Experience
Director of the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD Archives and Mount Sinai Records Management Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY
November 2021- Present
Identifying and establishing goals and objectives of the Aufses Archives and Records Management programs to support the missions of the Mount Sinai Health System and Icahn School of Medicine.
Providing a management role for assigned staff (3 FTE and 1 LTE), leading various personnel activities, including performance evaluations, weekly staff meetings, and team development. Evaluating staff career development plans through periodic reviews and provides mentoring to improve staff effectiveness and skills.
Co-Chair – Woman's Hospital Casebooks and J. Marion Sims Legacy committee, leading 13 of the most senior leaders to discuss, review, consult, determine policies, plan course of action, and determine institutional responsibility with Chair Emeritus of the Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science department. Reporting to the Dean of the Medical School.
Directing “Preserving Access to Senior Leadership records” project funded by the CEO’s office. Brought on Project Archivist through agency to describe 24 collections, totaling 447 linear feet. Presented to Mount Sinai Health System Board of Trustees’ September, 2023 meeting.
Supporting the Records Manager to ensure the creation, management, scheduled retention, and appropriate disposition, including permanent retention of comprehensive, reliable, and authentic archival records.
Acquiring, preserving, and maintaining intellectual control over Mount Sinai’s historical records, regardless of format, using an online archival management system and ensure these tools adhere to archival and IT best practices for access and security. Providing reference services about Mount Sinai history to internal and outside researchers.
Managing archival records that are in a digital format and develop a digital-forward archival strategy. Current state includes a web archiving component, as well as a back-end digital preservation system.
Providing expertise and advice to the organization to maintain records compliance and promote efficiencies through the use of the Records Management and Archives programs.
Championing the programs to senior management to heighten their awareness of information management as a key business function.
Planning and implementing all outreach programs for the Aufses Archives as a foundation for teaching and discovery, including creating exhibitions, writing articles, blog and social media posts, and making presentations on Mount Sinai history.
Developing appropriate metrics and creates periodic reports related to the Archives and Records Management programs.
Planning for and managing the process for acquiring goods and services needed by the Records and Archives programs, including specialized software and hardware needs.
Museum Archivist
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
July 2018 - October 2021
Directed the Museum’s historical records as the sole Archivist
Answered over 500 reference requests annually
Assisted, scheduled, and supervised over 100 research appointments per year (pre-pandemic)
Updated departmental standards, policies, and procedures
Devised and ran two teacher workshops Native Americans in New York with Brooklyn Public Library
Contributed 1/3 of exhibition materials to Jeffrey Gibson: When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks, consulted with the Native American Nations depicted in materials to implement the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials
Piloted “Archives as Raw History” program for First Saturdays, selecting and displaying relevant materials for the public to browse in order to change the paradigm of archival research
Six hour-long programs took place that corresponded with the First Saturdays themes
Folders on Black Power, visitors and artists with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ employees and the AIDS crisis were available for perusal which highlighted the Museum’s history
Presented poster at SAA Annual Meeting, 2019
Digitized and ingested 200+ videos. Created and continually updating workflows
Managed budget
Co-wrote, provided visual material, and narrated A Year at the Museum: Our Visionary Past video describing the Museum’s history
Launched clothing line inspired by Archives ephemera in collaboration with Merchandising and streetwear brand Only NY
Facilitated Archives loans to external organizations
Co-curated and installed one case of archival materials in Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power exhibition
Represented Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives as one of the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) Directors
Interviewed, hired, and supervised NYARC Kress Fellow for Reader Services
Member of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access committee and Institutional History, Collecting Practices, and Provenance committee
Spearheaded two Pop-Up Libraries for exhibitions: One: Xu Bing in collaboration with Brooklyn Public Library and Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving with Kress Fellow
Worked with staff to overhaul Archives representation on the Museum website:
More than doubled archives collections represented on website
Changed “Finding Aids” page to “Archives Collections,” providing more explanatory and educational language that raises awareness and promotes equity of access to the historic record
Added Collection Level records of nine unprocessed collections
Made new page for Archives Citations, which publicly listed the names of all of the collections for the first time
Associate Archivist
Brooklyn Museum Archives, Brooklyn, NY
February - June 2018
Managed 3,200 linear foot collection as a lone arranger
Provided reference services
Supervised volunteers and interns
Coordinated and executing projects, tours, and events
Contributed to Museum social media
Hired staff for grant funded ArchivesSpace migration
Collaborated with Pratt and NYU MIAP professors and students
Curator of Digital Assets
Fashion Institute of Technology, Special Collections and Archives - New York, NY
July 2017 - February 2018
Designed and updated website
Imported legacy and created new finding aids in Access to Memory (AtoM), SPARC Connect
Started web archiving program
Managed digital content for Omeka based digital collections site, SPARC Digital
Archivist for Electronic Resource Management
Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives - Brooklyn, NY
February 2016 - January 2018
Updated the Records Retention Schedule
Established the Electronic Records Management Program
Created workflows and policies
