Onondaga Community College – Coulter Library
Copyright and Digitization Intern (December 2014 – March 2015)

• Independently researched the copyright status and fair use allowances for a collection of sound recordings on long playing vinyl records
• Digitized one hundred recordings using Audacity software and recorded technical and descriptive metadata
• Developed a detailed workflow and documentation for the project

My Workstation

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Syracuse University – Belfer Audio Archive
Archivist Intern (May 2014 – August 2014)

• Processed, rehoused, and cared for audio collection materials in a major repository of recorded sound that includes Edison cylinders, 78rpm records, and a number of other media formats
• Handled inventories for potential donations, making recommendations based on existing collections and Belfer acquisition goals
• Processed patron requests; entered descriptive and technical metadata related to the digital surrogate listening copies; photography of discs and cylinders
• Developed a best practices guide for photographing cylinders
• Performed basic cataloging and rehousing for items in the Morton J. Savada Collection, which includes over 200,000 items.
• Reevaluated and revised workflows and local best practices

Pictures of my solution for photographing cylinder recordings: