Digital Archivist and Information Specialist
Los Angeles, CA
iPhone: (213) 422-0339
ingrid.peterson@gmail.com
Click to download PDF
Los Angeles, CA
iPhone: (213) 422-0339
ingrid.peterson@gmail.com
Click to download PDF
Education
Simmons College -- Boston , MA, 2005
MLIS Degree -- Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Focus: Digital Multimedia Archives – Video, Image, Web, Music, etc.
Active member of SLA (Special Libraries Association)
Oberlin College -- Oberlin , OH, 2000
BA in Comparative Literature and Film/Video/New Media (1996-2000)
[GPA: 3.67]
NYU Tisch School for the Arts -- New York, NY, 1999
Film Studies and Production, Spring Semester Exchange Program
The International Summer School (ISS), University of Oslo, Norway
Norwegian Language and Literature, Summer 1999.
Westridge School -- Pasadena, CA -- (1987-1996 graduated Cum Laude)
Video/Web Skills and Work Samples
VIDEO -- Final Cut Pro, After Effects, iMovie, Quicktime
Sample Vids on VIMEO --
http://vimeo.com/user572449/videos
AUDIO -- Garageband, Protools, Audacity, Quicktime, Soundtrack Pro
PHOTO -- Digital Photography (own a Canon Rebel DSLR), Photoshop CS4, iPhoto, scanning/digitizing, image management for online archives
My Flickr page --
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingridpeterson/
WEB -- HTML, XML, Dreamweaver, Flash, mySQL, PHP, FTP, Microsoft Office (Word, PPT, Excel, Access),
Mac OSX 10.5.7 and Windows
Web Design and Blog samples:
http://www.4sbb.com
http://rearviewrider.wordpress.com
http://bicyclelibrarian.wordpress.com
Freelance Web and Video Editor, Los Angeles, CA -- 2002-2009 (current)
* Work with Final Cut Pro, Protools, Garageband (and more) to edit and deliver content
* Convert between Quicktime, Flash, WMA, WMV, etc, for online viewing, embedding
* Assist on a wide array of creative projects with media management tasks
* Classroom visits to work with kids (6-10) on video and web skills
Freewaves (Experimental Media Festival), Los Angeles, CA -- 2008-2009
* Digital Archivist -- convert files to proper digital file format (Flash or Quicktime)
* Database management using Gallery2 open source program
* http://www.freewaves.org
* http://archive.freewaves.org
The Internet Librarian Conference -- Monterey, CA, October 2008
Participant in 3 day professional development workshops/conference for Digital Librarians
http://www.infotoday.com/IL2008/
Digital Archives in India, 2005
As the final project for my MLIS degree, I traveled around India collecting video interviews on the topic of digital archives with people at the National Film Archive (Pune), University of Mumbai Library, and the Yeshe De Project http://www.yeshede.org/
Research Skills
Strong internet research/information discovery skills including academic and legal research (Westlaw, Lexis Nexis), annotating citations and references, creating bibliographies, collecting materials etc.
Digital Librarian Skills
OCLC Worldcat, Innopac/Innovative, SIRSI, Aleph, H.W.Wilson, EBSCO, Proquest, XML, HTML, OAI, OpenURL, PHP, MySQL, MARC, AACR2 (cataloging), EAD (archival tool), Dublin Core, metadata standards and best practices, LibraryThing, DRM (Digital Rights Management)
Languages
Spoken and written proficiency in French/German/Spanish/Italian/Norwegian. Learning Hindi.
Writing Sample
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/10/13/la%E2%80%99s-sunday-streets-a-simple-switch-by-ingrid-peterson/
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Library and Related Experience
Simpson, Gumpertz and Heger Inc. (SGH) -- Los Angeles, CA -- 2008 - 2009
Librarian
* Part-time work for the LA office of SGH (a structural engineering firm)
* Acquisition, interlibrary loan (ILL), reference, cataloging, research
Los Angeles Public Library -- Los Angeles, CA -- 2007 - 2008
Librarian
* Provided reference services at local branch
Library Associates -- Los Angeles, CA -- 2006 - present
Librarian (as-needed)
*Library Associates is a professional staffing agency for Librarians
University of Southern California, Law Library -- Los Angeles, CA -- 2006
Library Administrator (Library Supervisor)
* Inter-library loan/document delivery, circulation, course reserves, weekend student supervisor
Simmons College Boston, MA -- 2003-2005
Pottruck Technology Center, Media Lab Production Assistant (2004-2005)
* Maintained lab computers, performed tasks of scanning/video duplication/video editing and provided training
as requested by faculty and students
Research Assistant for Professor Chen (2003) (Simmons College)
* Digital preservation work (image and document scanning, HTML)
Beatley Library, Student Supervisor, Circulation (2003) (Simmons College)
* Assisted patrons with requests for items in circulation, reserve and ILL, processed/managed holds
Facets Multimedia, Chicago, IL -- 2002-2003
Rentals Clerk
* Handled patron requests for rental and sale of VHS/DVD from Facets famous collection
* Assisted patrons with reference questions in Film History
Council Travel, Travel Agent/Sales, Los Angeles, CA -- 2000-2001
Travel Agent
* Worked with team in fast paced environment selling student travel products, air-fare, study abroad
Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, OH -- 1996-2000
Student Library Assistant, Reserve Room and Circulation
* Performed circulation desk tasks: processing, shelving, check in/out of library materials
Simmons College -- Boston , MA, 2005
MLIS Degree -- Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Focus: Digital Multimedia Archives – Video, Image, Web, Music, etc.
