Megan McShea, archivist


photo by SHAN Wallace Megan McShea (she/her) is the Lead Archivist at Afro Charities, Inc. in Baltimore, MD, overseeing the technical side of caring for the archives of the AFRO American Newspapers. She is experienced with archival processing, metadata, digitization, digital asset management, audiovisual archives, preservation, and workflow development. She has taught workshops on archival processing, archival description, and working with audiovisual materials through the Society of American Archivists, the Association of Moving Image Archivists, the Community Archives Program at the University of Baltimore, the Digital Preservation Education and Outreach Network, and Maintenance Culture: Sustaining Digital Creative Works.

Megan holds an MLS from the University of Maryland, College Park and a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University.

She occasionally works as an archival consultant. Links to work samples are available here. Se habla español al nivel intermedio. Consultas bienvenidas.