I'm open to fully remote freelance/consulting, contract, and part-time gigs

My books are open! I’m looking for remote freelance and contract work doing database migrations, data assessments, digital projects, development/programming, digital asset management, analytics, or data storytelling.
Portfolio: https://www.decolfutures.com
Email me: danareijerkerk@gmail.com

• My books are open! To give you ideas of my expertise, here's a summary of my 2025 projects.

  Posted on December 9, 2025

  As a small business owner and a freelancer, I know how to make your systems work for you - whether it be helping you migrate data or digital assets, assess why you have several database systems that don’t talk to each other, or writing reports or slide decks for your... [Read More]

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  • Freelance

• My Searching for Paumanok Research was Cited in the Library of Congress' Program for Cooperative Cataloging April 10, 2025 Final Report

  Posted on December 7, 2025

  I just found out that my Searching for Paumanok research was cited in the Library of Congress’ Program for Cooperative Cataloging April 10, 2025 Final Report on Metadata Related to Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. [Read More]

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  • Research
  • Writing

• Artificial Intelligence in Digitized Images & Thoughts on the December 3rd International Council on Archives Keynote Presentation

  Posted on December 4, 2025

  I attended the keynote presentation on creation, access, and re-use of digitized cultural heritage assets by the International Council on Archives yesterday. A big point of the keynote was that a digitized image is a representation or interpretation of what the original material looked like shaped by certain decisions like... [Read More]

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• 2025 Year-End Comic Sneak Peak

  Posted on December 2, 2025

  I’m preparing my year-end comic! I started making a comic strip three years ago to celebrate/self-reflect on the things I did professionally in the past 365 days that I really liked. Since I got into making indie video games, the comic has morphed into a chance to play (yes, like... [Read More]

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  • Freelance

• Why the Disconnect & Dissonance of the DAM Fragmentation Crisis Matters

  Posted on December 1, 2025

  I wrote about why the disconnect/dissonance of DAM Fragmentation Crisis - the idea that a DAM hub is made of several disconnected systems mashed together is a norm - and was featured in DAM NEWS. [Read More]

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  • Writing

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