Museum Assistant Resume Sample

Objective:
Recent Library Science Graduate and Future Archivist Seeking Museum Employment.

Experience:
• Acquired a well-rounded knowledge of world history (particularly twentieth century Europe) through higher education coursework and three decades of personal study.
• Received museum, special collection, and archive standards and procedures instruction.
• Experienced with office equipment (computers, fax machines, copiers).
• Trained and can competently use all MS Office and Apple iWorks applications.
• Teamwork oriented.
• Participated in the reorganization and cataloging of a school library collection.
• Volunteered to sort archive material at an aviation history museum.
• Volunteered to digitally record (via dSLR) items in a cultural history museum collection.
• Volunteered to sort institutional archive materials, scan plant specimens, and parse metadata to test a digital collection workflow.
• Functioned as a support staff worker at four academic libraries and the primary point of contact at one of them. 

Education:
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Archival Administration Certification (Begins - Fall 2012)

University of North Texas, Denton, TX M.S. – Library Science – Digital Image Management concentration (August 2011)

University of Hawai’i – West Oahu, Pearl City, HI B.A. – History (August 2008)

Affiliations:
• Beta Phi Mu Honor Society
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• Society of American Archivists

Skills:
Computer Skills: Windows XP and 7, OSX 10.6, MS Office Suite and Apple iWork, Adobe Photoshop / Lightroom / Elements.
Integrated Library Systems: Voyager, Millennium III, and Mandarin M3.
Imaging: Epson flatbed scanners, Better Light scan back cameras, and Sony / Nikon dSLR cameras.
Database Creation: InMagic.
Metadata Creation: NoteTabPro.
Typing: 40 WPM


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