Jennifer Devine

Jennifer Devine, MLIS

Work Experience

Assistant Archivist
SiriusXM, INC.
Washington, D.C.
November 2013-present

  • Collaborating with a team to create an archive for talk radio programs.
  • Organizing and creating metadata for audio programs.
  • Reviewing audio, describing and transcribing shows for metadata entry for preservation.
  • Transferring data from OnDemand programming and entering/editing metadata into the archival database.

Transcriber
Hiring Librarians
Virtual
March 2014-present

Chief Information Office
I Need A Library Job
Virtual
January 2015-Present

Volunteer Coordinator
I Need A Library Job
Virtual
March 2014-December 2014

• Manage Submissions Editor, Formatting Editors, Senior Assistants to the Submissions Editor, Assistants to the Submission Editor and Assistant Editors.

Senior Assistant, Maryland
I Need A Library Job
Virtual
July 2014-present

  • Find and send jobs for the Maryland page five days a week.
  • Writing, contributing and publishing INALJ Articles and Interviews every other month and on special topics.

Head Editor, Maryland
I Need A Library Job
Virtual
March 2014-July 2014

  • Updating jobs on Maryland page daily, checking website for duplicate postings, broken links and removing expired jobs, providing statistics for jobs posted, scheduling and overseeing three assistants.
  • Managing a twitter account for the INALJ Maryland page, participating and moderating twitter chat sessions on topics for job hunting.
  • Writing, contributing and publishing INALJ Articles and Interviews.
  • Promoting INALJ by writing and contributing to other websites and publications.

Head Editor, West Virginia
I Need A Library Job
Virtual
January 2014-March 2014

  • Updating jobs on West Virginia page daily, checking website for duplicate postings, broken links and removing expired jobs, providing statistics for jobs posted, scheduling and overseeing two assistants.
  • Managing a twitter account for the INALJ West Virginia page.
  • Writing, contributing and publishing INALJ Articles and Interviews.
  • Promoting INALJ by writing and contributing to other websites and publications.

Graduate Assistant
University of South Carolina, Irving Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Columbia, South Carolina
September 2012-July 2013

  • Worked shifts at reference desk, assisted and provided information for researchers, registered, paged and acquired materials, informed patrons of policies, monitored security of building, exhibits, administered building check and opening and closing duties.
  • Performed duties involving typing flags and labels, searching, checking and editing catalog records, filed shelf list cards, shelved books, retrieved books for exhibits and projects.
  • Accomplished special projects including processing archival collections, assessment,arrangement, acquisitions, maintained lists of reference inquires on materials, created invoices, descriptions, finding lists and timelines.
  • Worked on preservation projects including assessing physical conditions of materials, rehousing,making phase boxes, four folds, tying, renaming and correcting shelf list cards.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform detail-oriented tasks, delegated tasks, and to utilized and trained student workers, volunteers and interns on projects and procedures.
  • Attended and prepared for events, escorted guests, donors, and tour groups.

Intern
University of South Carolina Department of Digital Collections
Columbia, South Carolina
June 2013-May 2013

  • Worked on digital projects using Zeutschel and Bookedge scanners.
  • Created metadata descriptions, file information, cropped images, batched TIFF files, converted to JPG files.
  • Combined JPG files into PDF files, added bookmarks, created tab delimited files, batched tab delimited files, loaded metadata into content management system, prepared files for back up and burned files onto DVDs.
  • Learned and upheld digital preservation standards, updated project lists.
  • Created multiple finding aids in Archivist’s Toolkit, Completed one yearbook, 329 pages, processed 56 USDA Periodical Reports.

Intern
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
Columbia, South Carolina
May 2011-July 2011

  • Worked on projects to preserve current and historical documents, maps, photographs and confederate currency.
  • Completed archival processing, assessment, arrangement, rehousing/refiling, renaming removed metal objects, brushed, cleaned, weeded, archived documents, humidified, flattened,resized and mended oversized maps and documents. Indexed and created descriptions and finding lists for documents.
  • Graded confederate currency for auctioning, prepared and mailed auctioned confederate currency. 
  • Collaborated with volunteers in weeding, filling, organizing and sorting of photos and poll lists.

INALJ Articles

Other Publications(Interviews, Articles, Blog Entries ect…)

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Professional Organizations

  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference (MARAC) (2014-Present) Attendee (March, 2014)
  • District of Columbia Library Association (DCLA) (2013-Present)
  • Society of American Archivist (SAA) (2012-Present)
  • Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA) (2012-Present)
  • American Library Association (ALA) (2012-Present)
  • South Carolina Library Association (SCLA) (2012-2013)
  • Special Libraries Association (SLA)(2012)

Education

Master of Library and Information Science
Concentration: Archives and Preservation
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

Bachelor of Arts, History
Concentration: Colonial History and Popular Culture
Minor: Information Studies

University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

Associate of Science, General Studies
Concentration: History
Northern Virginia Community College
Alexandria, Virginia

Contact Information

Biography

Jennifer DevineHello! I’m Jennifer Devine I currently live in Northern Virginia on the western side near Maryland. I work as an Assistant Archivist in Washington D.C. and hold an MLIS with a concentration of Archives and Preservation and a B.A. in History (popular culture and colonial history) from the University of South Carolina. I have experience working in libraries, special collections, archives, film, and digital collections. In my free time I enjoy spending time with friends family, watching my gamecock sports teams win, traveling, ambling through museums, cooking, and watching movies. For more information about me you can visit my websiteblog, follow me on twitter or connect with me on linkedin.  Feel free to contact me to help you find your library job!

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