Marissa Krein

7840 Commerce Park Apt 5 Dubuque, IA 52002

641-590-6079
mhkrein@gmail.com

Website

https://marissakrein.weebly.com/
Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Master of Science: Library and Information Science
Graduation: May 2017
Cumulative GPA: 4.00/4.00

University of Northern Iowa (UNI), Cedar Falls, IA

Master of Arts: Public History
Graduation: July 2015
Cumulative GPA: 3.84/4.00

University of Northern Iowa (UNI), Cedar Falls, IA

Bachelor of Arts: History
Graduation: December 2011

Professional Experience

Loras College, Loras College Library, Dubuque, IA

Instruction Coordinator & Assessment Librarian, July 2019-Present
• Lead and direct library’s information literacy program
o Supervise and coordinate the delivery of instruction services for in person
and online sessions
o Provide instruction sessions for first year and upper level courses in
English, Biology, Neuroscience, History, Psychology, Communications,
Sociology, Business, Social Work, Spanish, Kinesiology, Criminal Justice,
and Honors courses
• Teaching 103 sessions in the 2020-2021 school year
• Taught 77 sessions in the 2019-2020 school year
o Instruct Students on how to use general and subject specific databases
• Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, PsycInfo, ALTA Religion,
MLA International Bibliography, Communication and Mass Media
Complete, Business Source Premier, PubMed, Criminal Justice
Proquest, PLOS, Statista
o Create and maintain course-specific guides via Libguides
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o Develop collaborative in-class activities via Libwizard for each instruction

session
o Record and edit instruction videos for asynchronous sessions using
Screencast o Matic
o Engage in library outreach to keep faculty abreast of current information
literacy trends and to increase instruction levels
o Manage the library’s assessment activities including administering the
LILT (Loras Information Literacy Test) to first year students and seniors
o Maintain instruction statistics and documentation for future use
• Provide reference services to students, faculty, and community patrons through
Zoom appointments, online chat services, email, and phone
• Provide workshops to students and faculty
o Developed “Research Wednesday” workshop series
• Teaching workshops on Zotero and MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian
citation styles
• Participate in Library outreach efforts
o Assist with “Get Caught Studying Week” and “Finals Fairy”

The University of South Carolina Aiken, Gregg-Graniteville Library, Aiken, SC

Government Information & Instruction Librarian, August 2017-June 2019
• Managed federal and state document collections
o Utilized Millennium integrated library system to update, create, and
delete records to reflect the Gregg-Graniteville Library’s holdings.
o Inventoried entire federal documents collections to ensure that it is
accurately represented in the library’s catalog.
o Weeded and withdrew all relevant federal documents
o Processed and cataloged incoming items
o Kept updated statistics on additions and withdrawals for the federal
documents collection.
o Developed cataloging strategy to incorporate all South Carolina state
documents into the Gregg-Graniteville Library’s catalog.
o Updated the selection profile on the Federal Depository Library
Program’s website to support a more digital collection
• Provided instruction for First Year English, Communication, Critical Inquiry and
Political Science courses, and upper-level undergraduate English, Music, History
and Communications courses
o Created and maintained subject and course-specific libguides.
o Developed supporting in-class instructional materials and learning
activities.
• Served as collection development liaison to the departments of History, Political
Science, and Business
o Weeded the History, Political Science, and Law reference collections
according to guidelines from the Resources for College Libraries
• Taught workshops for students and faculty in the USCA’s Writing Room.
o E-books
o Chicago Citation Style
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o Using Government Documents

• Provided reference assistance to students, faculty, and community patrons in-
person at the reference desk and via phone, e-mail, and online chat services
o LibAnswers and LibChat
o Instructed library patrons on the use of general and subject-specific
library databases including:
▪ Academic Search Premier, Academic OneFile, Project Muse,
JSTOR, CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO,
SocINDEX, Communication and Mass Media Complete, MLA
International Bibliography
• Participated in Library Outreach efforts
o Promoted books and resources for heritage months and related campus
events.
o Marketed the Library liaison program to faculty and staff.
o Assisted with destress fest activities and programming for finals week
• Supervised Government Documents student worker
o Assigned appropriate tasks and ensure tasks are completed in a timely
manner.

