Isabel Shaw holding a children's book

About Me

Enthusiastic information professional experienced in digital archives, metadata management, and audiovisual editing. Passionate about better information access through well-structured systems and engaging digital content.

Highlights

Cataloguing

Dewey Decimal Classification
MARC
Dublin Core
XML
Library of Congress Classification

Library Software

ExLibris
Apollo
LibGuides
Zotero
JSTOR
WorldCat
Omeka

Data Management

Excel
MySQL
Python
GitHub
Bruno
MySQLWorkbench
Power BI
Jupyter Notebook

Design

HTML/CSS
VS Code
Figma
Canva
Wordpress
Adobe Creative Suite
DaVinci Resolve

Soft Skills

Technical Writing
Research
Critical Thinking
Attention to Detail
Proofreading
Copyediting
French

Education

Master of Information Studies
McGill University Montreal, QC
  • Winner of the Bernard Anderson Ower Award
  • CGPA:3.88
  • Graduating in Winter 2025

BFA — Film Studies (Specialization)
Concordia University Montreal, QC
  • Graduated With Distinction

DEC — Information and Library Technologies
John Abbott College Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC

Experience

Practicum

Maude Abbott Medical Museum Montreal, QC Jan 2025 - Apr 2025

  • Drafted acquisitions policy and protocol, accession policy, sustainable collection management policy, and various other document management protocols.
  • Created plan for data cleaning and protocols for data entry.
  • Improved accessibility on Drupal website with alt-text creation and updated overall design to conform with WAVE accessibility standards.

Video Editor

Freelance Montreal, QC 2021 - 2023

  • Designing short promotional videos for TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram Reels.
  • Editing, color grading, audio correcting footage in Davinci Resolve.
  • Organized and maintained digital file systems with metadata tagging on both Mac and Windows systems to ensure long-term access and efficient retrieval.

Digital Archives Coordinator

Thomas More Institute Montreal, QC June - August 2021

  • Developed project plan for digitization of the Institute's archives for display on Omeka.
  • Created and implemented the metadata scheme based off of Dublin Core.
  • Scanned and cataloged 100+ books, flyers, and handwritten letters.
  • View the project here

Stagiaire en archives

Dorval City Hall Archives Dorval, QC January - February 2019

  • Coordinated with a small French-language team to update and log records with the electronic database according to government standards.

Library Intern

Sacred Heart High School Montreal, QC March - April 2019

  • Managed the collection through database maintenance and weeding.
  • Promoted and organized activities such as an Easter Egg hunt to teach students Library of Congress Classification.

Volunteering

Library Volunteer

MiniBiblioPlus Notre-Dame-de-Grace, QC 2023 - Present

  • Created yearly report templates using Excel formulas and PivotTables to streamline analysis of daycare borrowing habits and locate new acquisitions needs.
  • Catalogued 1000+ children’s books using modified Dewey Decimal system in Apollo.
  • Volunteer of the Month

Documentation and Archives Officer

McGill Information Studies Student Association (MISSA) Montreal, QC June - August 2021

Digital Transcriber

Smithsonian Digital Volunteers Remote 2021 - 2023

Proofreader

Digital Proofreaders Remote 2021 - 2023

Copyeditor

Bandersnatch Newspaper Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC 2016 - 2019

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