Rebekah Tabah - School of Information Resources & Library Science

Rebekah Tabah8631 E. Orange Blossom LaneScottsdale, AZ 85250Phone: 480-200-8885Email: rmtabah@gmail.comSummary• 6 years of experience managing photo and media collections in an archival setting• Knowledge of the history of Arizona and the Greater Southwest• Skilled in managing large complex digital projects• Excellent written, verbal, and public speaking skills• Independent, takes initiative, team player• Proven track record in managing photographic materials in all formats from 1839-presentincluding negatives, prints, slides, photographs, albums and born-digital images.• Experienced, efficient, outcome-driven, fiscally responsible, and technically proficient.EducationMA - Photographic Preservation and Collections Management 2006Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)George Eastman House (Rochester, New York)BS – Photography 2001Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, Arizona)Strengths include:• Field appraisal and donor relations• Risk management, preservation, storage and cost assessment• Exhibition logistics: creation, selection, and installation (physical and virtual)• Ability to collaborate and communicate with peers, administrators, faculty, students, and thegeneral public• Website content development for photograph collections• Distance reference for researchers a specialtyProfessional ExperiencePhoto Preservationist, Arizona Historical Foundation2006 - PresentDeveloped comprehensive management and collection policies for photographic collections. Developedstrategies for managing backlogs, orphan materials, and online access, particularly for ephemera,biography files, and small manuscripts. Ongoing responsibility for appraisal, arrangement, description,preservation and access to all photograph collections (150,000+ photographs). Provided in-depthreference and research services for faculty, visiting scholars, graduate and undergraduate students andthe general public within an academic library that serves an enrollment of over 50,000. Managedcopyright review and uses of moving and still images. Provided photocopies, scans, CDs, DVDs asneeded. Developed outreach programs and targeted fund-raising strategies. Installed exhibitions.Provided consultation services. Identified and solicited new acquisitions. Supervised graduate students,interns and part time staff. Assisted in identifying and developing revenue streams. Created newslettergraphics and layout. Facilitated the preservation of two Norman Rockwell paintings. Guided the Board ofDirectors on the sale of rare books and transfer of selected artworks to other repositories.Photograph Collections Consultant, Arizona Historical Foundation 2006

2Conducted comprehensive survey of all photograph collections, albums, negatives, and related materials.Set processing and preservation priorities. Trained staff on current photograph processing andpreservation techniques. Provided cost estimates for supplies, storage space calculations and timeestimates for labor costs.Photograph Collections Consultant, 2006Rochester Museum & Science CenterConducted preservation condition survey for all photographic collections housed at the museum.Prepared recommendations report on short and long-term preservation goals and emergencypreparedness. Final report served as basis in grant applications for photograph collections.Photographic Researcher, George Eastman House 2005-2006Prepared historical research reports for client that included photographs of 2-D and 3-D objects, providedcurrent market value information, conservation assessment and treatment suggestions.Traveling Exhibitions Intern, George Eastman House 2005-2006Developed marketing package used to promote and sell traveling exhibitions. Maintained allcommunications with artists and museum staff during project.Education and Docent Training, George Eastman House 2005-2006Under the supervision of the landscape curator produced contemporary photographs to emulate historicimages of George Eastman’s house and gardens to be used in interpretation projects, docent tours, anddocent publications. Worked in education department to help improve garden docent tours through theuse of historic and contemporary photography.Sarah Morthland Gallery Summer 2005Assisted in archiving, consulting and management services provided to clients. Provided photographicrecords and research used in assessing insurance value, current market value, and donation value ofclients’ art pieces. Created database and filing systems for photographic art books in office researchlibrary. Worked closely with gallery staff, clients, field professionals, and auction houses.General Manager, Ritz Camera 2002-2004Responsible for all photographic equipment, camera sales and photo lab management including filmprocessing, machine maintenance, digital imaging and photo restoration department. Supervised staff,authorized payroll, created schedules, handled accounting and conducted inventory control.ProjectsFort Union National Monument Visitor Center, New Mexico August 2011-PresentWorked with the National Park Service and Arizona State University Public History Program on the reinterpretingand re-designing of the 1950s/Mission 66 Visitor Center exhibits. Conducted historicalresearch to accurately represent diverse experiences and interactions at Fort Union 1820-present;widening the military history to include Native American, Hispanic, and surrounding communityperspectives. Created interpretive and visitor experience plan includes design that will be universallyaccessible, engaging for various publics, and able to present good scholarship for 20 years into thefutureLectures, Presentations and Teaching• The Photographs of Barry Goldwater, Hayden’s Ferry Questers, 2011• Photograph Collections Care for Librarians, Arizona Library Association, Annual Meeting,Tucson, 2011• Archival Care and Management of Photographs, University of Arizona School of InformationResources and Library Science, Tucson, Arizona, summer 2011• Keepers of Memory: Caring for Tribal Images, Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, andMuseums, Durango, Colorado, 2011

