Bronwen M.

I am a professional librarian with over ten years of experience in web-based, library and archival research in demanding government and academic environments. I am also a trained historian who loves diving into research, writing and editing for historical and archival projects. I am available for in-person research at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, WI. I am a metadata expert, with skills to design and fine-tune organization systems for your research project, digital asset management system, digital image database, and more. For six years I taught expert strategies for research and information organization at an R1 university, including designing and executing a number of online courses and contributing to curriculum and program planning, student advising, and data-driven budgeting and resource management. I thrive on identifying and solving knotty problems, figuring out systems for organizing and streamlining processes, and making frustrating situations easier for researchers, students and colleagues. Some of my favorite tools are Excel, Tableau, Zotero, Keynote, Asana, Canvas and Camtasia, but I'm equally at home devising curriculum for an online course using mind maps and index cards, or searching library catalogs, image databases and newspaper archives to track down stories, citations and data. With my background in historical research, skills in French and German, stellar written communication, and expertise in metadata, data cleaning, and visualization, I have the tools I need to be nimble and creative as I attack your problems, clean up your manuscript, chase down your answers, and make your work less stressful and more fulfilling.