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Zoe Shaw
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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.
Data Management
| Excel | |
| Power BI | |
| Regular Expressions | |
| OpenRefine | |
| Python | |
| GitHub | |
| Bruno | |
| MySQL | |
| MySQLWorkbench | |
| Jupyter Notebook |
Design
| HTML/CSS | |
| VS Code | |
| Figma | |
| Bootstrap | |
| 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 |
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| McGill University | Montreal, QC |
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BFA — Film Studies (Specialization) |
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| Concordia University | Montreal, QC |
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DEC — Information and Library Technologies |
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| John Abbott College | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC |
Experience
Library Assistant
MiniBiblioPLUS Notre-dame-de-Grace, QC May - August 2026
- Planned search optimization project using regular expressions and MARCEdit to promote data quality.
- Delivered regular reports and presentations to communicate project progress, findings, and data-related updates to team members.
- Applied advanced Excel formulas to organize, analyze, and manage information efficiently.
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