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Library Professional dedicated to the Non-profit world

Posted on: 2020-12-14

EXPERIENCE

2020

CONTACT TRACER, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY|| EVANSTON

  • Initiate prompt communication with people exposed to COVID-19 through phone calls
  • Employ dynamic communication and interpersonal skills, cultural competency/sensitivity, tactful language, and empathetic interviewing skills to build rapport and maintain trust with patients of varied backgrounds.
  • Notify the contact of their exposure to COVID-19, following a script or to provide COVID-19 education.
  • Provide approved information and guidance on quarantine procedures and what to do if symptoms develop.
  • Collaborate and coordinate with a team of public health professionals
  • Utilize a computer with appropriate access to required applications and a web-based database daily

 

PROCESSING ARCHIVIST, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL || EVANSTON

  • Processed archival collection
  • Collected Rotarian Club data from Club records to create an access research file for staff.

 

2019 - 2020

SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, ST. VINCENT FERRER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL || RIVER FOREST

  • Created Policies and Procedures for the Library.
  • Oversaw student loans and circulation.
  • Taught weekly scheduled library classes for PreK – 7th grade classes.
  • Provided original catalog for new material.
  • Created displays for current school curriculum and celebrations
  • Conducted read aloud for Early Childhood and Elementary students.
  • Introduced research skills to elementary and middle school students.
  • Provided read aloud and book extension activities during e-learning.
  • Hosted author visits.
  • Planned school-wide programming.

 

2017 - 2019

MANAGER, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) || CHICAGO

  • Promoted to manager to oversee transition after the retirement of a long-time employee.
  • Oversaw and updated department policies and procedures for the first time in twenty-years.
  • Planned and executed the department budget cutting expenses and requesting and receiving funds for much needed projects.
  • Facilitated vendor relationships and contracts for finance and legal departments.
  • Managed the records management program administer for the department.
  • Proposed, implemented and managed a graduate-level internship program.

 

2010 - 2017

SENIOR ARCHIVIST, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) || CHICAGO

  • Established policies and practices to guide the processing and management of the AMA archival holdings.
  • Collaborated with the design teams to create engaging historical content for internal and

external audiences. This included selecting items, writing exhibit copy, designing and installation of exhibits for the public spaces of AMA HQ, creating content for AMA social media channels and writing content for internal communications and the AMA website.

  • Developed and led tours of the AMA HQ and corporate archives.
  • Provided prompt reference and in-depth research using the AMA historical collections. Met the needs of over 50 internal and external reference and research requests a month.
  • Managed multiple digital asset systems to allow for better access to collections for department users and external users.
  • Managed the long-term digitization of AMA's historical assets.
  • Conducted staff training for the department’s digital asset systems and other services.
  • Accessioned and processed the historical records of the AMA.
  • Managed the move of AMA historical collections from the AMA HQ at 515 N. State to their new HQ at 330 N. Wabash.
EDUCATION

DECEMBER 2011 MASTER'S IN LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE, DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY

MAY 2009 MASTER’S IN ARTS IN PUBLIC HISTORY, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY

MAY 2007 BACHELOR’S IN ARTS IN HISTORY, MIAMI UNIVERSITY

VOLUNTEER & INTERNSHIP

Honeycomb Project, 2019 – 2020. Family volunteer

Chicago Area Archivist, 2010 – 2018. Steering Committee

Rotary International, 2010. Processing Archivist Intern

Chicago History Museum, 2009. Processing Archivist Intern

Kenilworth Historical Society, 2009. Museum Volunteer

SPEAKING

My Comeback Story: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in the Archival Profession

Midwest Archives Conference, April 2019

 

Lifting the Veil: Exploring Transparency in Closed Archives

Society of American Archivists, August 2018

 

Don’t talk about the Archives: Addressing the tension between access, outreach and relevancy in closed archives.

Midwest Archives Conference, April 2018

PUBLICATIONS

AMA Journal of Ethics, “Community Health in Rural America During the Mid-20th Century,” March 2020.

—, “Ads and Labels From Early 20th-Century Health Fraud Promotions,” November 2018.

-, “How Communities Attracted Physicians After World War II,” March 2018.