Education
University of Texas UX/UI Bootcamp
MA- Museum Studies
MLIS
University of Texas at Austin: UX/UI Bootcamp
I learned about UX and UI design. We worked in Miro, and Figma. We worked with Html, CSS and Bootstrap to learn to be proficient in coding. We worked with Google Analytics to learn how to build custom performance reports & evaluate marketing efficiency.
John F. Kennedy University: MA-Museum Studies
I learned how to care for Museum collections. Internships at the Field Museum in Chicago’s Anthropology department and Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco. My thesis was Organizing Oral Histories in a Museum Setting.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: MLIS
I specialized in Archives. I learned how to care and organize information in an archives setting. My education was focused on the physical object as well as managing digital information. My internship was at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.
My Resume:
CAROLIN KAUTEN
Experience Facilitator
Old World Wisconsin 2019
Greet guests, give tours, answer questions, develop an in-depth knowledge of the historical context, daily activities and events at the museum.
Owner
Memory Keepers Guide 2017- current
Records retrieval specializing in local legal and historical research, genealogical research for clients, and blog and social media updates.
Asst. Oral History Archivist
Wisconsin Veterans Museum 2015-2017
Develop, inspect, and transfer catalog records to a new PastPerfect database, create and manage metadata, and manage the physical collection
Library Services Assistant
UW-Madison Digital Collections Center 2014-2015
Enter and correct metadata, supervise student workers, manage projects, inventory new collections, monitor status of projects, scan collections.
Registrar
Byron Museum of History 2007-2011
Developed, implemented and managed collections plan, planned events, researched and developed new exhibits, managed projects, managed volunteers and interns, helped researchers and supervised an inventory of the collection, worked with archival software PastPerfect.
Archivist Assistant
University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
Assistant to the University Archivist where I responded to research requests, processed collections, digitized items, data entry, refiled, etc.
EDUCATION
MLIS, Archives • 2013 • UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wis.
M.A., Museum Studies, Collections Care • 2006 •John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, Cal.
B.A. • 2003 • UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wis.