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MARISA SCHWEBER

Greater New York/ New Jersey Area Phone: 732.598.8106 mschweber@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/marisaschweber

D IGITAL A SSET M ANAGEMENT AND M ETADATA S PECIALIST


A PPLYING P RACTICAL S TRATEGIES TO O PTIMIZE ORGANIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL ASSETS
Dynamic, innovative and collaborative problem solver with a Masters in Library and Information Science and hands-on
experience spanning a wide range of industries across the private and public sectors. Valued for translating sophisticated and
complex issues into meaningful, actionable plans that support upper management and user requirements. Adept at devising
more efficient means of organizing information in accordance with standards and best practices, with a focus on making
data objects searchable, discoverable and relevant in search optimization for digital asset and content management.
CORE COMPETENCIES
DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT | CATALOGING & METADATA DIGITAL LIBRARIES | KNOWLEDGE AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT | PROJECT

COORDINATION & MANAGEMENT | TAXONOMIES | CONTENT DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTATION | DATA GATHERING & ANALYSIS | DATA
VISUALIZATION AND MODELLING | QUERY & SEARCH OPTIMIZATION | DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT | PRESENTATION | MARKETING & PUBLIC
RELATIONS |

E DUCATION & T RAINING


MASTERS IN LIBRARY INFORMATION SCIENCE, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY December 2015
Graduated with a Data Science Certificate and a 3.97 GPA
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ May, 2011
Graduated Magna cum laude with a 3.752 GPA. Minor in Business Management and Political Science
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS: Competitive Intelligence (June 2016)
ACADEMIC PROJECTS: Completed a wide range of projects related to Cataloging & Metadata, Digital Archiving and Libraries,
Database Management, Data Analysis, Planning, Marketing and Assessing Library Services, Reference & Information Literacy
Services and more.

P ROFESSIONAL H ISTORY
Digital Asset Manager, Taxonomist and Metadata Consultant New York, NY || January 2016 Present
Acquired, tracked and delivered on multiple projects with a multinational financial services firm:

Supervising accounting interns and associates assigned to my information management team.


Developing a taxonomy and metadata dictionary in preparation for an overhaul of a new database and knowledge
management system.

Preparing the mapping of applications and structure of database system to aid in transfers between internal data
centers (data center migration).

Aiding forensic accounting team with digital asset management after large data dumps of over 150,000 files in different
formats. This is done in order to share files across departments for multiple purposes, but also to prepare files to be
catalogued in groups for importation into SQL Server as part of the ETL process (Extract, Transform and Load) for
querying and analysis.
Managing knowledge management system on SharePoint 2013, creating policies and procedures for authors and
publishers and completing search analyses to ensure relevant results appear within the first 10 results.
Visiting various offices to gather user requirements for future enhancements of knowledge management system and
training users from various departments how to catalog and submit new information objects into the system.
Applying reference skills to assisting associations by researching, analyzing and reporting compliance with federal
regulations related to financial processes and data storage.
Office of Administration, Executive Office of the President, White House Complex Washington, DC ||
August 2015 December 2015
LIBRARY AND RESEARCH SERVICES (LRS) INTERN

MARISA SCHWEBER

Provided support for all departments within the Executive Office of the President (EOP) through digital processing of
archival collections and creation of metadata with a focus on internal employee data and the history of offices and buildings
such as the Eisenhower Executive Building and the new Executive Office Building. Expanded role to include coverage for the
reference desk, which entailed gathering requirements from users to assist in identifying and delivering books and articles.
Entered, updated and tracked case information using Salesforce. Edited content for web publishing.

Recognized for providing rapid, high-quality responses to high-priority internal needs of senior government executives.
Praised by LRS leadership for proactively assuming new roles and responsibilities to meet overall organization
objectives.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Hyde Park, NY || June 2015 August 2015
DIGITAL LIBRARY INTERN
Assisted the Archives Department with a wide variety of tasks including but not limited to digitizing original historic
materials, creating and managing metadata in XMP, entering records in the archives catalog and conducting archival
research for reference support and creation of website content and features. Processed digital collections and cataloged
new acquisitions in FRANKLIN, the organizations Archon-based digital library. Created search aids assisted in the large-scale
migration of legacy search aid data to a new system supporting EAD-compatible formats

Proactively identified and presented opportunities to improve library systems and processes.
Thanked for my contribution in reaching archives goals of increasing access to archival records for the public
Digital Media Specialist Greater New York/New Jersey Area|| January 2012 June 2015
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Awarded multiple contracts with retail brands and associations to manage social media and public relations campaigns;
involving: building and managing client relationships, web development including information architecture in HTML,
WordPress and Drupal, earned placements in print and online media for clients, managing email marketing campaigns and
developing social media profiles and content for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
Monmouth County Archives Manalapan, NJ|| July 2014 June 2015
CATALOGING VOLUNTEER
Cataloged photographs for the archives digital asset management system and determined classifications and subjects.
Created the archival arrangement and descriptions, which entailed surveying the collection to develop a processing plan,
appraising the collection and determining the disposition of separated materials, arranging the collection in archival storage
boxes and producing a DACS-compliant search system.

Recognized for my skills and knowledge of archival science by promoting my duties from cataloging photographs to
managing new additions to the archive from beginning ascension to ending in development of finding aids that full-time
staff would normally manage

A DDITIONAL C AREER H IGHLIGHTS


Serving as Sponsorship Chairperson of the Princeton/Trenton New Jersey Chapter of the Special Library Association, which
entails coordinating events and securing sponsorships and will be promoted to president-elect in 2017.

T ECHNICAL S KILLS
DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: Archon, ArchiveSpace, ContentDM, Dataverse, PastPerfect Software for Museums and
Archives, Omeka, Dspace, Fedora and internal custom made systems
METADATA STANDARDS: Dublin Core, CDWA Lite, VRA, METS, MODS, EAD and RDF
CONTROLLED VOCABULARIES: LCSH, ATT and MeSH
ILS SYSTEMS: WorldShare, Voyager and Millennium
STYLES AND FORMATS: MARC Formatting, RDA and AACR2 Styles
LANGUAGES AND CODING: HTML, CSS, XML, R, Microsoft SQL, Python, Drupal and some Javascripting
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: Sharepoint, Salesforce and experienced in managing internal intranet sites
ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS: Oxygen XML Editor, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, Microsoft Office (Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Publisher), WordPress

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