Elizabeth Suckow

Archivist

Email: adhswr@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 202-***-****

Work Experience:

Archivist

Beacon Fusion Joint Venture (BFJV) Inc. 12/2012 - 10/2020

Archivist

ASRC Primus Solutions, Inc. 05/2007 - 12/2012

Duties:

Surveyed, arranged, and described both born-digital and analog records in keeping with agency, organization, or individual order. Reviewed deed of gift requirements. Wrote and updated complex finding aids, 48 of which have been uploaded to the NASA History Division website. Wrote three subject-based collections guides on Women in NASA History, Apollo 11, and Apollo 13. Researched donations for historical and informational value. Advocated for retention or disposition of material according its informational and historical value, condition, contents, scope, and storage history. Coordinated as necessary with staff in other divisions relating to the transmission, handling, description, and storage of division material housed off-site or transferred elsewhere.

Readied documents for scanning, including unbinding string-bound and Acco-fastened material. Scanned, quality controlled, conducted 508 compliance checks for NASA officials’ speeches and oral histories projects, added metadata using NASA Thesaurus and database-controlled vocabulary. Generated metadata records for multiple series in BASIS and Drupal Document Management Systems (DMS) and uploaded documents. Wrote user manual for Drupal DMS and taught new archivist how to use the DMS. Participated in strategic planning meetings regarding digital preservation.

Wrote preservation plans for at-risk collections. Handled archival preservation by reformatting, rehousing, and isolating acidic materials.

Answered reference questions via email, telephone, and in person to NASA Headquarters personnel; students; members of the public; contractors and civil servants from state and federal agencies; the military; the White House; and Congressional staff. Served in-person researchers, including conducting reference interviews. Cited for researcher assistance in numerous books and articles. Scanned and sent material to researchers off-site. Answered FOIA requests. Fact-checked manuscripts, including Congressional Gold Medal legislation. Built and maintained a Microsoft Access database covering difficult reference queries for quick referral and retrieval by staff. Crafted and delivered presentation on the history of NASA Headquarters. Presentation slides still used as part of new NASA Headquarters employee orientation. Collaborated with archivists at other centers to ensure that reference questions were transferred appropriately.

Assistant Archivist

History Associates, Inc. 05/2006 - 05/2007

Duties:

Recorded box and folder information in database and performed database quality control. Wrote and updated box and folder information for multiple concurrent projects.

Wrote portions of finding aids published online by National Library of Medicine and Library of Congress. Transcribed handwritten letters by Joshua Lederberg, Rosalind Franklin, and Barbara McClintock, among others, for the Profiles in Science project. As part of a team, outlined recommendations for arrangement and processing of collections.

Handled preservation activities on swiftly deteriorating records: rehoused documents, photocopied acidifying material, sleeved photographs, removed acidic backings and adhesives, removed and replaced fasteners, photocopied and removed or quarantined documents with inactive mold, and stored material in archival containers.

Collaborated as a research assistant with staff historians on Profiles in Science online collections for Rosalind Franklin, Paul Berg, Sol Spiegelman, and Joshua Lederberg.

Education:

American University Washington, DC United States

Master's Degree 5 /2006

Major: American History Minor: Public History Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee, WI United States

Bachelor's Degree 5 /2004

Major: History, American Emphasis Minor: none Honors: Cum Laude

Job Related Training:

NARA Modern Archives Institute (2008)

SAA Workshop on Photograph Processing and Preservation (2009)

Connecting to Collections workshop: "Caring for Digital Materials: Preventing a Digital Dark Age" (2013)

Certificate of Federal Records Management Training (2018)

Awards:

NASA Headquarters 2014 Civil Service/Contractor Team Award for successful pack up and return of 1700cf collection without loss or damage during renovation.

Other Skills:

Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel. Basic knowledge of Photoshop and Microsoft Access.

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