C.V.
LISA MONHOFF
SUMMARY
San Francisco Bay Area based archivist with over two decades of experience working with manuscript, pictorial, audio/video and digital collections in academic, corporate, non-profit, museum, and private special collections.
EDUCATION
MASTER OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, Archives and Special Collections
San José State University, San José, California
BACHELOR OF ARTS, History and European Studies
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES EXPERIENCE
PROJECT PROCESSING ARCHIVIST
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (de Young \ Legion of Honor), San Francisco, California,
2025-present
INDEPENDENT CONSULTING PROJECT ARCHIVIST AND RESEARCHER
San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2014-present
UNIVERSITY RECORDS ARCHIVIST
Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California,
2023-2025
KAHN POLITICAL CARTOON ART COLLECTION PROJECT ARCHIVIST
UCLA Library Special Collections, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 2020-2023
PROJECT ARCHIVIST
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 2016-2020
ARCHIVIST
Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, Santa Rosa, California, 2005-2013
RESEARCH AND ARCHIVES ASSISTANT
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2003-2004
ARCHIVES TECHNICIAN
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 2003-2004
ARCHIVIST
BRE Properties, San Francisco, California, 2002-2003
ARCHIVES TECHNICIAN
National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Region, San Bruno, California, 2002
REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, 2001
COMMUNITY SERVICE
VOLUNTEER ARCHIVIST / RADIO DJ / PROGRAMMER / MUSIC REVIEWER
KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 2016-present
LIBRARY / ARCHIVES VOLUNTEER
Library and Archives, di Rosa Art Preserve, Napa, California, 2008-2009
ARCHIVES TECHNICIAN (PRACTICUM)
AIDS Historical Records Project at the Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society, San Francisco, California, 2005
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANT
Refugee Resettlement Assistance Program, Catholic Charities of America, Seattle, Washington, 1999-2000
ART ASSISTANT
Art Department, SIGNS Journal of Women in Culture and Society, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1997-1998
TECHNICAL SKILLS KEYWORDS
Description | Arrangement | Organization | Finding Aids | Collection Guides | Research | Fact-Checking | Reference | Writing | Editing | Archival Preservation | Archival Processing | Collection Management | Collection Development | Collection Policies | Archival Appraisal | Cataloging and Classification (EAD, MARC, LCSH/LC) | ArchivesSpace | PastPerfect | FileMaker Pro | Microsoft: Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint | Oral Histories | Digitization (Image and Document Scanning) | Digital Asset Management | Photography | Project Management | Web Design and Development (HTML/XHTML) | Blogging | WordPress | Digital Sound Recording and Production (ProTools, GarageBand, Audacity) | Foreign Languages (French and Spanish)