SARAH KIM

srhkim at gmail.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS

+ Archives and preservation of digital documentary heritage
+ Personal digital archiving, information management, and record-keeping practices
+ Technology and practices in everyday life

EDUCATION

The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. in Information Studies (expected 8/2012)
Dissertation title: Personal Digital Archives: Preservation of Documents, Preservation of Self

University at Albany, State University of New York
Master of Science in Information Studies (5/2005)
Focus: Archives and Records Management

Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Bachelor of Arts in History and Art History (1/2001)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

School of Information, UT at Austin (Austin, TX)
Principal Investigator for Affiliate Study (12/2009-present)
+ Conduct a preservation needs assessment for a personal digital collection (153.34 GB in size) that belonged to a person who passed away in an accident
+ Prepare recommendations for building a private personal/family digital archives that will serve as a digital representation of the person for future generations of the family

Digital Preservation Assistant (3/2008-12/2009)
+ Captured a personal digital collection saved on one retired faculty member’s out-of-date office computer, processed, and deposited the collection in the School’s DSpace-based digital repository
+ Examined potential issues related to long-term preservation of personal digital collections of retired faculty members using an institutional repository

Harry Ransom Center, UT at Austin (Austin, TX)
Digital Preservation Research Assistant (6/2009-8/2009)
+ Tested and evaluated benefits of a disk imaging method for long-term preservation of digital collections and reviewed and revised collection descriptions and technical data entries on the Center’s digital collection index database

Austin History Center (Austin, TX)
Digital Preservation Internship (6/2008-8/2008)
+ Conducted a preservation needs assessment for the Center’s collections in digital form and provided recommendations for building digital preservation infrastructure at the Center

PUBLICATIONS

Kim, S., Dong, L., and Durden, M. (2008). Batch Archival Processing: Preserving Arnold Wesker’s Digital Manuscripts. Archival Issues 30, (2), 91-106.
Kim, S. (2008). "Green Archives: Applications of Green Construction to Archival Facilities." Primary Source 28, (1).

PRESENTATIONS

Paper Presentations:
Kim, Sarah. Reading Erving Goffman's Ideas from an Archives Perspective. Annual Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, July, 2012. (Accepted)
Kim, Sarah. What is your plan for your personal digital archives after your lifetime? Learning from individuals. Personal Digital Archiving Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 23-24, 2012.
Kim, Sarah. From personal to social: How to build grassroots approach to preserve personal digital collections. Preservation Research Exchange (PREx) Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, February 17-19, 2012.
Kim, Sarah. Preservation needs assessment of personal digital collection: Construction of personal digital archives. Annual Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) Conference, Simmons College, Boston, MA, July 14, 2011.
Kim, Sarah. Personal digital archives and the archival profession. Annual Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, July 10, 2009.
Kim, Sarah. Silicon chips with everything: Preserving Arnold Wesker’s digital manuscripts. Society of Southwest Archivists (SSA) Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, June 1, 2007.

Poster Presentations:
Kim, Sarah. Personal Digital Archives: Preservation of documents, preservation of self. Jean Tague Sutcliffe Doctoral Poster Competition at Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference 2012, Dallas, TX, January 17-20, 2012 (Accepted).
Kim, Sarah. Using an Institutional Digital Repository for Digital Collections of Retired Faculty Members. Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Austin, TX, June 16, 2009.
Kim, Sarah. Personal Digital Archives. Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 28-30, 2008.
Kim, Sarah. Electronic Waste in Libraries and Archives. From Gray Areas to Green Areas: Developing Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, November 1-2, 2007.
Kim, Sarah. Applications of Green Construction to Archival Facilities. From Gray Areas to Green Areas: Developing Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, November 1-2, 2007.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

School of Information, UT at Austin (Austin, TX)
Assistant Instructor of “Information in Cyberspace”(9/2009-5/2011)
+ An introductory class for undergraduate students (40 students per semester)
+ Course topics: information searching, online security, copyright, open source software, Internet history, Web accessibility, and basic XHTML and CSS coding
+ Team-teaching, Web based course using Drupal and Jabber Web chat platform
+ Developed course contents and assignments, evaluated students‘ work, held in-person and online office hours, prepared webcasts, managed the course website, and organized and lead staff meetings
+ Syllabi: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/nlogon/download/1014122

Teaching Assistant for multiple graduate courses (9/2008-5/2009)
+ Updated course websites, reviewed syllabi, held office hours, prepared class reading materials and bibliographies, monitored students‘ class assignments and provided suggestions for final projects, and created guidelines for course final projects such as DSpace batch ingest manual

ARCHIVES AND PRSERVATION EXPERIENCE

Perry-Castaneda Library, UT at Austin (Austin, TX)
Student Technician (6/2008-present)
+ Conducted research related to preservation policies and trusted institutional repositories, and metadata schema for video materials
+ Create custom enclosures (phase/tuxedo boxes, portfolios) for library materials

Department of Collections Management, New York State Archives (Albany, NY)
Paper Conservation Technician (7/2005-2/2006)
+ Performed paper conservation treatment on 18th-20th century manuscript collections including mending, filling, washing, guarding, removal of adhesive, encapsulation, surface cleaning, and re-housing
+ Collections treated:
- Registers of male inmates discharged, 1817-1949, Auburn Prison
- Records of surveys and maps of state lands, 1686-1892
+ Media Clip: New York Times, Sep. 8, 2005
+ Media Clip: The Communicator, Dec. 2005/Jan.2006
+ Paper Conservation Work Portfolio 2005-2006

M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University at Albany, SUNY (Albany, NY)
Archival Assistant (1/2005-6/2005)
+ Processed archival holdings including creating inventories, appraising, arranging, re-housing, and creating online finding aids

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

From Gray Areas to Green Areas: Developing Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments
Symposium Organizing Committee Member (9/2006-12/2007)
+ Reviewed presentation proposals, searched for session speakers and moderators, designed the symposium logo, designed and managed the symposium website, and published symposium proceedings online
+ The symposium was held at the School of Information, UT at Austin on November 1-2, 2007
+ Symposium website: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/kilgarlin/gaga/

School of Information, UT at Austin
Web Master of the School of Information PhD Students’ Website (2008-present)
+ PhD students’ website: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~phd/website/

ACADEMIC AWARDS

A. D. Hutchison Endowment Fellowships, UT at Austin (2010-2012)
Doctoral Student Scholarship for Archival Education and Research Institutes (AERI) Summer Institute (2009 and 2011)
Bruton Fellowship, UT at Austin (2008-2009)
Benonine Muse Scholarship, UT at Austin (2006-2007 and 2008-2009)
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Doctoral Digital Preservation Fellowship (2006-2008)