ADULT REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
BIRCHARD PUBLIC LIBRARY | 07/2023 - PRESENT
OUTREACH LIBRARIAN (04/2022-07/2023) | CIRCULATION CLERK (12/2019-04/2022)
Manage the request, reception, and return of interlibrary loans
Communicate with and assist the public at the reference desk
Initiate and manage library programming, grew and established a consistent patron following for two book clubs
Create flyers, pamphlets, and social media posts for library program promotion
Special Project: inventoried small artifacts and created new exhibits for library grand-reopening
EDUCATION COORDINATOR
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUMS | 12/2018 - 04/2022
Interpretation: researched, developed, coordinated, and presented educational programming, activities, and tour scripts for adult, child, student, and family audiences; wrote exhibit panels and assisted with exhibit design
Program development: led multiple committees for annual and new programs, collaborated with community partners, and performed community outreach campaigns through email and social media; established a consistent following for monthly Second Saturdays are 4 Kids program
Researched and created virtual activities and video tours for elementary and middle school students as part of a grant in coordination with the Network to Freedom, a part of the National Parks Service
Supervised and managed docent volunteers; created volunteer docent handbook and training program for over 35 docents
Ohio History Day Region 2 Coordinator (2018-2020)
EDUCATION MANAGER & CURATORIAL ASSISTANT
AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM | 04/2016 - 11/2018
Performed community outreach, and developed relationships with local schools
Managed youth tours and programs; assisted with the creation of a week-long summer camp for elementary-aged children
Interpretation: presentations and tour scripts for student and adult audiences, exhibit preparation and design, wrote interpretation panels
Assisted with collections management by documenting and cataloging small artifacts
Interim Archives Manager (Jun 2018-Nov 2018)
Supervised digitization interns for digital input and scanning in PastPerfect
Weekend Supervisor (Jun 2016-Nov 2018)
Supervised and trained high school-aged admissions and store staff
ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR INTERNSHIP
WOOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM | 01/2015 - 06/2015
Provided administrative assistance to the Museum Director
Created Staff & Volunteer Handbook
Created written and visual content presentation for a comparison report of other museums and historical societies’ committees and bylaws to help develop new material for the institution
STUDENT ARCHIVAL ASSISTANT
BGSU, CENTER FOR ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS | 02/2011 - 05/2015
Independently processed manuscript and university collections; contributed to the re-organization of on-going university collections (see collections here)
Created record inventory of Northwest Ohio county records and lists for disposal or return of records
Created inventory for Charles Kurfess collection, 152 linear ft.
Assisted with digital labeling and sorting of BGSU faculty newsletter
Provided reference and genealogy services for on and off-site researchers
Contributed to the archive's blog with historical interpretation
SANDUSKY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 06/2024 - PRESENT
Manage Facebook page
Initiated the Strategic Planning process, managed the meeting, and am currently monitoring the progress
OHIO HISTORY DAY
JUDGE | 03/2014 - PRESENT
Cocktails of the Auburn Automobile Company
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum · Sep 1, 2017
A collection of cocktail recipes inspired by the people of the Auburn Automobile Company. Created for sale on behalf of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. Won 1st Place of the 2018 Division II NAAMY award for Books & Exhibit Catalogs from the National Association of Automobile Museums.
Neal G. Jesse and Joan Penelope Eardly, Review of Ireland Through European Eyes: Western Europe, The EEC, and Ireland, 1945-1973 by Mervyn O’Driscoll, Dermot Keogh, and Jerome aan de Wiel. Leirmheasanna: Reviews, July 2014.
A book review co-written with my mentor from Bowling Green State University.
The Women's Suffrage Movement
Women in Sandusky County, 19th century
Bad Reputations: Insight Into Some of History's Most Notorious Villains
Elizabeth Bathory, Queen Mary I of England, Anne Boleyn, Vlad the Impaler, and more
Victorian Death Culture
I would be happy to work with you on presentation topics and ideas!