Shelby Kriewald

• Hires and manages daily tasks of student employees
• Collaborates with the College Archivist to plan projects and workflows
• Scans and uploads digital surrogates into content systems
• Locates, retrieves, and reshelves archival boxes to their proper locations
• Develops metadata and builds finding aids for artifact collections using CuadraSTAR

• Arranges and describes collections as identified in processing plans
• Maintains digital records repositories such as Digital Horizon
• Assists with writing preservation plans for digital collections
• Oversees Archive's research space/reading room and responds to reference requests at the Archive's public service desk, by phone and email
• Serves on Library Outreach Committee and participates in library staff meetings

• Organizes library shelves and equipment in clear, alphabetized order
• Handles check-in and check-out process of library books and materials at circulation desk
• Places books and media on proper shelves when returned to circulation
• Locates library materials, resources and technologies to fulfill patron requests
• Shelf-reads to ensure collections are in the correct order

• Cataloged, indexed, and organized documents in VCSU archives
• Used Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software on a daily basis to track progress on archival projects, database checking, and diversity audits
• Performed book repair
• Assisted students and patrons in locating books, audiovisuals, sheet music, newspapers, and other materials within library’s collections
• Reshelved materials to their proper locations
• Verified government documents and ensured their accurate cataloging
• Answered inquiries at front desk and checked out materials to patrons and students
• Appointed as student representative for hiring committee for Library Associate position
• Opened and closed library independently while serving as a keyholder
• Created displays to appeal to community patrons and students

• Converted historical documents to electronic data and ensured safety and preservation of materials
• Used Re:discovery to locate archival materials based on research needs of patrons and retrieved those documents from storage
• Entered patron statistics with Excel
• Participated in regular department meetings
• Instructed visitors via phone, email, and reference room on research techniques and use of information technologies, the company's website, archival resources, and genealogical processes
• Located, scanned, and sent off obituaries, vital records, naturalization records etc. for patron requests and described fees for those services
• Compiled historical research from various archival sources and wrote articles for Prairie Public's Dakota Datebook publication