Jungeun Elle Kim is a project archivist who enjoys working with her clients to create innovative and meaningful archives. Before relocating to the midwest in 2017, she was employed as an archivist at the Library of Congress (Washington, DC) and at the Friedheim Library of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD). Born and raised in South Korea, She holds two Bachelors’ degrees (in Double-Bass Performance and Art History) from Seoul National University as well as two Masters’ degrees in Musicology (from Seoul National University and Johns Hopkins University). She received her Master of Science degree from the School Library and Information Science of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Jungeun Elle Kim was employed by the Deering Library of Northwestern University as a Music Collections Specialist until 2022. Beyond her career as an archivist, she is an avid ballet dancer, painter, chef, and the mother of two wonderful children.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Master of Science in Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, 2019
Concentration: Archival and Special Collections
Master of Music, The Peabody Institute of the John Hopkins University, 2013
Concentration: Historical Musicology
Master of Music, Seoul National University, 2009
Concentration: Musicology and Music theory
Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts, Seoul National University, 2007
Concentrations: Archaeology and Art History and Double Bass Performance
Professional Experience
Music Collections Specialist. Music Library, Northwestern University, 2018-
- Processing special collections includes John Cages, Jerry Fuller, New Music Chicago in print, and various projects in the library
- Creating metadata for music materials in the library circulation
- Creating ArchivesSpace data
Assistant Archivist. Friedheim Music Library, Peabody Institute, 2016-2017
- Assisting preservation, arrangement, description, and digitization of the recently acquired Rosa Ponselle collection.
Digitization Staff. RIPM (Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals), 2016-2017
- Digitizing and creating database of music periodicals.
Writer. Naver Musical Instrument Encyclopedia Project, Historical Research in Music Association Inc., 2015-
- Researching and writing about musical instruments for the Naver Music encyclopedia.
Co-Editor, Neue Bach Ausgabe Revidierte Edition, Bärenreiter Verlag, Bach Archive Leipzig, Bach Gesellschaft, 2014-2016
- Creating digital files comparing the four eighteenth-century manuscript sources as well as the first printed edition.
Project Archivist. Music Division, The Library of Congress, 2013-2014
- Processed Roman Totenberg Papers for the digital collections in the Music Division, created a digital database for the collection, presented reports to the project’s donors and to the Library’s leadership.
Metadata Librarian. Friedheim Music Library, Peabody Institute, 2012-2014
- Created metadata and managed image processing for the Conservatory Class Photographs, Peabody Conservatory Bulletin, the Leon Fleisher Collection, and the Joe Bird Collection.
- Organized and cataloged the Piero Weiss Collection.
- Curated numerous library exhibitions
Music Division Intern. Music Division, The Library of Congress, Summer 2012
- Researched iconography items, autograph letters, concert programs and other materials in the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Paganini Collection.
Art Reference Library Intern. The Walters Art Museum, 2011- 2012
- Monitored library circulation, serials and auction sale results and catalogues, cataloged serials and periodical publications, archival projects, assisted the Head Librarian.
PUBLICATIONS
Kim, Jungeun E. and Andrew Talle. J. S. Bach’s Cello Suites, Neue Bach Ausgabe revidierte Edition, Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2016.
ADMINISTRATION & DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
Korean Liaison Officer. Development and Constituent Engagement, The Peabody Institute, 2014
- Supported Meet the President Gathering and Student Orientation in Seoul on June 18, 2014 by helping to organize the main event and student orientation, contacting guests, translating invitations, video, and publicity materials, participating in fundraising meetings with parents.
- Supported Dean Bronstein Concert and Reception in Seoul on June 23, 2014 by acting as a primary contact for the Korean Alumni Chapter, serving as a translator at the events, helping to produce the invitation, contacting alumni and guests, organizing the concert and reception, participating in meetings with invited guests and potential donors.
Executive Committee Member. The Society of Peabody Alumni, The Peabody Institute, 2013-
Intern. Development and Alumni Relations, Peabody Institute, 2012-2013
- Created and organized the Korean/Taiwanese student Tea Session every semester, the first Peabody social event intended exclusively for international students
- Organized and coordinated the Korean Alumni Concert in Seoul, June 2013
- Edited and translated the Peabody Newsletter for Korean alumni and parents
- Managed donor contact list and database
- Assisted the organization of various scholarship and stewardship events
Awards
Lowens Award for the Best Thesis in Musicology, Peabody Institute, 2013
Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Endowed Scholarship, Peabody Institute, 2011-2012
Eileen Southern Travel Fund, American Musicological Society, 2011
Graduate Assistantship Award, Peabody Institute, 2011-2013
Academic Excellence Fellowship, College of Music, Seoul National University, 2009-2011
Superior Grade Scholarship for Undergraduate sStudy, College of Music, Seoul National University, 2004-2009
Full Tuition Scholarship for Academic Excellence, College of Music, Seoul National University, 2006
1st Prize, Double Bass, 14th Korea Music Journal National Concours, 2003
1st Prize, String Instruments, Youngnam University National Music Competition, 2002
1st Prize, Double Bass, 8th National Student Music Competition in Masan Region, Korea 2001
2nd Prize, String Instruments, 2nd CBS National Music Concours, 2001
Languages
Korean: Native
German: Good
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