Active member of SLA (Special Libraries Association)
Oberlin College -- Oberlin , OH, 2000
BA in Comparative Literature and Film/Video/New Media (1996-2000)
[GPA: 3.67]
NYU Tisch School for the Arts -- New York, NY, 1999
Film Studies and Production, Spring Semester Exchange Program
The International Summer School (ISS), University of Oslo, Norway
Norwegian Language and Literature, Summer 1999.
Westridge School -- Pasadena, CA -- (1987-1996 graduated Cum Laude)
Video/Web Skills and Work Samples
VIDEO -- Final Cut Pro, After Effects, iMovie, Quicktime
Sample Vids on VIMEO --
http://vimeo.com/user572449/videos
AUDIO -- Garageband, Protools, Audacity, Quicktime, Soundtrack Pro
PHOTO -- Digital Photography (own a Canon Rebel DSLR), Photoshop CS4, iPhoto, scanning/digitizing, image management for online archives
My Flickr page --
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingridpeterson/
WEB -- HTML, XML, Dreamweaver, Flash, mySQL, PHP, FTP, Microsoft Office (Word, PPT, Excel, Access),
Mac OSX 10.5.7 and Windows
Web Design and Blog samples:
http://www.4sbb.com
http://rearviewrider.wordpress.com
http://bicyclelibrarian.wordpress.com
Freelance Web and Video Editor, Los Angeles, CA -- 2002-2009 (current)
* Work with Final Cut Pro, Protools, Garageband (and more) to edit and deliver content
* Convert between Quicktime, Flash, WMA, WMV, etc, for online viewing, embedding
* Assist on a wide array of creative projects with media management tasks
* Classroom visits to work with kids (6-10) on video and web skills
Freewaves (Experimental Media Festival), Los Angeles, CA -- 2008-2009
* Digital Archivist -- convert files to proper digital file format (Flash or Quicktime)
* Database management using Gallery2 open source program
* http://www.freewaves.org
* http://archive.freewaves.org
The Internet Librarian Conference -- Monterey, CA, October 2008
Participant in 3 day professional development workshops/conference for Digital Librarians
http://www.infotoday.com/IL2008/
Digital Archives in India, 2005
As the final project for my MLIS degree, I traveled around India collecting video interviews on the topic of digital archives with people at the National Film Archive (Pune), University of Mumbai Library, and the Yeshe De Project http://www.yeshede.org/
Research Skills
Strong internet research/information discovery skills including academic and legal research (Westlaw, Lexis Nexis), annotating citations and references, creating bibliographies, collecting materials etc.
Digital Librarian Skills
OCLC Worldcat, Innopac/Innovative, SIRSI, Aleph, H.W.Wilson, EBSCO, Proquest, XML, HTML, OAI, OpenURL, PHP, MySQL, MARC, AACR2 (cataloging), EAD (archival tool), Dublin Core, metadata standards and best practices, LibraryThing, DRM (Digital Rights Management)
Languages
Spoken and written proficiency in French/German/Spanish/Italian/Norwegian. Learning Hindi.
Writing Sample
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/10/13/la%E2%80%99s-sunday-streets-a-simple-switch-by-ingrid-peterson/
*************************************************************************************
Library and Related Experience
Simpson, Gumpertz and Heger Inc. (SGH) -- Los Angeles, CA -- 2008 - 2009
Librarian
* Part-time work for the LA office of SGH (a structural engineering firm)
* Acquisition, interlibrary loan (ILL), reference, cataloging, research
Los Angeles Public Library -- Los Angeles, CA -- 2007 - 2008
Librarian
* Provided reference services at local branch
Library Associates -- Los Angeles, CA -- 2006 - present
Librarian (as-needed)
*Library Associates is a professional staffing agency for Librarians
University of Southern California, Law Library -- Los Angeles, CA -- 2006
Library Administrator (Library Supervisor)
* Inter-library loan/document delivery, circulation, course reserves, weekend student supervisor
Simmons College Boston, MA -- 2003-2005
Pottruck Technology Center, Media Lab Production Assistant (2004-2005)
* Maintained lab computers, performed tasks of scanning/video duplication/video editing and provided training
as requested by faculty and students
Research Assistant for Professor Chen (2003) (Simmons College)
* Digital preservation work (image and document scanning, HTML)
Beatley Library, Student Supervisor, Circulation (2003) (Simmons College)
* Assisted patrons with requests for items in circulation, reserve and ILL, processed/managed holds
Facets Multimedia, Chicago, IL -- 2002-2003
Rentals Clerk
* Handled patron requests for rental and sale of VHS/DVD from Facets famous collection
* Assisted patrons with reference questions in Film History
Council Travel, Travel Agent/Sales, Los Angeles, CA -- 2000-2001
Travel Agent
* Worked with team in fast paced environment selling student travel products, air-fare, study abroad
Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, OH -- 1996-2000
Student Library Assistant, Reserve Room and Circulation
* Performed circulation desk tasks: processing, shelving, check in/out of library materials