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1RIVKA CHAYA SCHILLER
1620 Ave. I, Apt. 106
Brooklyn, NY 11230
(C) 917-209-6717
rivkaschiller@yahoo.com
www.rivkasyiddish.com
CAREER PROFILE
Experienced librarian and archivist with multilingual and research skills with a love for books,
documents, history, genealogy, writing, and translating. Recognized for being highly organized,
detail-oriented, an independent worker and team player who enjoys responding to reference queries
and being of service to patrons, researchers, and her fellow colleagues.
EXPERIENCE
The Albert and Selma Dabah A”H English Judaica Library, Brooklyn, NY
Part-Time Librarian, Fall 2015-Spring 2016
• Reorganized busy community library that relocated from smaller facility and was in the
process of being upgraded
• Circulated books to library patrons ranging from children to adults
• Barcoded books and entered relevant catalogue information into our newly implemented
cataloguing software
• Recommended books to library patrons for circulation and to library director for purchase
The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, NY
Cataloguer of Yiddish Books, Spring-Summer 2015
• Checked Aleph, JTS’s online cataloguing system, OCLC online holdings, and designated
repositories for local area holdings of specific Yiddish books in preparation for offsite
relocation and weeding of select books
• Copy catalogued select Yiddish books into Aleph according to standard library copy
cataloguing principles
• Performed original cataloguing on an as-needed basis according to standard library copy
cataloguing principles
Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center and Pesach Tikvah, Brooklyn, NY
Yiddish Translation Consultant, Spring 2015-Present
• Conducts monthly translation workshops in which senior citizens and Holocaust survivors
translate historical documents in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Hungarian housed at the KFHEC
• Purchases supplies, food, and other necessary materials for translation workshops, and
prepares documents for translators
• Assists translators during the translation process, and reviews and edits English language
translations of translators following translation workshops
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Judaica Cataloguer, Private Collection of Emanuel Gruss, New York, NY, January-April 2015
• Created a catalogue / inventory of mostly rare, religiously oriented, and multi-lingual Judaica
materials dating back to the 16th
century
Emanuel Ringelblum Archive, Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw, Poland), New York, NY
Translator for Ringelblum Translation Project, Winter 2014-Present
• Translated many scanned, mostly handwritten original documents from World War II from
Yiddish into English to be incorporated into a forthcoming book publication of the Jewish
Historical Institute of Warsaw, Poland
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, NY
Project Archivist, 2011-2013
• Surveyed approximately 2,000 archival collections for the creation of a digitized version of
“The Guide to the YIVO Archives” (www.yivoarchives.org/)
• Processed and created online finding aids for over 75 archival collections using Archon
(cataloguing software program for archivists and manuscript curators)
• Provided frequent reference and translation assistance to diverse pool of researchers both
onsite and remotely
• Promoted YIVO in book reviews and articles written for scholarly and non-scholarly
publications
Freelance Translator and Researcher, New York, NY, 2008-Present
• Locates hard-copy and microfilm-based publications for scholars and laypersons
• Translates print and handwritten Yiddish and Hebrew language documents for scholars,
laypersons, and institutions
• Transcribes and translates Yiddish language audio-visual materials for scholars, laypersons,
filmmakers, and institutions
• Interprets Yiddish for live and telephone interviews and oral histories
Center for Jewish History, New York, NY
Reading Room Services Coordinator, 2009-2011
• Oversaw the use of library and archival material of four major institutions in the Center’s
Lillian Goldman Reading Room
• Provided reference services to diverse group of patrons
• Oversaw photocopy services and expedited in-house circulation transactions of
requested materials
• Supervised team of reading room assistants and volunteers
• Served as liaison between reading room assistants, volunteers, and institutional directors in
creating and implementing workflow policies
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, NY
Gruss Lipper Digitization Project Archivist, 2005-2009
• Selected, translated, summarized, organized, and catalogued foreign language
(i.e., Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish, et al.) historical documents from pre-World War II Poland in
preparation for the creation of an online, digital archive (polishjews.yivoarchives.org)
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The Asher Library, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago, IL
Serials Librarian / Reference Librarian / Interlibrary Loans / Book Cataloguer, 1999-2001; 2003-2005
· Checked in incoming periodicals, managed and paid subscription contracts and invoices,
oversaw book and periodical bindery shipments, and processed books
· Catalogued foreign and English language books
· Responded to reference questions
· Translated and transliterated Yiddish, Hebrew, and German materials
· Compiled bibliographies for institute-relate exhibits, lectures, and courses
• Oversaw interlibrary loans
Wurzweiler Library, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Foreign Language Cataloguer, in English and Hebrew, 2001-2002
Freelance work, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Translator, Yiddish and Hebrew-to-English, 2001-2002
Regenstein Library, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Translator of Hebrew and Yiddish Materials, 1995-1997
The National Yiddish Book Center, South Hadley, MA
Summer Intern, 1995
EDUCATION
The University of the State of New York, Education Department, Albany, NY
Public Librarian’s Professional Certification, September 2, 2014
Touro College, Graduate School of Jewish Studies, New York, NY
MA, Honors, January 2013. Gave convocation speech, June 2013
Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
Beginning Polish; Intermediate Polish, 2005-2006; 2006-2007 (Not for Credit)
Dominican University, River Forest, IL
MLIS, Honors, December 2004
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
BA in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 1997
Honors in the College. Honors in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Rena Costa Center for Yiddish Graduate Studies, Summer 1994 and 2001-2002 academic year
Columbia University/YIVO, New York, NY
Advanced Level Yiddish Certificate, Uriel Weinreich Program, Summers 1996; 2002
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Yiddish: Excellent reading, writing, and speaking ability
Hebrew: Excellent reading, writing, and speaking ability
Polish: Fair reading, writing, and speaking ability
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German: Good reading, writing, and speaking ability
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Participated in the Seminar for Yiddish Teachers: Integrated Language Instruction,
New York University, NY, 18-22 June 2007.
Paper presentation, “Jewish Life in Post-World War II Europe as Seen Through the Eyes of Holocaust
Survivors and Their Offspring,” International Graduate Conference `Reconceptualizing Jewishness in
Postwar Europe,’ Institute of Jewish Studies – The University of Antwerp, 12-14 January 2005.
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
• Kościuszko Foundation Scholarship, NY, NY, 2008
• Forverts Writing Contest, Award for First Place, NY, NY, 2006
• Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) Scholarship, Chicago, IL, 2003
• YIVO Institute for Jewish Research: Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language,
Literature and Culture Scholarship, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 2002; Chicago, IL, 1996
• Chicago YIVO Society Scholarship, Chicago, IL, 2001
ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS AND VOLUNTEER WORK
• Member of Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York (A.R.T.), Fall 2014-Present
• Volunteer translator and researcher at the Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center,
Brooklyn, NY, March 2014-Present
• Member of American Library Association, Chicago, IL, 2008-Present
• Assistance to Lithuanian Jews, Inc., NY, NY
Member and participant in annual memorial service, 2007-Present
• Kieltzer Society of New York, Queens, NY, 2006-Present
• Member of Beta Phi Mu: Library & Information Studies and Information Technology,
NY, NY, 2005-Present
• Chicago YIVO Society, Chicago, IL
Executive board member, 2004-Present
• Association of the Shoah-Illinois, Skokie, IL
Vice-President and active member, 1999-Present
• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Skokie, IL
American citizenship tutor for Russian senior citizens, 1998-1999
PUBLICATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS
(Books, articles, films, and audio-media available upon request.)
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