At The Smithtown Library, I coordinate collections management, archival processing, and digital initiatives for the Long Island Room’s local history collection. I also provide specialized research assistance using primary sources and archival resources.
Following a catastrophic flood, I coordinated recovery efforts through documentation, inventory verification, restoration planning, and workflows supporting the return and integration of more than 900 boxes of affected materials.
I led a digital collections management overhaul, restructuring metadata practices and standardizing legacy data while collaborating with IT and external partners on preservation and digitization initiatives. I also curated new circulating and reference collections of more than 800 New York history titles to restore public access while the primary collection remained under restoration.
My public library work includes reference services, readers’ advisory, technology instruction, collection development, and educational programming. I hold an MLIS with a concentration in Rare Books & Special Collections, an Advanced Certificate in Archival Science & Records Management, and New York State Public Librarian Certification.
