Writing Samples
Texas General Land Office Finding Aid
As a part of the class Introduction Archival Enterprise I, I participated in an archival processing intership practicum at the Texas General Land Office where I processed a collection, wrote a DACS compliant finding aid, and encoded the finding aid in EAD/XML. The finding aid can be viewed on the Texas Archival Resources (TARO) website.
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Risk Assesment Report
For the class, Disaster Planning and Response, I co-wrote a risk assessment based on the ABC Method described in A Guide to Risk Management of Cultural Heritage by Stefan Michalski and Jose Luiz Pedersoli for a study collection at the University of Texas School of Information.
DIRKS Report
As a part of the class, Introduction to Records Management, I co-wrote an extensive records management report based on the Australian Designing and Implementing Recordkeeping Systems (DIRKS) methodology. The report assessed and evaluated the digital recordkeeping needs and practices of a member of my team and included concrete guidance on the development of appropriate policies and procedures to support personal records and information management. I was responsible for writing parts C, E and F of the report.