Special Collections Librarian & Archivist
Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area
- Current
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- Evening Reference Librarian at Salem College
- Librarian, North Carolina Room at Forsyth County Public Library
- Past
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- Metadata Technician at Wake Forest University
- Center for Primary Research and Training Fellow at UCLA
- Library and Archives Graduate Associate, Creative Resource Center at The Walt Disney Company
- From Interns to Library Leaders (FILL) Intern at Palos Verdes Library District
- Teaching Assistant at California Rare Book School
- Library Assistant at UCLA Department of Special Collections
- Library Assistant at Duke University
- Junior Fellow at Library of Congress
- Education
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- University of California, Los Angeles
- Duke University
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Audra Eagle’s Summary
Special collections librarian and archival professional with experience in academic, corporate, and government libraries and archives.
Audra Eagle’s Specialties:
Archival collection management
Digitization project management
Special collections instruction and reference
Audra Eagle’s Experience
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Evening Reference Librarian
Salem College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Reference at a small liberal arts college using databases and other electronic resources.
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Librarian, North Carolina Room
Forsyth County Public Library
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Archival work and research assistance regarding Forsyth County and North Carolina, focusing on local history and genealogy. Collection development, processing and describing special collections, creating and managing archives program, as well as educational events for the public. Project coordinator, LSTA-funded special collections outreach grant.
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Metadata Technician
Wake Forest University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2008 — December 2008 (5 months)
Subject cataloging and metadata for over 300 digital objects using faceted taxonomy for the Digital Forsyth project, a photographic and collaborative digital archive from Wake Forest University, Forsyth County Public Library, Old Salem Museum, and Winston-Salem State University.
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Center for Primary Research and Training Fellow
UCLA
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)
September 2007 — June 2008 (10 months)
Processing, description, and finding aids for two manuscripts collections, including approximately 25 linear feet of personal papers as well as intellectual organization and metadata for over 1000 popular culture items including phonograph records, stereographs, advertisements, and pulp serials. Created EAD-compatible (Encoded Archival Description) finding aids using DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Created and managed relational databases using Microsoft Access.
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Library and Archives Graduate Associate, Creative Resource Center
The Walt Disney Company
(Public Company; DIS; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2007 — May 2008 (1 year )
Reference using trend services, character art, model sheets and other visual resources for the Creative Resource Center and Archives of the Consumer Products Division of the Walt Disney Company. Cataloged over 3000 items and managed circulation using Sirsi Workflows and OCLC Worldcat. Archival processing and description of product idea archive spanning 7 years. Created and managed idea database using Documentum-based server.
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From Interns to Library Leaders (FILL) Intern
Palos Verdes Library District
(Libraries industry)
September 2007 — November 2007 (3 months)
Adult reference and archival consultation for local history collection of over 70 linear feet. Archival processing and description of personal papers of 1 linear foot. Created archival processing manual which has been implemented for local history docents. Edited local history collection development policy and accessions policy.
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Teaching Assistant
California Rare Book School
(Libraries industry)
August 2007 — August 2007 (1 month)
Course materials duplication and delivery for Descriptive Bibliography course. Instructor schedule management.
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Library Assistant
UCLA Department of Special Collections
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)
October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)
Processing, description, and finding aid for personal papers of over 15 linear feet as part of Getty Foundation Grant. Created EAD-compatible finding aid using DACS.
Processed, paged and marked negatives dated from 1920s – 1980s as part of the Los Angeles Times photo negative digitization project. Coordinated workflow and quality control via online project management database (SCREAD). -
Library Assistant
Duke University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2002 — May 2006 (3 years 10 months)
Reference, circulation, telephone assistance, retrieval, and item searches at Lilly Library.Trained and oriented new library assistants. Participated in major weeding and shelf reorganization project.
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Junior Fellow
Library of Congress
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Libraries industry)
June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)
Summer internship with the Prints and Photographs Division as part of the Librarian of Congress' initiative to discover "American treasures." Sorted thousands of copyright deposit photographs, dated from 1880s – 1920s and created preliminary finding aid according to subject, date, and photographer. Selected unique stereographic images from copyright deposit backlog, dated from 1880s – 1920s and added selected stereographs to existing subject and geographic files.
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