MLIS
Archival Studies, San José State University
MA
Art History, specialization in Museum Studies,
University of Southern California
BA
English Literature, University of Southern California
Positions
2021-2022
Library of Congress. Washington, D.C
Project Manager/Supervisory Archivist for LAC Federal remotely overseeing the processing of five major series in the Library of Congress' institutional archives. EAD finding aids in XML and MARC bibliographic records will be produced.
2017-present
Lanterman House. La Cañada Flintridge, CA
Archivist at the Lanterman House Archives, which collects and preserves materials pertaining to the Lanterman family and the history of La Cañada as well as the Crescenta-Cañada Valley. Current work focuses on increasing access to archival holdings and improving collections visibility through digitization. In addition, teaches an annual summer high school internship program, curates onsite and online exhibitions, and writes for publications.
2018-Present
Richard Shelton Art. Los Angeles, CA
Archivist for artist and writer Richard Shelton. Preserve and make available both analog and digital assets from an over 50-decade career.
2017-2019
Historical Society of Long Beach.
Long Beach, CA
Collaborate with the Historical Society of Long Beach and the Sunnyside Cemetery Foundation to digitize, preserve, and make available to the public the cemetery’s extensive historic records
2014-2016
Temporary Space LA. Los Angeles, CA
Archivist and Assistant Curator of Temporary Space LA, a new, innovative exhibition space emphasized the artist and the artist’s entire body of work. Exhibitions: Richard Shelton: 50 Years of Painting, 1964-2014; and Signs & Alarms: The Art of Margaret Nielsen & Scott Grieger, 1970-2015.
2013-2014
Broad Art Foundation. Santa Monica, CA
Library consultant, established and implemented metadata, classification, and acquisition policies and procedures. Cataloged and classified monographs. Aided in planning of move of art library collection to the Broad Museum in Downton Los Angeles.
2012
National Library of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland
Project Lead, National Library of Ireland Retrospective Conversion Project. Digital conversion of bound volume catalogs and card catalog records to the NLI OPAC as described here.
2009-2012
Tulane University Hurricane Recovery Center. New Orleans, LA
Assistant Team Lead of Tulane University’s Katrina Recovery Project, made up of over 130 damaged, partially processed, unprocessed and intermixed collections. An example collection that was processed is the Hale Boggs and Lindy Boggs Papers, 1914-2006. Oversaw the Tulane University Finding Aid Retrospective Conversion Project, implementing Archon and converting 500+ legacy finding aids that are now EAD and DACS-compliant with LCHS headings, AAT terms, and LCNAF records. An example finding aid from this project is the Angela Gregory papers.
2006-2008
Museum of Contemporary Art. Los Angeles, CA
Processing Archivist for the MOCA Exhibition Archive, the processing of all curatorial exhibition files, including audio, paper, and digital files. Wrote and encoded finding aids in EAD 2002 XML according to DACS and AACR2 standards.
Awards & Publications
2018
Resolution of Recognition, Society of
American Archivists Council
National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives Grant Review Committee, Member
2009
ARLIS/NA Worldwide Book Award for
Electronic Resources/NA Worldwide Book Award for
MOCA Exhibition Archive, 2006-2008. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
2008
This Is Not To Be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art
Author of the essays “Billy Al Bengston,” “Julian Schnabel,” and “Robert Therrien” for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2008
Involvement
2022
LA Preservation Network/Original Order
Webinar: "Digital Image Preservation for Artists and Small Arts Organizations"
2022
SCA 2022 Annual Meeting
Session Speaker, "Artist Archives: from in situ to
institution"
2021-2023
Society of California Archivists
2021-2024
Awards Committee
SAA Lone Arrangers Section
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Regional Representatives Co-Lead
2021
Original Order
Founding Member
2019-2023
L.A. as Subject
Executive Committee Member,
Membership and Nominating Lead
Archives At Risk Committee Member
2011-2025
SAA National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives
Grant Review Committee Member
2017-2020
SAA Independent Archivists Section
Steering Committee Member
2019
SAA 2019 Annual Meeting
Session Speaker, "Short-Term Jobs for Long Term Careers:
Designing Ethical Project/Contract Positions"