Sarah Dansberger

Experience

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  Smithsonian Institution

  May 2010 - Sept 2010

  Curatorial Projects Internship

  Photographic History Collection: Titian Ramsay Peale Collection

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  Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History

  Jul 2011 - Mar 2012

  Photographic History Collection Photographic History Collection: Ambrotypes

  • Goldman Sachs Scholars Fellowship

    Oct 2011 - Mar 2012

  • Curatorial Projects Internship

    Jul 2011 - Sept 2011
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  Guggenheim Museum

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

  Conservation Internship

  Conservation Lab Archive

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  Aperture Foundation

  Jul 2012 - Apr 2020

  Archivist, Librarian, and Information Systems Analyst

  •Establish physical and intellectual control of the Aperture institutional archive (1000 + linear ft.) and reference library (20K + items) across multiple storage facilities; manage daily operations; set short and long term goals in relation to available resources; supervise 1-3 interns•Design, implement, and maintain company-wide integrated library system (Koha ILS) in collaboration with IT Administrator; provide user support; lead training; assign user accounts and security permissions•Determine services needed in collaboration with the Creative Director; establish first mission statement; perform collection management functions, procedures, and workflows; liaise with other Departments to establish policies in relation to needs Policies: accessioning and deaccessioning; accretions; acquisitions; arrangement and description; cataloguing; collection development; circulation; processing; records retention; reference; and reproduction•Responsible for collections information quality control and reporting metrics•Accession, arrange, and describe institutional archive; prepare DACS compliant finding aids•Original and copy-cataloging in MARC 21 format (ISBD and AACR2); ontologies including LOC Authorities and Subject Headings; DDC classification•Provide timely reference, research, and circulation services for staff and patrons•Prepare and present selections of collection resources to staff and patrons•Responsible for overall collections care and preservation, re-housing, environmental storage monitoring, space planning and allocation•Build and maintain relationships with other archives and libraries; support Creative Director in formation of advisory committee•Coordinate exhibition loans of collection objects•Paul Strand Archive rights and reproductions •Copyright registration with the LOC•Provide Salesforce technical support; prepare project charter and work breakdown for upgrade project•Support IFO with funding research and grants Show less

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  Cheim & Read

  Apr 2015 - Dec 2018

  Archivist

  •Work closely with artists, studios, estates, and foundations to track press and compile gallery artists' bibliographies, biographies, and chronologies; continually update gallery website content for accuracy•Catalogue library acquisitions in ArtBase according to established local practice and compose literature citations for artwork fact sheets•Editorial assistance for catalogue publication and related exhibition marketing materials, including proofreading•Manage inventory across multiple storage facilities•Maintain gallery artists’ physical archive of related exhibition ephemera and press•Coordinate and prepare sale of exhibition catalogues to distributors•Process completed photography--printing, labeling, filing, digital archiving, updating image database, and sharing with various parties; prepare images for staff as requested•Digitizing copy artwork transparencies•Provide image request services•Coordinate New York Art Book Fair•Supervise one or more interns Show less

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  The Baltimore Museum of Art

  Jun 2020 - now

  Head Librarian and Archivist