Jade Mejia

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EXPERIENCE
Skills
User Services Library Assistant- Simmons University Library ​ etail-oriented, effective
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SEPTEMBER 2017 - JUNE 2021 | Boston, MA communicator, and reliable
team player
Oversaw interlibrary loan workflows, managed and trained a
fluctuating 16-20 student workers that handled physical processing ​ ibrary reference: Pidgin chat
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and internal processing with borrowing requests and loan requests. reference software
Participated in the hiring, training,onboarding, and supervision of ​ riginal and copy cataloging
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circulation and reference student workers. (LCSH, OCLC, Dublin Core,
MARC)
Provided customer service to academic libraries, public libraries, and
various other institutions. Supported day-to-day oversight of library ​ rchival physical processing,
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service provisions: troubleshooting equipment,resources, policy, appraisal, and arrangement
scheduling of students and library staff, communication, and I​LLiad, Millennium, OCLC
procedural questions and issues. Connexion

Assisted with critical cataloging of library materials and resources, ​ meka, BePress/Digital
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including books, e-books, physical and streaming media, and zines. Commons
Participated in library-wide strategic planning and needs ​ pringshare Suite: Libguides,
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assessments, which generated ideas and material for ongoing and LibStaffer, LibAnswers
future space-based plans. As well as led and trained student workers
in shifting and special projects. ​ dobe Suite: InDesign,
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Photoshop, Acrobat
​ icrosoft Suite: Word, Excel,
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Archival Intern- Simmons University Archives Powerpoint
SEPTEMBER 2017 - DECEMBER 2017 | Boston, MA ​ asic book repair knowledge:
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Processed, arranged, and assembled a collection and finding aid for tip-ins, hinge tightening,
archival collection. The collection contains the departmental records rebacking, and recasing
from Simmons University’s History Department, records span from
1920 to 2009.
Courses and Certifications
Interlibrary Loan Assistant- Simmons University Library ​ 018 - Collaborative
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JULY 2017 - SEPTEMBER 2017 | Boston, MA Institutional Training Initiative
(CITI) certified
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 (ILLiad) to monitor multiple Selected Projects: Current &
request queues, processed requests, and scanned book chapters from Past
print sources.
2019 - The History Project:
Reference and Circulation Assistant- Simmons University Book Club
Library 2018 - Women of Color in
MAY 2017 - SEPTEMBER 2017 | Boston, MA
White Spaces: Navigating
Academia, oral history
Provided reference and circulation services to students, faculty, staff,
2017 - Simmons University's
and guests of the University. Conducted reference interviews in order to
see what the patron required and researched specific topics. Children's Literature
Collection Shifting Project
Taught patrons how to acquire journal articles through boolean
searching and other various search techniques. Guided patrons on how 2016 - Inaugural Co-Editor of
to use databases and outside web interfaces the ideaFest: Interdisciplinary
Journal of Creative Works and
Research from Humboldt State
Interdisciplinary Journal Co-Editor, Library Funded- University
Humboldt State University Library
MAY 2016 - September 2016 | Arcata, CA ​ rofessional and Student
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digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/ideafest/vol1/iss1/ Engagement
2018 - Spectra (Simmons School
Developed the layout and formatting of the open access ideaFest:
Interdisciplinary Journal of Creative Works and Research from of Library and Information
Humboldt State University as an inaugural co-editor. Conducted a call Science’s LGBTQ group), co-chair
for submissions, developed outreach advertising, evaluated
submissions, copy edited contributors’ pieces of work, stayed in 2018, 2020 - Simmons Library
constant communication with the contributors to ease them through Diversity & Inclusion Working
the unknown process, and developed web content via Digital
Group
Commons. Learned to use and implement Adobe Indesign in order to
create the physical and digital formats of the journal. As well as 2018 - Diversity, Equity, Race,
incorporating the ethics and practices of intersectional feminism into
Accessibility, and Identity in
the editing process.
LIS (DERAIL) Forum organizer
Research Intern, English Department and Library Funded- 2017 - Student Chapter
Humboldt State University Library
International Relations Round
MAY 2016 - JUNE 2016 | Arcata, CA
http://www.literaryhumboldt.org/ Table, co-chair

Created an online exhibit that showcases collections about

Humboldt community authorship, how the University courses can Professional Memberships
successfully use these collections, and what the larger community
New England Archivists
has to offer in regards to authorship and literary activity in the North
Coast. Society of American Archivists

Researched specific archival material that focused on local

community authors, such as the Jodi Stutz collection and the Andrew
Genzoli collection; 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

Extended research and digitization efforts with Toyon archival

material in an internship capacity. This led to editing and converting
photographic files, and development of 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, the Humboldt State University
English department’s annual journal of literature and art, (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 Concentration

Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

Bachelor of Arts: English, Literary Studies Concentration