What I Do

Audiovisual Digitization & Preservation

Have old recordings sitting on VHS, cassette, CD, or reel-to-reel?

I help individuals, families, artists, community organizations, and institutions preserve and access audiovisual materials before they become inaccessible.

Services include:

• VHS and VHS-C digitization

• Audio cassette digitization

• Reel-to-reel audio digitization

• Optical media preservation

• Basic collection assessment and inventory

• Digital file organization

• Preservation planning and storage recommendations

• Identification of obsolete and at-risk media formats

From family recordings to community events, interviews, lectures, performances, and local history collections, I help turn aging physical media into accessible digital records.

Archival Services & Consulting

You don't need to be a museum or university to need an archivist.

I provide archival consulting and hands-on support for individuals, artists, families, grassroots organizations, nonprofits, cultural institutions, and small businesses.

Services may include:

• Collection assessment

• Inventory and organization

• Archival arrangement

• Description and metadata

• Records management

• Finding aid development

• Digitization planning

• Digital preservation guidance

• Collection development

• Oral history development

Historical & Archival Research

Need someone to dig?

I conduct historical and archival research for documentarians, writers, artists, organizations, families, educators, and cultural projects.

Research services can include:

• Historical research

• Archival research

• Local and community history

• Finding photographs, recordings, and primary sources

• Newspaper and periodical research

• Oral history research

• Research for exhibitions, documentaries, publications, and creative projects

• Source identification and documentation

I specialize in finding the stories and materials that aren't always easy to find through a simple Google search.

Oral History & Community Archiving

I facilitate oral history and community archiving projects that help individuals and organizations collect, preserve, and contextualize their own histories.

Workshops and training can include:

• Oral history interviewing

• Interview preparation and documentation

• Community archiving

• Personal archives

• Audiovisual preservation

• Digitization fundamentals

• Metadata and description

• Ethical approaches to collecting community memory

Complete my Archival Service Inquiry form and schedule a 15 minute consultation.