contact:
itisjessiemccarty@gmail.com
instagram + twitter + archive + blog
personal projects:
i read stuff - a bookstore
experience:
the sandra binion archives, archives processing, metadata, video digitizing.
vivian g. harsh special collections, archives processing, technical writing, database management, AARC2,
potter auctions, catalogs and paper ephemera, digital management, descriptive cataloging, inventory, appraisal
sweet void cinema, digital assets and video processing.
private workshops:
a List is a Letter: Center for Fiction
an Index is a Diary: Index Space
Immersion Mediums, teaching personal archives for students 8 - 10: The Lower School
trained in:
archives, archives processing, assets, asset management, cataloging, critical cataloging, digital asset management, DAMS: Synology NAS, Bynder, Oracle; digitization, dramaturgy, metadata, poetics, video.
Jessie McCarty is a writer and database technician with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. They have worked in auctions, performances, cinema spaces, and libraries; while earning certifications in cataloging and librarianship studies from the California Rare Book School. They have won awards for writing, Digital Leadership, and performance.
Currently, I am working as a contract archives processor for the Vivian G. Harsh Special Collections. I have transferrable skills in various software ranging from ArchiveSpace, Synology, Bynder, Excel, and more.
In my free time, I am passionate about folklore, poetry, and rare book cataloging. My writings have been published in The Minnesota Review, Track and Field, Pan Pan Press, the Documentarian, etc.
jessiemccarty.com