COREY J. CHIMKO, M.A.

Trumansburg, NY 

Ph: (607) 220-4752;  corey@coreychimko.com

 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

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M.A. with a concentration in museum studies. 15 years experience in digital asset management, 9 years

in a higher-education marketing environment. Additional skills in collections management, digitization,

registrarial work, web design, illustration, fine art. Creative, efficient, very computer literate, highly adaptable self-starter.

 

EXPERIENCE

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CORNELL UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY/MARKETING GROUP (Ithaca, NY)                                

Manager of Digital Assets (2015-Present)                                                                                                                        

Digital Resources Coordinator (2006-2015)

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Digital Asset Management (DAM) administrator, image processor and delivery coordinator for an ivy league university marketing and photography department.

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• Research, development and implementation of Cornell Photos, a full-service DAM system;

• Image processing of large amounts of images for digital archiving, DAM ingestion, web and print applications;

• Vocabulary, taxonomy, and image processing standardization definition and implementation;

• Implementation of digital archiving procedures and liaison with university archives;

• Maintenance of storage and backup;

• Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop, Bridge, ReadyNAS, AmazonAWS and S3, XML, single sign-on.

 

ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM  (Orlando, FL)                       

Technology & Customer Support Specialist (2005-2006)            

                                                        

Computer maintenance, support and instruction at a public library.

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• Teaching computer classes in Photoshop, digital photography, HTML, Microsoft Office applications, online marketing;

• Maintaining library computers and helping patrons with computer issues;

• Helping patrons with reference queries, database searching, online research and online educational resources; circulation.

 

HEART OF FLORIDA GUARDIANS, f/k/a OSCEOLA PARALEGAL SERVICES, INC.  (Kissimmee, FL)                               Records Manager and Archivist (2004-2006)

                                                                                                            

Database construction, records management, and digital archiving for a small paralegal office.

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• Database construction for client files;

• Office automation using FileMaker and PaperPort;

• Document scanning and digital archiving;

• Retrieving records and basic customer service;

• Management of online auctions for disposal of estate property, including antiques.

 

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF CANADA/ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM f/k/a PROVINCIAL MUSEUM OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, AB)  International Researcher, Intern, Photographer (2002-2003)

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Travel, research, photography and content development for the virtual exhibition Valentine’s Day: Love and Romance Through the Ages.

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• Travel across Europe to research the history of St. Valentine and his day;

• Drafting of vignette text for online exhibit content;

• Original photography and image research/collection for inclusion in online exhibit;

• Library research and identification of relevant materials for exhibit content;

• Development of exhibition layout and thematic content for the exhibition.

 

ALBERTA MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION (Edmonton, AB)                                                                        

Community Museums Site Visit Advisor (2002)

Consultant for Succession in Community Museums (2002)

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Development, delivery and evaluation of museum advisory services as part of the Community Museums Site Visit Program.

Development of document entitled 100 Suggestions for Succession Planning in Community Museums.

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• Development of program protocols, materials, delivery methods and evaluation methods;

• Delivery of on-site advisory services for community museums throughout east-central Alberta;

• Compilation of reports, recommendations and resource packages to help visited museums achieve their goals and address challenges currently felt by community museums;

• Drafting of final reports and evaluation for the program.

• Research and development of 100 strategies of varying complexity to allow community museums to address the problems of succession and volunteer recruitment;

• Presentation of poster and findings at the 2002 Museums Alberta Conference.

 

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (New York, NY)                                      

Assistant Registrar (2001)

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Responsible for the inward and outward flow of objects for traveling exhibitions.

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• Direct liaising with in-house, national and international curators, shippers and customs agents;

• Packing, unpacking, shipping, handling, and installation of works on paper, photographs, paintings, jewelry and natural history specimens;

• Incoming and outgoing condition reporting;

• Assistance in exhibition installation.

• Exhibitions: Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion; Pearls: A Natural History.

 

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (New York, NY)

Graduate Intern, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art (2000)

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Construction and maintenance of collections database for two large-scale exhibitions in one of the largest art museums in the world.

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• Data entry, scanning, record maintenance in collections database;

• Data manipulation for label copy, shipping lists, exhibition layout;

• Artifact, label, and catalogue research;

• Artifact illustration;

• Exhibitions: The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes; Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus.

 

MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS SERVICES, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, AB)                                                             Museum Technician (1999)

Collections Database Assistant (1999)

Print Study Center Assistant (1998) 

Exhibition Production Assistant (1998)

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Extensive training and responsibilities in all aspects of museum work as a member of a service-oriented University-based collections care and management team.