Coordinated with all museum departments to prepare institutional records for ingest into Preservica
Wrote grant to the National Endowment for the Humanities
Wrote 2 applications to be an NDSR Art Host
Digital Archives Consultant, Flatfiles Digitizer
Kentler International Drawing Space - Brooklyn, NY
January 2014 - June 2017
Photographed over 2,000 artworks for ingest into new Collective Access database
Edited image files with Photoshop
Advised on best practices for establishment of digital archive
Teaching Assistant, History of Industrial Design
Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY
August -December 2016
Grading students' assignments for Professor Elizabeth St. George
Special Project Assistant
The Museum of Modern Art Library - NY, NY
December 2015 - April 2016
Facilitated the digitization of MoMA’s exhibition catalogs by identifying and paging materials
Edited catalog entries and added metadata in Millennium
Coordinated with outside vendor and project team
SPARC Advanced Graduate Intern
Fashion Institute of Technology, Special Collections and Archives - NY, NY
June 2015 - September 2015
Processed and wrote finding aids for historical photograph collection and symposia records
Prepared legacy finding aids for import into Access to Memory (AtoM)
M-LEAD II Web Archiving Intern
Frick Art Reference Library, New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) - NY, NY
August 2014 - May 2015
Undertook quality assurance of websites captured using Archive-It
Participated in team discussions and attended meetings regarding web archiving policy and workflow
Presented at Archivists Roundtable Annual Business Meeting
Graduate Assistant
Pratt in Venice, Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY
June 2014 - June 2015
Coordinated study abroad program
Facilitated informational meetings
Compiled applications
Ran review committee
Project Archivist
Friends Seminary - NY, NY
November 2013 - December 2013
Instituted and implemented hybrid archival and museum Unique ID control system that incorporated metadata to allow for enhanced identification and easy repatriation of materials
Teaching Assistant, Survey of Art III
Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY
August -December 2013
Grading students' assignments and keeping attendance for Professor Rael Lewis
Archival Assistant
Rockefeller Archive Center - Sleepy Hollow, NY
January 2012 - July 2013
Accessioned over 2,500 cubic feet of new records
Instituted method for transformation of accession records into EAD for ingest into Archivist’s Toolkit
Collaborated on collections care team projects
Created and gave presentations to staff and interns
Professional Involvement
Society of American Archivists, member since 2013
Poster Presenter, 2015 & 2019
Annual Meeting Presenter, Museum Digital Archives Panel, 2016 Annual Meeting
MAS Standards and Best Practices Working Group, 2016-2017
Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS), member since 2022
Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, member since 2013
Director of Membership · 2018–2020
Membership Committee · 2020–present
Conducted daily membership support and maintenance. Organized three Speed Mentoring events, Student Social, and presented at local graduate schools.
Art Library Society of North America, member 2014-2021
Executive Board Member, NYC Chapter, 2018-2019
Coordinator, Registration & Hospitality, 2018 Conference
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Grant Reviewer, 2020
Conferences Attended
SAA 2023, Washington, DC
College Art Association 2020
Presenter, “Indigenous Art and Institutional Accountability: A Roundtable on Ethical Considerations and Lessons from Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration”with Christian Crouch, Joseph Zordan, Leah Shrestinian, Katherine McCleary, and Erika Umali
SAA 2019, Austin, TX
Presenter, Poster (linked above)
ARLIS 2019, Salt Lake City, UT
DLF 2018, Las Vegas, NV
ARLIS 2017, New Orleans, LA
AMIA 2016, Pittsburgh, PA
Presenter, AMIA Student Chapter Roundtable
PASIG 2016, New York, NY
SAA 2016, Atlanta, GA
Presenter, Museum Archives Section Symposium
MARAC 2016, Pittsburg, PA
Presented Student Poster "Processing the Pratt School of Information 'Recovered Files'"
ARLIS 2016, Seattle, WA
AMIA 2015, Portland, OR
SAA 2015, Cleveland, OH
Presented Student Poster "SAA@Pratt"
ARLIS 2015, Fort Worth, TX
SAA 2013, New Orleans, LA
Education
Pratt Institute
Masters in Library and Information Science, MSLIS
Masters in History of Art and Design, MS
2013–2017
Co-President, History of Art and Design Student Association, 2 years
Co-organized inaugural History of Art & Design Lecture Series featuring Hal Foster and Martha Rosler, 2016
Events & Public Relations Coordinator, SAA@Pratt, 2 years
Poster Presenter at Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, 2015
Haverford College
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
Archival Assistant in Quaker & Special Collections
Lecturing, Curating, & Organizing
Guest Lecturer
Pratt Institute, School of Information, Archives Appraisal, Acquisition and Use · 2022 & 2023
NYU, Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, Video Preservation II · 2018, 2019, 2020, & 2021
Barchives #9: May The Archives Be With You: Brooklyn Museum’s Star Wars Collection at Jupiter Disco · 2020
Brown University, Cogut Institute for the Humanities, Archival Aesthetics group · 2020
Pratt Institute, Photography, Junior Research · 2019
Co-Organizer
United Auto Workers Union, Local 2110, Brooklyn Museum Union
2020-2021
Liaised with Education staff to ensure union cards were signed and voting happened according to regulation and attended weekly meetings. Continue to support and participate in events (most recently, 2023 contract signing celebration).
Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
2016, 2017, & 2018
Volunteered assisting participants in creating accounts and making their first edits to Wikipedia. Counseled on research methodology and robust citation creation. Attended training sessions and presentations.
alive tonight
June - September 2015
Co-curated and co-organized exhibition of select works from Pratt Institute’s 2nd year MFA candidates
Ladyfest Philadelphia, 2013
October 2012 - June 2013
Co-organized community music, arts, and education fest that occurred June 7-9, 2013 in Philadelphia
Raised over $7,000 dollars for local women’s health organizations
Skills
Software: Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Collective Access, ArchivesSpace, Archivists Toolkit, AtoM, Innovative Millennium, Tableau, TimelineJS
Standards: DACS, ISAD(G), MARC, RDA, EAD, METS, MODS, PREMIS, Dublin Core
Programming: HTML, CSS, Python, Command line
Conceptual Models: FRBR, OAIS, Linked Data
