Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Hi! I'm Eleanor, and I'm an aspiring digital librarian! I am excited to use my background in humanities and computer science to advance accessibility efforts for digital collections and library web content. I am in my first-year of the History and Library Science dual-master's program at the University of Maryland, College Park. I also recently graduated from UMD with bachelor's degrees in US History and Computer Science, and a Minor in Trumpet Performance. Through my current experience as a Graduate Assistant at the UMD Libraries in the Digital Programs and Initiatives department, I have begun working with our digital collections, engaging in digital accessibility efforts, and creating documentation. For my History MA, I am primarily interested in researching queer and trans communities in the twentieth-century United States through a social history lens. My technical specializations include data engineering, data management, and web development, and I also have interests in programming language theory and graph theory. Digital librarianship: - Created and verified metadata for ~100 videos, preparing them to be ingested into Avalon Media System - Developed tutorial videos and documentation for audiovisual and document-based digital collections - Researched digital accessibility efforts at peer institutions to inform our future accessibility efforts Strong research skills: - Experienced using physical and digital archives, including handling delicate materials like old photographs - Clearly and succinctly able to develop arguments, relevance, and context - Build on prior research through material foundations and theoretical models Digital competency: - Experienced with scripting, using APIs, and full-stack web development - Strong understanding of Microsoft Office and Google Workspace suites - Ability to learn new software quickly to support new and changing project needs Skills: - Historical research, archival research, writing, argumentation - Teamwork, communication, presentations, organization, reliability - Avalon Media System, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace - Zotero, OpenRefine - Python, Java, PostgreSQL, Neo4j - Data engineering, database management, web development I am excited to combine my experience in humanities and technical fields in my career! My background in both has shown me that they are complementary, and I think that digital librarianship is the perfect place where they are equally important.
Represent Graduate Assistants in the Library Assembly (UMD Libraries self-governing body)
Support digital collections systems and users: - Develop tutorial videos for users, ranging from introductions to advanced topics - Create and cleanup new metadata in preparation for ingesting videos to Avalon Media System - Revise documentation after system upgrades - Perform quality-assurance testing after system upgrades Become conversant in digital accessibility standards and workflows: - Completed W3Cx Introduction to Web Accessibility (WAIO.1x) - Research Title II (ADA) responses at peer institutions and create recommendations for UMD Libraries - Prepare regular reports on accessibility efforts and updates in the Libraries - Identify accessibility issues in Libraries teaching resources, collaborate with maintainers to remediate content - Migrate public-facing exhibition content to a new CMS and identify accessibility issues Library service: - Graduate Assistant Representative to Library Assembly - Member, Title II (ADA) Readiness Task Force Skills and tools: - Digital accessibility - Research - Google Workspace, Canvas - macOS
Managed and processed databases with hundreds of millions of relational records: - Optimized queries using indexes and materialized views to complete in minutes instead of hours or days - Monitored CPU, RAM, and disk usage to determine bottlenecks and best steps forward Analyzed large datasets using Microsoft Azure Databricks: - Researched Databricks algorithm implementations to determine scope of built-in functions - Efficiently calculated dataset statistics after determining best algorithm use-cases - Analyzed data trends and and translated findings to be readable for a non-technical audience Software and skills: - PostgreSQL, pgAdmin - Microsoft Azure Databricks
Managed and processed databases with hundreds of millions of relational records: - Optimized queries using indexes and materialized views to complete in minutes instead of hours or days - Monitored CPU, RAM, and disk usage to determine bottlenecks and best steps forward Developed a searchable frontend based on Neo4j Bloom: - Converted relational data into graphs - Analyzed complex connectivity trends based on multiple fields - Created an intuitive interface usable by non-technical audiences Software and skills: - PostgreSQL, pgAdmin - Neo4j, Neo4j Bloom
Developed frontend UI and backend processing for "Comet Statistics," a website designed to aid comet researchers: - Fully automated metadata creation and verification based on internal databases and web APIs - Implemented visualizations using Plotly.js to display interactive graphical representations of comet discovery, orbital element, and unique observation statistics - Presented at 33rd-annual ADASS, a professional astronomical software conference Found, compiled, and reported data discrepancies in official repositories: - Automated metadata verification to find incorrect and inconsistent data - Reported findings to the Minor Planet Center Automated conversion from the "new" IAU comet designation system to the "old" system: - Discovered language patterns in official reports of comet observations - Used language patterns to determine which objects are the same comet, despite different designations - Wrote modular code to allow for a simple update process Expanded an existing tool's functionality to include all astronomical observatories: - Optimized processing to efficiently handle the much larger data volume - Generalized code to account for unique features of individual observatories - Original script created by Nikki Tjiputra Skills and tools: - Full-stack web development - PostgreSQL - Scripting - Conference presentations
Collaborated remotely with a team at Virginia Teach on "Dangerous Harbor," an NEH-funded project research runaway indentured servants and enslaved people in colonial Virginia and Maryland Created a user guide to introduce students to the project: - Researched and included relevant contextual information - Developed tutorials for entering data and transcribing handwritten records Created a new datasheet to produce new research insights: - Correlated people with their respective roles in a given historical event based on primary source records - Reviewed previously-extracted data to gather bibliographic details Researched factors considered by runaways and prepared a written paper: - Examined laws, depositions, and legal proceedings to understand the political climate and attitudes at the time - Focused on the increasing racialization of unfree labor and the proliferation of a racial hierarchy Skills and tools: - Primary source analysis - Digital humanities - OpenRefine
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