I am the Special Collections Librarian at the University of Toronto Scarborough. As a member of the UTSC Library's Digital Scholarship Unit, I oversee archival and special collections, manage digitization projects, and facilitate the creation and digital collections. I work on constructing sustainable . I also teach workshops on Wordpress, iMovie, Zotero, and other digital storytelling tools.
I'm also the Chair of the Communications and Advocacy Committee of the Archives Association of Ontario, which, thanks to an amazing group of volunteers, does good work for the local archival community.
Education
| Master of Information, Archives and Records Management | University of Toronto | 2010-2012 |
| Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), Classical Studies | Queen's University | 2006-2010 |
Experience
| Special Collections Librarian | University of Toronto Scarborough | 2012-present |
| Responsible for inventorying, arranging, describing, rehousing, conserving, appraising, and creating finding aids for archival collections, as well as contributing archival expertise to faculty members and departments on campus that hold historical archival records in order to optimize discoverability. Currently managing several digitization projects, consisting of coordination and item selection, controlled vocabulary creation for subject metadata, metadata quality assurance, repository ingestion and management, and recruitment and supervision of work-study students for archival assistant positions. | ||
| Regularly work with faculty members to initiate, develop, and manage new digital scholarship projects spanning a wide range of humanities subjects. Also responsible for ensuring that faculty projects are feasible, sustainable, and scalable and that they contribute to the over-arching curricular and research frameworks already in existence at UTSC through the use of project analysis tools including a selection matrix, project charter, and extensive planning documents. Projects incorporate data management, metadata creation, digital curation, mapping, and preservation. Platform experience includes Islandora, Archivematica, Drupal, CONTENTdm. | ||
| Archival Assistant | University of Toronto Scarborough | 2011-2012 |
| Responsible for arrangement, description, and preservation of archival collections, digitization coordination and item selection, and metadata quality assurance. Also involved in curriculum planning for HISD44: Nearby History as well as supervision and project planning for service-learning placement students from HISD44. Job evolved into position described above. | ||
| Archival Assistant (Practicum) | Royal Conservatory of Music | 2011 |
| As a practicum student, responsible for arrangement and description of the Conservatory’s institutional collection and alumni donations, conservation and preservation planning and implementation, and the establishment of a knowledge transference policies for future practicum students. | ||
Professional Affiliations
| Councillor, Campus Affairs Committee Councillor, Agenda Committee |
UTSC Campus Council | 2013-present |
| Chair, Communications and Advocacy Committee | Archives Association of Ontario | 2012-present |
| Treasurer Information Services Committee Representative |
Master of Information Student Council | 2011-2012 |
| Treasurer, University of Toronto Student Chapter | Association of Canadian Archivists | 2011-2012 |
Research
| Creating a Digital Scholarship Unit at the University of Toronto Scarborough | Archives Association of Ontario Conference | 2013 |
| The Impact of Digitization in Rhetoric and Practice: A Review of Budget Cuts at Library and Archives Canada | CAIS Conference, University of Dundee | 2013 |
