University of Washington Libraries' Special Collections collects, preserves and makes accessible rare books, manuscripts, papers, records, photographs, moving images and architectural drawings.
Acquire, manage, preserve and provide access to a large growing collection of moving image materials (films and videotapes) in Special Collections that serves as a resource for scholarship and study for faculty, staff, and students, as well as, national and international researchers and filmmakers.
Serve as an expert consultant in moving image history, interpretation, management and technology for both UW campus, national and international researchers, and the local community.
Represent UW Libraries in the community and in the professional archival world.
Ensure that there is support for the collections through funding and other options, including identifying and writing grants on all levels--local, state and federal.
Supervise, teach, and train students, interns, and volunteers on the techniques, practices, history, and methodology of preserving and making moving image collections accessible.
Serve as a mentor and resource for students and others looking to work in the field of moving image preservation.
Consults with institutions to guide interested students to work in the field of moving image preservation.
Develop relationships with filmmakers, broadcasters, local media organizations, and heritage institutions across the region in order to further the cause of preservation in the PNW.
Interact with a variety of vendors, equipment service providers, and suppliers.
Created moving image processing procedures, digitization workflows, and training materials.
Small video production company offering teleprompting, editing and film to video transfer services.
Responsible for inside sales, including client education.
Cleaned and repaired small gauge film.
Created film-to-tape transfers and performed linear editing for client projects.
In charge of administrative tasks including invoicing and billing.
Created marketing materials, improved office structures, and established relationships with members of Seattle's film community thereby increasing sales and visibility.
05/1991 to 12/1998
Service ManagerMangetout Catering – , ,
One of Seattle's premiere full-service catering companies.
Organized, planned, and managed events from two-person sit-down dinners to receptions for eight hundred.
Hired, trained and supervised a team of free-lance servers.
Compiled content for company's first web site, wrote monthly marketing newsletters, created comprehensive staffing manual, established guidelines for event management.
Work History
03/2004 to Current
Moving Image Curator University of Washington Libraries – Seattle, WA
University of Washington Libraries' Special Collections collects, preserves and makes accessible rare books, manuscripts, papers, records, photographs, moving images and architectural drawings.
Acquire, manage, preserve and provide access to a large growing collection of moving image materials (films and videotapes) in Special Collections that serves as a resource for scholarship and study for faculty, staff, and students, as well as, national and international researchers and filmmakers.
Serve as an expert consultant in moving image history, interpretation, management and technology for both UW campus, national and international researchers, and the local community.
Represent UW Libraries in the community and in the professional archival world.
Ensure that there is support for the collections through funding and other options, including identifying and writing grants on all levels--local, state and federal.
Supervise, teach, and train students, interns, and volunteers on the techniques, practices, history, and methodology of preserving and making moving image collections accessible.
Serve as a mentor and resource for students and others looking to work in the field of moving image preservation.
Consults with institutions to guide interested students to work in the field of moving image preservation.
Develop relationships with filmmakers, broadcasters, local media organizations, and heritage institutions across the region in order to further the cause of preservation in the PNW.
Interact with a variety of vendors, equipment service providers, and suppliers.
Created moving image processing procedures, digitization workflows, and training materials.
02/1999 to 03/2004
Administrative Assistant Pro-Image – ,
Small video production company offering teleprompting, editing and film to video transfer services.
Responsible for inside sales, including client education.
Cleaned and repaired small gauge film.
Created film-to-tape transfers and performed linear editing for client projects.
In charge of administrative tasks including invoicing and billing.
Created marketing materials, improved office structures, and established relationships with members of Seattle's film community thereby increasing sales and visibility.
05/1991 to 12/1998
Service Manager Mangetout Catering – ,
One of Seattle's premiere full-service catering companies.
Organized, planned, and managed events from two-person sit-down dinners to receptions for eight hundred.
Hired, trained and supervised a team of free-lance servers.
Compiled content for company's first web site, wrote monthly marketing newsletters, created comprehensive staffing manual, established guidelines for event management.
Accomplishments
Washington State Film Preservation Manual: Low-Cost and No-Cost Suggestions to Care for Your Film, Nicolette Bromberg, Jessica Claire, Libby Burke.
Starting from Nothing: The Art of Creating a Film Archive.
Nicolette Bromberg with Jessica Claire, The Moving Image, Volume 13, Issue 1.
