Shelby Kriewald

• Supervises student employees by building work schedules, planning projects, appointing tasks, and giving training for new assignments

• Oversees Archive's reading room and answers reference questions from visitors at the public service desk, by phone and email
• Develops metadata and builds finding aids for collections

• Participates in library staff meetings and serves on Library Outreach Committee

• Edits and revises the outdated disaster plan for the library
• Maintains digital records repositories
• Accessions and processes donations into collections

• Organized library shelves and equipment in clear, alphabetized order
• Handled check-in and check-out processes of library books and materials at circulation desk
• Placed books and media on proper shelves when returned to circulation
• Located library materials, resources and technologies to fulfill patron requests

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

• Used Re:discovery to locate archival materials based on research needs of patrons and retrieved those documents from storage
• Instructed visitors via phone, email, and reference room on research techniques and use of information technologies, finding aids, 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