JILL SWEETAPPLE
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Image: American Baptist Historical Society, Original Church records, First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
ABOUT ME
My Story
My first career was television, where I worked several years in small local markets like Savannah, Georgia. I then spent eighteen years with Turner Networks, starting out in 1989, running a camera on the studio floor, until serving as a "traffic cop" during live sporting events such as NBA on TNT, making sure all the paid commercials aired without error.
In 2007, I enrolled in Florida State University to begin a new journey in library science. I became interested in archives and worked at small historical societies, and at the official archive for the state of Georgia before looking for my next step.
Image: DeKalb History Center, Guy Hayes
MY EXPERIENCE
Background & Expertise
ARCHIVES ASSISTANT
August 2021-Present
Support for digital initiatives and preservation projects. Cataloguing, creating inventories for photographic negatives and optimizing PDFs for online display.
ARCHIVAL CONSULTANT, THE PAIDEIA SCHOOL
Familiarize volunteers with archival principles, organize the archives space, and provide training on Past Perfect Museum software.
December 2021-Present
SALES ASSOCIATE, VIRGINIA HIGHLAND BOOKS
Sales associate, customer service for an independent book seller.
May 2021-January 2022
AMERICAN BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY - HEAD OF ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
May 2017 - December 2020
Customer Service - Provide reference services in person, by email and by phone; donor relations
Organization - Maintain collection catalog, process incoming and existing collections
Outreach - Create exhibits, content for newsletter and for social media
Supervision - Supervise Digital Archivist, student workers and volunteers
Creative - Preservation of at-risk materials and minor book repair
GEORGIA ARCHIVES - REFERENCE ARCHIVIST I, REFERENCE ARCHIVIST II
December 2013-May 2017
Customer Service - Provide reference services, supervise original documents reading area; complete certifications, assist supervisor with legislative requests
Organization and technology - Catalog items, maintainance of holdings catalog; processing of collections, including assessing items for conservation treatment
Outreach - Head of outreach and public events committee; responsible for social media, press releases, event planning, and liaising with outside organizations for events and initiatives
Creative - Basic treatments of materials in conservation lab including humidification and flattening of documents; minor repairs, including mold remediation and staple and rubber band removal
DEKALB HISTORY CENTER - ARCHIVIST
June 2010-November 2013
Organization and technology - Collect, process, preserve and maintain collections; research, implement and maintain collections database and archives section of website; research and implementation of digitizing projects, i.e. Guy Hayes Collection of medium and large format negatives from the 1940s and 1950s, resulting in completion of over 13,000 images, including rehousing and preservation concerns; research, organize and migrate 130 VHS oral histories to DVD, including maintaining equipment
Outreach - Write articles for newsletter; help with research, setup and prep for exhibits and public functions
Supervision - Manage interns and volunteers
Creative - Basic preservation of varied materials including paper, books and photographic prints and negatives
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Roles & Responsibilities
Jan 2010-Jun 2010
ANCESTRY.COM - DIGITAL PRESERVATION CONTRACTOR
Digitization / photographing documents for inclusion on Ancestry.com; minor preservation work in preparing documents
Sep 2010-Dec 2010
GEORGIA ARCHIVES, ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER - INTERN AND VOLUNTEER
Construct enclosures for rare books, document cleaning and repair, scanning documents, migration of 1960s oral history audio tapes and determining clips for website
Mar 2000-Jul 2007
TURNER ENTERTAINMENT NETWORKS - LIVE EVENT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Coordinate commercial playback, remote trucks and studio control rooms for live professional sports broadcasts and major awards shows; department scheduling; training of staff on new graphics equipment
Apr 1989-Mar 2000
CNN AND CNN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED - VIDEO JOURNALIST, ELECTRONIC GRAPHICS, FONT COORDINATOR
Setup, maintenance and organization of graphics systems; operate systems in live control room; Supervisory Font Coordinator position; remote coverage of 1996 Democratic and Republican conventions; coverage of the Oklahoma bombing, O.J. Simpson Trial, 1991 Gulf War and 1996 Olympic Park Bombing
2004-2006
SWEETAPPLE'S PERSONAL CHEF SERVICE - OWNER OPERATOR
Plan menus, prepare meals, advertise services, secure clients, purchase supplies, track inventory and manage budget; small catering assignments
1986-1987
GEORGIA CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND GEORGIA PUBLIC TELEVISION - INTERN
Create press releases and promotional materials, general office duties for the Manager for Distribution, Adult Learning television programs, Georgia Public Broadcasting
EDUCATION
What I’ve Learned
Image: Paper making at Georgia Tech's Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Master's degree in Library and Information Science
Aug 2007-Aug 2009
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Television and Radio Production, Minor in Drama
Sep 1984-May 1987
RECOGNITION
SARAH O. DUNAWAY
Jun 2009
Scholarship to attend 2009 Georgia Archives Institute
EMMY AWARD
1996
News and Documentary award for 1996 Olympic Park bombing coverage, CNN
ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND SPEAKING
Georgia Archives Institute, Jun 2009 - Two-week practical archives course with internship
Society of American Archivists, Aug 2009 - Visual Literacy for Photograph Collections; Research Skills Tutorial
Technology Boot Camp, Clayton State University, Summer 2011
University System of Georgia, May 2014 - Social Media Conference
Library of Congress Book Repair, Oct 2015 Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Society of Georgia Archivists, Oct 2016 - Developing an Educational Outreach Initiative for Your Archive
ArchivesSpace Southeastern Regional Forum, Nov 2019; Forum Workshop: ArchivesSpace for beginners
Practical Digital Preservation on a Shoestring: Triage for the Underfunded, Jan 2020
ArchivesSpace Online Forum, Mar 2021; Forum Workshop: Workflow Efficiencies in ArchivesSpace
Women in Preservation Symposium, Apr 2021
Society of Georgia Archivists panel, Oct 2011 - A Digital Projects Primer
Society of American Archivists panel, Aug 2013 - The Process of Processing: Management Strategies and Solutions
Society of Georgia Archivists, Sep 2013 - Arrangement and Description, Religious Archives
Society of American Archivists, Aug 2019 - Archivists of Religious Collections Section meeting, panel on creating exhibits
Presenter, Series of six webinars on beginning archival principles, Sep and Oct 2020 https://vimeo.com/showcase/7618287
Image-book repair course, 2015
SOCIETY OF GEORGIA ARCHIVISTS
Georgia Archives Month
Co-chair, then Chair, Annual October Georgia Archives Month, including producing a poster, bookmarks and coordinating Governor's proclamation and photograph
“Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.” (Othello)
William Shakespeare