Education
Expected in 2014
: Theater Arts Program University of North Carolina - Greensboro, GPA:
David Douglas Award from the Washington State Historical Society,,
Bronze Telly for Grays Harbor Happenings,
Seattle's True Independent Film Festival Selection for Grays Harbor Happenings, 204
Selected Grant Projects
Expected in 2013
: - , GPA:
Sleep Deprivation, Producer, WNYCs Radio Lab, NPR
Expected in 2010
: - , GPA:
Women's History Consortium funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ruth and Louis Kirk Moving Image Collection
2010 Apex Foundation, Newsfilm of Grays Harbor County
2011 National Endowment for the Humanities, Mountaineers Film Collection
2014, 2016, 2017 Friends of the Libraries Award
2017 Allen Signature Award, Selected Production and Event Experiences
Home Movie Day, Regional Coordinator, International Event
Expected in 2009
National Film Preservation Foundation, Basic Preservation Grant, Aberdeen and Its People, Nitrate Collection (Part 2): - , GPA:
Expected in 2009
National Film Preservation Foundation Summer Grant, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure Film: - , GPA:
Expected in 2007
: - , GPA:
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded, Writer, Performer, Producer, NPR
Expected in 2006
21st Century, Streaming Video Project
2007 21st Century, Archival Screening Nights at the Northwest Film Forum
2008 21st Century, Ruth and Louis Kirk Moving Image Inventory Project
2008-2009 The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, University of Washington Campus Moving Image Project
: - , GPA:
Expected in 2005
National Film Preservation Foundation, Basic Preservation Grant, Aberdeen and Its People, Nitrate Collection (Part 1): - , GPA:
Expected in 2005
Washington State Preservation Initiative Grant, Washington Film Preservation Project and co-author of the Washington Film Preservation Manual, Low-Cost and No-Cost Suggestions to Care for Your Film: - , GPA:
Expected in 2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Performance North Carolina School of the Arts - , GPA:
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Regional Archive Meeting,
Twilight Dance, Assistant Producer, Documentary, KCTS Television
Expected in 2003
Certificate, Documentary Production Program: University of Washington - , GPA: Washington State Preservation Initiative Grant, Film Preservation Project
Expected in 1999
: - , GPA:
A Leonard Cohen Afterworld, Craft Service, Feature, New Line,
Microsoft Missouri, Craft Service, Training Video, Vision,
Chaos Theory, Extra, Pilot, MTV/Paramount,
Washington Mutual, Teleprompter Operator, Training Video
Summary
Moving Image Curator with over 20 years of experience building a nationally recognized film preservation program at a top academic research library. Specialties include grant writing and management, supervisory skills, donor cultivation and collection management. Known for great people skills, being a collaborative colleague, entertaining public presentations, creating a fun learning environment, being a mentor to newcomers to the field and innovative problem-solving, especially DIY solutions when resources are slim.
Affiliations
National Production Assistant's Workshop, Terry Terry Productions
Jack Straw Productions, Artist Assistance Program
Association of Moving Image Archivists, Member, 2001-present
Founding member of Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound, 2014-Present, Association of Moving Image Archivists, Seattle Area Archivists, Northwest Archivists, American Library Association, Section on University Archives and Research Institution Archives-International Council on Archives
Awards
Washington Museum Association Project of Excellence Award, 2014
Highlights
Multiplied holdings to over 250 audiovisual collections
Grew reproduction revenue from $2,000 per year to over $15,000
Increased visibility of moving image preservation program regionally and nationally
Managed 12 multi-year grant-funded projects from federal, regional and private funders
Co-Founded Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound
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Resume Overview
School Attended
University of North Carolina
North Carolina School of the Arts
University of Washington
Job Titles Held:
Moving Image Curator
Administrative Assistant
Service Manager
Degrees
National Film Preservation Foundation, Basic Preservation Grant, Aberdeen and Its People, Nitrate Collection (Part 2)
National Film Preservation Foundation Summer Grant, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure Film
<li>21st Century, Streaming Video Project</li><li>2007 21st Century, Archival Screening Nights at the Northwest Film Forum</li><li>2008 21st Century, Ruth and Louis Kirk Moving Image Inventory Project</li><li>2008-2009 The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, University of Washington Campus Moving Image Project</li>
National Film Preservation Foundation, Basic Preservation Grant, Aberdeen and Its People, Nitrate Collection (Part 1)
Washington State Preservation Initiative Grant, Washington Film Preservation Project and co-author of the Washington Film Preservation Manual, Low-Cost and No-Cost Suggestions to Care for Your Film