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Professional Experience: Head of Special Collections & Archives and University Archivist, University of California, Irvine, 2013–present. Archivist for Special Collections & Archives, University of California, Irvine, 2011–2013. Processing Archivist & Digital Projects Manager, Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University, 2010–2011. Librarian & Archivist, North Carolina Room, Forsyth County Public Library, 2008–2010. Fellow, Center for Primary Research & Training, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007–2008. Archives Associate, Consumer Products Division, The Walt Disney Company, 2007–2008. Junior Fellow, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, 2005.
Education: MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008. BA in Literature and Critical Theory, Certificate, Information Science and Information Studies, Duke University, 2006.
Professional Activities: Society of American Archivists: Description Section Steering Committee, 2013–present; 2013 Program Committee. Association of College and Research Libraries, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section: Diversity Committee, 2011–present. Academy of Certified Archivists: Certified Archivist, 2010–present. Society of California Archivists: Nominating Committee, 2013–present. Society of North Carolina Archivists: Archives Week Committee, Chair, 2010–2011; J-SNCA Editorial Board, 2009–2011; Executive Board, Member at Large, 2009–2010. North Carolina Preservation Consortium: Secretary, 2009–2011.
Publications: “Case Study on UC Irvine Accessioning Practice,” in Extensible Processing for Archives and Special Collections, ed. Dan Santamaria (Chicago: American Library Association, 2014). “Inside the Box: Incorporating Archival Material into Undergraduate Information Literacy Instruction” with Craig Fansler, Journal for the Society of North Carolina Archivists, Fall 2011.
Selected Presentations: Session Chair, “Accessions Confessions: Exposing Accessions in the Era of Minimal Processing,” Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, August 2013. Speaker, “State of the Art: Methods and Tools for Archival Processing Metrics,” Society of California Archivists General Meeting, April 2013. Lightning Round Speaker, “Forget About the Backlog: Surfacing Hidden Collections Using Archivists’ Toolkit,” Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Description Section, August 2012. Lightning Round Speaker, “Forget About the Backlog: Exposing Hidden Collections Using Archivists’ Toolkit,” Society of California Archivists General Meeting, April 2012. Session Chair, “Exposing Hidden Collections Through Consortia and Collaboration,” with Nicholas Graham, Sherri Berger, and Holly J. Mengel, Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, August 2011. Speaker, “Preserving a Community’s Past: Cross-Institutional Collaboration for Outreach to and Training of Citizen Archivists,” Society of American Archivists Research Forum, August 2010. Speaker, “Preserving Forsyth’s Past: Public Archival Outreach in Practice,” Society of North Carolina Archivists Annual Meeting, March 2010. Moderator, “Crowdsourcing” and “Web X.X Building and Reflecting Community,” THATCamp Austin, August 2009. http://www.thatcampaustin.org/
Awards: Archives Leadership Institute, 2013 cohort. American Library Association Emerging Leader, 2009. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (ACRL RBMS) Preconference scholarship recipient, 2008. Los Angeles Public Library Reference Institute scholarship, 2008. American Library Association, Christopher Hoy/ERT scholarship, 2006.
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Question posed by Nominating Committee: What will be your criteria for choosing a slate of nominees, and how will those help SAA in its mission?
The process and criteria for choosing a slate of nominees for the Society of American Archivists is essentially the means through which SAA fulfills its mission and strategic plan. The leaders chosen by the Nominating Committee and later elected by the membership of SAA should be identified in partnership with a wide range of groups within the organization, reflecting and expanding the diversity of our organization. Working collaboratively with members of the Nominating Committee for the Society of California Archivists, I have grappled with the challenges of finding qualified, dedicated candidates—balanced with the role of the Nominating Committee member to provide a compelling case to prospective candidates. As a member of the SAA Nominating Committee, I would be committed to a slate of nominees who reflect the shifting practices of our profession, serve as a voice for many perspectives, and react to our urgent call for advocacy.