Resume 2019

 

Jade Mejia 

   

jademejia.weebly.com | [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