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As Museum Technician:

• Care, storage, handling and transportation of art, artifacts and natural history specimens;

• Archival matting, hinging and framing of works of art on paper;

• Photography (B&W, color, slide and digital) of art and artifacts;

• Digital archiving of the University’s Art and Artifact Collection for a web-based collections information system;

• Accessioning;

• Archival filing and encapsulation;

• Exhibition installation and takedown;

• Preventive conservation.

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As Collections Database Assistant:

• Database records management using Multi-MIMSY;

• Personally responsible for digital photography of the University’s Meteorite Collection;

• Data entry of collections information;

• Assisting with imaging projects;

• Assisting with the development of vocabulary standards;

• Assisting with the development of documentation standards manuals.

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As Print Study Center Assistant:

• Collections Management:

  • Ensuring that procedures for the care and handling of the collection are adhered to at all times;

  • Using Multi-MIMSY to perform database searches to assist visitors with accessing the collection;

  • Assisting with the maintenance of collections records, general files and associated documentation;

  • Condition reporting;

  • Following basic preventive conservation guidelines as directed by the curator.

• Facility Operations:

  • Opening and closing the Center at scheduled times;

  • Ensuring the safe use of the Center and the collection;

  • Answering inquiries;

  • Booking and confirming class and group visits;

  • Scheduling individual research appointments;

  • Ensuring the facility is well maintained.

• Facilitating Public Access:

  • Welcoming visitors;

  • Explaining rules for use;

  • Assisting visitors with the selection and viewing of works;

  • Monitoring groups to ensure procedures are being followed;

  • Answering basic inquiries regarding the Center and the U of A collection.

 

As Exhibition Production Assistant:

• Assisting with matting and framing of two-dimensional works on paper;

• Writing draft text for labels and didactic panels;

• Assisting with exhibition installation and take down.

 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS (Ossaia-LaTufa, Italy)                                                                                     

Classical Archaeologist (1997)

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Field experience in classical archaeology at a Roman villa, dated 1st century BC – 1st century AD, belonging to the nephews of Augustus Caesar.

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• Excavation and mapping;

• Artifact and pottery washing, sorting and cataloguing;

• Artifact illustrations for publication 10 anni di archeologia a Cortona.

 

LABORATORY OF DR. NANCY C. LOVELL, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, AB)

Artifact Processor and Researcher (1997)

                                                                                                                                

Research and other work with burial artifacts from Tell Leilan, Syria in the laboratory of one of the discipline's most respected osteoarchaeologists.

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• Cataloguing, research, and analysis of burial artifacts from Tell Leilan, Syria;

• Artifact illustration.

 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS (Snake River, Jasper National Park, AB)                    

Surveyor, Excavator, Artifact Processor (1996)

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Excavation of a North American Ice-Age site along the ice-free corridor in the Rocky Mountains, Jasper, Alberta, Canada. Surveying of similar sites.

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• Excavation, sifting, washing, mapping of stone tools;

• Cataloguing and marking of the same artifacts.

 

 

SKILLS & DEVELOPMENT

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DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (DAM)

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• Database administration and management

• Systems familiarity:

  • Widen Media Collective

  • Canto Cumulus

  • WebDAM

  • TMS

  • FileMaker

  • Multi-MIMSY

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COMPUTER SKILLS

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• PC and Macintosh proficiency

• Microsoft Office

• Imaging:

  • Digital photography 

  • Flatbed and

  • Slide scanning 

  • Adobe Creative Suite

• Internet and social media:

  • FTP

  • XML

  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Tumblr

  • Pinterest

  • Shopify

• Website design:

  • HTML

  • WordPress

  • Wix

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH, WRITING AND PRESENTATION

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• Digital asset management (DAM)

• Taxonomy and metadata/vocabulary standardization

• Art history

• Near Eastern studies

• Egyptology

• Classics

• Museum studies

• Anthropology

• Archaeology

• History

 

ARCHAEOLOGY

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• Excavation

• Survey

• Mapping

• Processing

• Archiving

• Classification

• Cataloguing

• Illustration

• Handling

 

ART AND ILLUSTRATION

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• Web design

• Digital photography

• Photoshop illustration

• Archaeological and technical illustration

• Drawing

• Painting

• Printmaking (woodcut, screen)

 

LANGUAGES

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• English (Fluent)

