Katherine Ruffing
Westerville,OH
Summary
Passionate MLIS Student with background in acquiring, managing and maintaining manuscripts, audio-visual materials, and collections. Committed to making information easily accessible and bringing people into the archives.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Archives Intern
Ohio History Connection
09.2024 - Current
- Processed a twenty-box archival collection, created a detailed finding aid, and integrated records into ArchiveSpace.
- Contributed to a scanning project to create physical surrogates for vault materials and assisted with stacks inventory management.
- Supported the acquisition of a new donation.
- Curated and planned a Presidents' Day exhibit, selecting archival materials, writing object descriptions, with an interactive button-making activity.
- Processing a 25-box artist's collection, addressing specific preservation needs.
Because of Her Story Intern - Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
06.2022 - 08.2022
- I was selected out of 600 applicants for the Because of Her Story Internship cohort which includes 15 other individuals
- I worked with the National Air and Space Museum, writing biographies on women in space and aviation for the National Air and Space Museum website
Archives Assistant - Student Worker
Learned T. Bulman '48 Historic Archives & Museum
09.2019 - 05.2021
- I worked as an archival student worker at the Learned T
- Bulman '48 Historic Archives & Museum
- Where I cataloged an entire collection independently, assisted with the digitization of archival documents, and created and maintained records on collections
Client Success
Harmoni Solutions, Inc.
05.2023 - 05.2024
- I served in the role of Client Success where I assisted with tasks such as client communications, managing client focused projects, creating and maintaining documentation, and logistics
Data Science Intern
Washington & Jefferson College
06.2021 - 08.2021
- I worked as a data science intern for the Computing and Information Studies Department of Washington & Jefferson College
- Where I assisted in developing methods to analyze large sets of data using R, and completed relative mention counts on names relevant to the study
Team Leader
Chick-fil-A-Franchise
08.2015 - 05.2022
- I started in at this job working as a Team Member and within a year and a half was promoted to the position of Team Leader
- Where I managed a team of upwards of ten Team Members per shift, assisted with social media marketing, and would ensure that guests needs are meet and that the shift ran smoothly
Resident Assistant
Washington & Jefferson College
08.2019 - 05.2022
- I worked as a resident assistant at Washington & Jefferson College where I oversaw a dorm building of over thirty residents
- Here I created and managed educational programs and learned crisis management techniques
Education
Master of Library & Information Science - MLIS - Archives/Archival Administration
University of Maryland
College Park12-2025
Bachelor of Arts - BA - History and Computing Information Systems
Washington & Jefferson College
01.2022
Skills
- ArchivesSpace
- Image Archiving
- WordPress
- Archival Processing
- Adobe Photoshop
- Digital archiving
- QGIS
- OpenRefine
- Archive management
Awards
- Honors in History
- CIS Award for Interdisciplinary Computing
- Alfred H. Sweet Prize
Timeline
Archives Intern
Ohio History Connection
09.2024 - Current
Client Success
Harmoni Solutions, Inc.
05.2023 - 05.2024
Because of Her Story Intern - Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
06.2022 - 08.2022
Data Science Intern
Washington & Jefferson College
06.2021 - 08.2021
Archives Assistant - Student Worker
Learned T. Bulman '48 Historic Archives & Museum
09.2019 - 05.2021
Resident Assistant
Washington & Jefferson College
08.2019 - 05.2022
Team Leader
Chick-fil-A-Franchise
08.2015 - 05.2022
Master of Library & Information Science - MLIS - Archives/Archival Administration
University of Maryland
Bachelor of Arts - BA - History and Computing Information Systems
Washington & Jefferson College
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