MICHELLE SCHWARTZ

EMPLOYMENT

Ryerson University, Learning & Teaching Office, Toronto, ON
Online Resource Coordinator, November 2009 – present

• Maintain and update the resource section of the LTO website.
• Provide reference and research services for faculty and office projects.
• Perform collection development for office library. Liaise with Ryerson Library staff, making resource acquisition recommendations and working jointly to promote library services and collections.
• Produce monthly newsletter promoting the office programs and highlighting timely topics in learning and teaching. Issues of Best Practices can be viewed here
• Research and compile monthly email digest listing recent journal articles on higher education. The most recent issue can be viewed here

TripAdvisor LLC
Writer, Web Classifier/Editor, August 2007 – present

• Research, fact-check, edit, and compile site content for use in TripAdvisor publications, write copy for travel guides and live site. Examples can be viewed here
• Supervise fact-checking staff, schedule projects, and delegate tasks in order to meet seasonal deadlines.
• Correspond with business and property owners regarding their listings on the site. Address their questions and concerns. Classify, create, and edit listings based on verified information.

Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library, New York, NY
Library Technical Assistant, July 2006 – July 2007

• Assisted in the reorganization, rehousing, and routine preservation of the organizational records of the 1939/40 New York World’s Fair.
• Prepared data to be used in the collection finding aid and inventories, participated in the drafting of collection scope notes.
• The collection finding aid won the Fredric M. Miller Finding Aid Award from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. A copy may be viewed here (pdf).

Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Intern, September 2005 – March 2006

• Rehoused and reorganized Whitney exhibition archive and a large collection of newspaper clippings.
• Performed routine preservation tasks on a fragile and highly acidic collection of documents.
• Prepared finding aid to facilitate access to the exhibition archives.
• Assisted in the daily operations of the library, answered reference questions, and performed database and catalog searches.

George Arents Collection, New York Public Library, New York, NY
Intern, May 2004 – May 2005

• Assisted curator in the reorganization of the rare books collection.
• Edited MARC catalog records.
• Created archival quality methods to facilitate the addition of barcodes and labels to rare or fragile materials.

Avery Fisher Center, Bobst Library, New York University, New York, NY
Assistant Media Clerk, May 2001 – August 2004

• Answered reference questions and instructed patrons on the use of the collection, library resources, and equipment.
• Prepared new material to be added into the collection.
• Tracked inventory and resource media usage using circulation software.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives, Toronto, ON
Archivist, November 2009 – present

• Arrange and describe collections of personal papers and organizational records according to RAD standards.
• Prepare finding aids and inventories to facilitate access to the collection.
• Lead visitors on architectural and historical tours of the building.

Shameless Magazine, Toronto, ON
Writer, Blogger, October 2008 - present

• Contribute articles and reviews for publication in Shameless Magazine.
• Write concise and entertaining posts aimed at informing and engaging young women interested in feminism and critical thinking.
• Posting archive can be viewed here.

Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY
Student Guide September 2004 – August 2005

• Prepared tours for exhibits within the museum.
• Led groups through the collection.

EDUCATION

Long Island University, Palmer School, New York, NY
Master of Library and Information Science, September 2006

• Certificate in Archives and Records Management
• Graduate Academic Award, 2004-2006

New York University, College of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts, May 2004

• Major: Art History
• Lewis Rudin Honors Scholar, 2000-2004; Deans List, 2002-2004

ADDITIONAL TRAINING & SKILLS

• Completed additional coursework in photography, preservation, paper conservation, and the history of the printed word at the University of Virginia Rare Books School and the University of Rochester..
• Comfortable with both Windows and Mac platforms, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Filemaker Pro, CSS, HTML, CMS software, InDesign, InMagic, and a variety of databases.
• Knowledge of digital photography, scanning, and photo editing and restoration programs, including Photoshop. Basic knowledge of audio and video editing software.