Member of Pi Delta Phi, French National Honor Society
Professional Experience
Mathers Museum of World Cultures - Bloomington, IN
01.2018 - Present
Curatorial/Cataloging Intern
Work on re-cataloging a museum collection of handicrafts acquired in Ghana and initially accessioned in 1973
Updating the museum records to reflect new information about the objects in the collection
Work on handling objects and writing in depth descriptions of each
Writing brief descriptions to accompany objects as they are photographed and added to Image Collections Online
Residential Programs and Services Libraries - Bloomington, IN
08.2017 - Present
RPS Center Supervisor
Supervise the operations of the Union Street Movies, Music and More, a small circulating library for media items
Made purchasing decisions for the center
Supervise six undergraduate employees
Plan both active and passive type programming for the center
Work with the community to provide access to various movie licenses, etc
IU Department of Information and Library Science - Bloomington, IN
02.2017 - 03.2018
Research Assistant to Prof. Alice Robbin
Graduate Assistant to Professor Alice Robbin, Emeritus Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington
Review newspaper articles in the French language to aid in preliminary research concerning information technology in France
Organizes articles to reflect their relevance to the research being conducted
Herman B Wells Library - Bloomington, IN
08.2017 - 12.2017
Reference Services Assistant
Assist library patrons with any inquiries relating to research and the library in general
Utilize an online chat client to communicate with patrons and answer inquiries
Assist library patrons with checking out library materials
Act as a public face of the Libraries
Herman B Wells Library - Bloomington, IN
03.2015 - 08.2017
Libraries Human Resources and Administration Assistant
Assemble a weekly newsletter, "Between the Lines" for distribution among IU Bloomington Libraries employees to provide information on events and other important announcements
Assemble a weekly newsletter, "IUL News" for distribution to employees at libraries on every IU campus to provide information on events and other important announcements
Work on digitizing a variety of older documents relating to positions in the library
Aid in day-to-day office management
Occasionally worked in Libraries Administration by greeting and assisting guests and other visitors
Scholarships & Awards
Granted the Spring 2018 Clowes Internship at Mathers Museum of World Cultures
Awarded the H.W. Wilson Foundation Scholarship
Awarded the IU Prestige Scholarship
Technical Skills
Metadata: DC, LCSH, MARC
XML: Oxygen, XSLT, XPath
Digital Libraries: Omeka, DSpace
Other Library Software: EndNote, Zotero, Libguides