Tess McCarthy

DAM and DAM Archivist in San Francisco, California

Tess McCarthy

DAM and DAM Archivist in San Francisco, California

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Branding will only pigeonhole me. I'd like to keep my "brand" fluid, because I provide a variety of services to organizations, people and communities. What I can do for you is today is what is important to all of us. Allow me to wizard my way into your next project. I'm that ranch hand for hire who'll round up the cattle.

Currently, I am at Chevron working at the Chevron Image Library--protecting the company's image and brand from unnecessary litigation and for making all Chevron images available to the corporation and external partners. I field image requests; I catalog thousands of images and archive all of the projects that come into the business unit I am attached to.

I finished an archives processing gig at the Hoover Institution Library and Archive at Stanford. I processed lots of collections using MPLP and produced results. This has been, so far, a wonderful opportunity to flex my skills in different ways. I am really enjoying the collections I am getting to process and have become fascinated with military history and Austrian economics.

Previously, I had been conducting a survey of records at the Sutro Library (a California State Library) where I have been involved in arranging and describing materials to be ready for viewing. At the same time, I am writing a resource guide to the materials which will later be turned into an article for the foundation about their notable Pieter van den Keere World Map.

I advised at a non-profit library/archives in San Francisco where I was the archivist-in-residence from December 2012 to May 2014 and provided access and reference services.

I like to utilize my talents in a variety of collection management, policy, archives and information management positions.

I like to swim when I can and do Bikram and regular yoga at least three days a week. I draw comics when I can have downtime and I blog for our student/alumni group at SJSU's School of Information wherever and whenever I can.

  • Work
    • Chevron Corporation
  • Education
    • SJSU School of Library and Information Science
    • San Jose State University
    • Metropolitan State University of Denver
    • Metropolitan State College of Denver
    • Pikes Peak Community College