2438 Eutaw Place
Baltimore Maryland 21217
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E-mail goldsmithtim@yahoo.com
Timothy Goldsmith
Professional
experience
September 1996 - Present
Fox News
Manager of Library Operations, DC
Responsible for all operational aspects of a 24/7 television news video library
for the Washington Bureau of the top rated cable news network, including
direct supervision of a small staff. Achievements include the daily oversight
of cataloging, organizing and retrieval of file video in a fast paced news
environment.
Critically evaluating appropriate material for long-term retention among
Network and Pool coverage of the White House, Congress and Cabinet
agencies activities, feeds from international partners and Fox Affiliate stations
around the country totaling approximately 1000 hours per week of material.
Assisting producers, editors and production staff in identifying good video for
news packages and show elements, often on tight deadlines, for programs
including Special Report with Bret Baier and Fox News Sunday. Performing
additional editorial research as needed
Performing deep archival research for the Documentary Unit and New York
Bureau show units.
Training new staff members to use our databases and finding aids.
Appointed in 2006 to the Fox News “Omega Team” which was a small group
tasked to help develop the RFPs and select a vendor for the Fox News
Digital Media Management technology. This involved identifying our key
metadata and establishing metrics of scale across the company as well as
attending and reviewing demonstrations of proposed technologies in our
New York headquarters and on site at vendor company locations.
Ran the on-site Digital Media Library at the 2008 and 2012 Democratic and
Republlican National Conventions ifor the entire network.
Ran the on-site Tape Library at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in
Los Angeles and Republican National Convention in Philadelphia for the
network.
Primary point person for network video projects involving the Library of
Congress and National Archives and Records Administration.
Tape Producer
September 1996 – September 1999
Joined Fox News before network was on the air and personally developed all
Library procedures and workflow for the Washington bureau, including tape
check in, tracking, lifecycle, and retrieval of archival material.
November 1993 – September 1996
Capitol Cities / ABC News
[ City, State
Library Information Assistant
Assisted in a variety of positions with the video library, including tracking
incoming tapes from the field and material fed into the bureau; logging
material in the on-line library computer database, and retrieval of recent and
historical footage based upon research requests by producers for several
daily network news programs.
Additional
professional
activities
Member – American Library Association (ALA)
Member – Special Libraries Association (SLA)
2005 Atomic Platters: Cold War Music from the Golden Age of
Homeland Security. Bear Family Records.
Boxed Set CD/DVD.
Acquisition and copyright clearance on selected archival
Government film titles from the Library of Congress and National
Archives, for inclusion on the bonus feature DVD.
Education
2004
Government Girls of World War II - The History Project.
Documentary.
Associate Producer and Archival Film Researcher. Performed
extensive research at NARA to find and acquire high quality
reproductions of government produced film titles and newsreel stock
footage to support telling the story of the women who came to
Washington during World War II to support the war effort.
2002
Invasion USA! Synapse Films. DVD.
Re-release of classic 1953 Cold War “scare” film with added
interviews and features. Located “lost” original film print at NARA of
bonus feature “Red Nightmare” and performed additional research
to locate current contact information for original cast members.
Fall 1985 – Spring 1989
University of Maryland, College Park
Bachelor of Arts, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Estimated completion Fall 2013
Drexel University, Philadelphia
PAMaster’s degree, Library and Information Science. Digital Libraries
Concentration.
[ City, State