• French (Fluent)

• German (Studied)

• Ancient Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphic (Studied)

• Ancient Akkadian Cuneiform (Studied)

• Ancient Attic Greek (Attic)

 

EDUCATION

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New York University (New York, NY)

Master of Arts in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, with a concentration in Museum Studies (2001)                                                   

                                                                                                                             

University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)

Master of Arts with Distinction (1998)    

Major: Anthropology; Minor: Classics

 

Harry Ainlay Composite High School (Edmonton, AB)

Advanced High School Diploma with Honors and Bilingualism Certificate in French (1993)

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MEDIA 

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DAM Guru. 2014. Guru Talk: Corey Chimko – Cornell University. www.damguru.com.

Chimko, C. & D. Ballew. 2013-10-15/16. "Leveraging Single Sign On Authentication." Widen User Summit 2013.

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Chimko, C. & N. Brakel-Schutt. 2013-10-08. "Making Digital Asset Management A Success For Higher Education." HighEdWeb 2013.

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Chimko, C. 2013. Widen DAM in higher education webinar recording (with Corey Chimko of Cornell University). www.widen.com.

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Brakel-Schutt, N.. 2013-08-20. The Widen Digital Asset Manager Series: Being a Widen DAMster – with Corey Chimko of Cornell University Photography. www.widen.com.

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_____. 2012. Cornell University DAMster Corey Chimko on the Widen DAM User Summit. www.widen.com.

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NetXposure. 2009. Technology Case Study: DAM + EC Kit: Cornell University wins a 2009 CASE Circle of Excellence Award by using NetXposure's DAM + Ecommerce technology to promote the university, connect with the Cornell community, and provide a revenue generating service from previously under-utilized digital assets. www.netx.net.

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Villano, Matt. 2009. "Digital Asset Management: Cashing In." Campus Technology Magazine. 2009-01-01.

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Doolittle, Nancy. 2007. "Welcoming New Faces to Cornell." PawPrint 2007-02-22: 2.

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Browning, Beth. 2005. "Ancient history meets sci-fi." Orlando Sentinel. 2005-05-08.

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Virtual Museum of Canada. 2004. Love and Romance Through the Ages: Valentine's Day (Virtual Exhibition). Canadian Heritage Information Network. [Photography, research, writing credits].

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_____. 2003. “Foreign Pharaohs: Self-Legitimization and Indigenous Reaction in Art and Literature,” Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (JSSEA) XXX: 15-57.

 

Aruz, J. and Wallenfels, R. 2003. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [research contribution]

 

McGuire, Don. 2003. "Museums Alberta advisors visit Wainwright Rail Park." The Crossbuck: Wainwright Railway Preservation Society 7:1 (Winter 2003): 6.

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Chimko, C. 2002a. “Promoting Vitality Through Community Identity,” Alberta Museums Review 28/1 (Fall 2002): 28-30.

 

_____. 2002b. "Ideas For Succession." Museums Alberta: Succession Project Materials (4 Poster Set).

 

_____. 2002c. “Succession Ideas.” Museums Alberta Annual Conference, Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, AB. 2002-10-26.

 

Fracchia, H. and Gualtieri, M. 2001. “La villa romana di Ossaia. Primi dati sul territorio di Cortona in eta' romana,” in C. Masseria, (ed.) 10 Anni di Archeologia a Cortona. (Archaeologica, 129 - Archaeologica Perusina, 15: 183-250). Rome: Georgio Bretschneider. [illustrations]

 

Chimko, C. 2001a. “Foreign Pharaohs: Self-Legitimization and Indigenous Reaction in the Art and Literature of Ancient Egypt.” Dalhousie University Graduate History Colloquium, Halifax, NS.

 

_____. 2001b. The Royal Cemetery of Ur Concordance: An Exercise in Archaeomuseography. New York University, New York, NY. [MA Thesis]

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Aruz, J. et. al. (eds.) 2000. The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes. Metropolitan Museum of Art. [research contribution]

 

Chimko, C. 1988. “Legitimacy, Hierarchy, and Power: The Function of Ceremonial in the Byzantine Government.” Alberta Undergraduate History Colloquium, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

 

PERSONAL INTERESTS

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Museology, history, ancient history, art history, fine art, theoretical physics, Egyptology, astronomy, evolutionary studies, fantasy, scifi & horror, cryptozoology, history of film, computer technology, anything that evokes a sense of wonder or mystery.

 

REFERENCES

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Available upon request.