Jade Mejia
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[email protected] |(805) 760-8954
EXPERIENCE User Services Library Assistant- S immons University Library SEPTEMBER 2017 - PRESENT | Boston, MA
Oversees interlibrary loan workflows, manages and trains student workers that handle physical processing and internal processing with borrowing requests and loan requests. Participates in the hiring, training, and supervision of student workers. Provides customer service to many academic libraries, public libraries, and various other institutions. Supports day-to-day oversight of Library service provision: troubleshooting equipment,resources, policy, scheduling of students and library staff, communication, and procedural questions and issues. Assists with cataloging of library materials and resources, including books, e-books, and physical and streaming media. As well as leads and trains student workers in shifting and special projects.
Archival Intern- S immons University Archives SEPTEMBER 2017 - DECEMBER 2017 | Boston, MA
Processed, arranged, and assembled a collection and finding aid for archival collection. The collection contains the departmental records from the Department of History, records span from 1920 to 2009.
Interlibrary Loan Student Worker- Simmons University Library JULY 2017 - SEPTEMBER 2017 | Boston, MA
Skills Detail-oriented, effective communicator, reliable team player Library reference; Pidgin chat reference software Original and copy cataloging (LCSH, OCLC, Dublin Core, MARC) Archival physical processing, appraisal, and arrangement ILS, ILLiad, Millennium Omeka, BePress/Digital Commons Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) certified Professional and Student Engagement 2017 - Student Chapter International Relations Round Table, co-chair
Provided customer service to Beatley Library users and staff and to other libraries, filled requests from other libraries for materials from Beatley Library. Used library systems to monitor multiple request queues and process requests and scanned book chapters from print sources.
2018 - S pectra, co-chair
Reference and Circulation Assistant- S immons University Library
2018 - Diversity, Equity, Race,
Provided reference and circulation services to students, faculty, staff, and guests of the University. Conducted reference interviews in order to see what the patron required and researched specific topics for patrons. Taught patrons how to acquire journal articles through boolean searching and other various search techniques. Guided patrons on how to use databases and outside web interfaces
LIS (DERAIL) Forum organizer
MAY 2017 - SEPTEMBER 2017 | Boston, MA
2018 - Simmons Library Diversity & Inclusion Working Group Accessibility, and Identity in Professional Memberships New England Archivists Society of American Archivists
Research Intern, English Department and Library Funded- Humboldt State University Library MAY 2016 - JUNE 2016 | Arcata, CA
http://www.literaryhumboldt.org/ Created an online exhibit that showcases collections about community authorship, how courses can successfully use these collections , and what the community has to offer in regards to authors and writing. Researched specific archival material, digitized archival material from various collections, edited, converted,and uploaded photograph files, and developed web content centered on community and authorship.
Special Collections Intern- Humboldt State University Library: Special Collections JANUARY 2016 - MAY 2016 | Arcata, CA
Researched archival material, digitized archival material, edited and converted photograph file, and developed web content via Digital Commons.
Archive Editor, Toyon Literary Magazine- Humboldt State University AUGUST 2015 - DECEMBER 2015 | Arcata, CA
digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/toyon/vol62/iss1/ Digitized Toyon literary journals (from 1954-2016) on BePress/Digital Commons website, created, networked, and distributed advertisements. Conducted outreach for potential contributors and donors, and evaluated submissions and developed web content via Digital Commons.
EDUCATION Simmons University, Boston, MA Master of Science: Library and Information Science: Archives Management JANUARY 2017 - MAY 2019
Humboldt State University, A rcata, CA Bachelor of Arts: E nglish, concentration Literary Studies AUGUST 2011 - MAY 2016