3• MPLP and Photographs: A Marriage Made in Heaven or a Pathway to Hell?, Western Roundup,Conference of Intermountain Archivists Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 2010• Minimal Processing of Photograph Collections, Arizona Archives Summit, Phoenix Arizona, 2010• Photographic Workshop for the Generalist, Arizona Historical Foundation, 2010• Glass Plate Negative Workshop, Arizona State University, Hayden Library, Preservation andSpecial Collections Departments, Tempe, Arizona, 2007• Docent Supervisor, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, 2006• Photography Instructor, Scottsdale Promenade Center, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2004ExhibitionsAllen A. Dutton: A Retrospective, Hayden Library, Arizona State University, 2011Dane Coolidge's Wild, Wild West, Hayden Library, Arizona State University, 2010Fifty Years of Collecting, Hayden Library, Arizona State University, 2009Surveying Arizona, Hayden Library Rotunda, Arizona State University, Summer 2008Faces of Arizona, Hayden Library, Arizona State University, 2007Murder and Mayhem: The Strange Saga of Winnie Ruth Judd, Hayden Library, Arizona State University,2007Web ExhibitsArizona Photographic Company Glass Plate Negatives, Arizona Memory Project, 2012Dane Coolidge Glass Plate Negatives, Arizona Memory Project, 2012The Hoover Lantern Slides, Arizona Memory Project, 2012Murder and Mayhem: The Strange Saga of Winnie Ruth Judd, Arizona Memory Project, 2008GrantsAwarded $3,000 IMLS Photo Preservation Grant, 2010Awarded $287,000 grant from The Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation, 2009-2011Awarded $1300 from the Arizona Centennial Commission for the Legacy Projects ofDane Coolidge, Hoover Lantern Slides, and Arizona Photographic Company, 2009Participated in a $529,000 grant awarded by the Arizona State Legislature to preserve the Personal andPolitical Papers of Senator Barry M. Goldwater 2006-2008Major AccomplishmentsPreservation of Goldwater MaterialsArranged, described preserved and provided access to all photographs, media and three dimensionalobjects within the Goldwater collection which spans over 100 years. Much of the material had to bereassembled and aggregated from multiple sources. It includes 8,000 prints, 5,000 slides, 2,000negatives, 150 albums, and over 1000 reel-to-reel audio tapes, cassettes, movie film, Beta and VHStapes and hundreds of artifacts and memorabilia. http://www.ahfweb.org/download/BMG_SeriesVI.pdfand http://www.ahfweb.org/download/BMG_SeriesVII.pdfAllen A. Dutton Photograph CollectionThe collection of over 25,000 photographs represents the works of a single photographer 1950s-2000.His work was made commercially famous in the Arizona Then and Now series and is both documentaryand artistic in scope.Innovations• First in Arizona to adopt, modify, and teach More Product Less Processing for photographiccollections.• Developed access and description strategies for 25,000 unprocessed, un-catalogued, orphanedphotographs that lacked context and provenance by creating the Arizona Historical FoundationSubject Photograph Collection. This represents 25,000+ photographs spanning 1860s to 2004that were previously hidden and inaccessible.

4Professional ActivitiesPhotograph Preservation Consultant, 2005 - presentPhoto Judge, National Society of Arts and Letters, 2010Arizona Archives Summit Meeting, 2009, 2010"Feeling Photography" Conference, University of Toronto, 2009PhotoHistory XIV Symposium, 2009Arizona Archives Roundtable Meeting, 2008Society of American Archivists Annual Conference, 2008, 2010Photograph Consultant for the Brad Watts Native American Art Collection, 2007, 2008, 2009"Persistence of Memory: Sustaining Digital Collections" Conference, 2007American Association of Museums Annual Conference, 2006Clark Symposium on "The Meaning of Photography", 2005The Daguerreian Society Annual Symposium, 2005Princeton University Symposium “Dark Rooms: Photography and Invisibility”, 2005The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) Annual Conference, 2006, 2005, 2004Professional Memberships/AffiliationsArizona Archives Alliance, Vice PresidentArizona Archives Matrix Working GroupAmerican Association of MuseumsArizona State University Exhibits CommitteeArizona State University Museums and Galleries Committee, Co-ChairConference of Intermountain ArchivistNational Council of Public HistorySociety of American Archivists, Visual Materials Cataloging & Access RoundtableSociety of American Archivists, Visual Materials Section