University of Illinois at Chicago, Library of Health Sciences Urbana, Urbana, IL

Graduate Assistant, August 2016-May 2017
• Provided reference services to faculty, staff, and students of the Colleges of
Medicine and Nursing as well as other users
o Answered questions and inquires via phone and email
o Instructed library users in the use of subject specific databases including:
▪ CINAHL, PubMed, DynaMed Plus, UpToDate, Clinical
Pharmacology, Clinical Key, and Access Medicine
o Supervised student assistances during night and weekend shifts
• Processed and delivered interlibrary loan requests using ILLiad Software
o Was charged with daily operations of the Interlibrary Loan department
• Developed and taught online workshops using Adobe Connect
o APA Citation Style for Nurses
o PubMed using MeSH terms
• Created and edited research guides using LipApps
o Urbana Internal Residents
o University of Illinois Nursing Alumni
• Maintained the library’s Facebook page
o Posted weekly updates on various medical and library news

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Map Library, Urbana, IL

Cataloging Intern, January 2016-May 2017
• Cataloged maps according to MARC, RDA, and AACR2 standards and guidelines
o Used Voyager integrated library system and OCLC Connexion to update the
UIUC Map Library’s catalog to accurately reflect current holdings
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o Working with Illinois State Geological Survey Quadrangle Maps, performed

original and copy cataloging and updated records to comply with RDA
standards
o Applied controlled vocabulary to records using Library of Congress Subject
Headings.
o Employed Library of Congress Classification Schedule G to update map call
numbers
• Weeded and withdrew duplicate copies of United States Geological Survey
Quadrangle Maps
• Gathered metadata describing fold-out maps and illustrations contained in pre-1923
geography journals
o Metadata includes: map coordinates, scale, projection, and Library of
Congress Subject Headings
o Worked primarily with the German geography journal Gesellschaft fur
Erdkunde zu Berlin (1853-1904)
o Input required metadata into Excel spreadsheet following established MARC
guidelines and standards

History Department, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

Graduate Assistant, January 2013-May 2014
• Supported Dr. Leisl Carr Childers in her research for the exhibition, Iowa Farmers:
Feeding the World, by conducting academic research on Iowa agriculture
• Provided research assistance to Dr. Brian Roberts for his upcoming monograph by
gathering information from scholarly books, professional historical journals, archives,
and collections
• Administered and graded quizzes
• Proctored exams
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Relevant Experience

Student Life and Culture Archives, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

Volunteer, August 2016-February 2017
• Collected born digital material from various student organizations and university
officials and captured it for future use in the archives
• Processed both new acquisitions and maintained existing archival series
• Collections include student scrapbooks and papers from University of Illinois
organizations
• Created descriptive finding aids
• Updated and added collections to the Archives’ Archon content management
system
• Wrote posts for the Archives’ blog

Fortepan Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

Interviewer, January 2014-May 2014
• Collected and organized evocative archival photographs taken by everyday Iowans
• Digitized twenty photographs to achieve an easily searchable visual chronology
from 1900-1990
• Conducted an oral history with a donor that focused on their photographs and the
stories associated with them
• Interpreted and analyzed the oral history and photographs using historical research
methods to fit the information into the larger history of Iowa

Cedar Falls Historical Society, Cedar Falls, IA

Intern, September 2013-May 2014
• Researched, compiled, and analyzed information on Women Accepted for
Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) at the archives and collections of the
Cedar Falls Historical Society and at the University of Northern Iowa
• Designed a website highlighting the WAVES at Iowa State Teacher’s College
(UNI) using information gathered from Cedar Falls Historical Society and
University of Northern Iowa Archives and Collections to complement my master’s
thesis, The WAVES at ISTC: 1942-1945.

Summer English Camp, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China

Teacher, July-August 2012
• Prepared and planned lessons for camp manual prior to summer camp
• Taught English to 40 students daily
• Evaluated each students’ progress with initial and final assessments
• Directed a ten-minute skit highlighting each students’ English skills for the
closing ceremony
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Professional Affiliations

• Member, Iowa Library Association 2019-Present

• Member, American Library Association 2018-2019
• Member, South Carolina Library Association 2018-2019
• Member, GODORT 2018-2019
• Member, NMRT 2018-2019
• Member, GOVDOC-L Listserv 2017-2019

Committee Service

• Assessment Committee, Loras College

o August 2019-Present
• Curriculum Committee, Loras College
o August 2019-Present
• Treasurer, Information Literacy Round Table, South Carolina Library Association
o December 2018-June 2019
• Conference Committee, GODORT, American Library Association
o July 2018-June 2019
• Governance Committee, NMRT, American Library Association
o July 2018-June 2019
• Nominating Committee, NMRT, American Library Association
o July 2018-June 2019
• Search Committee for STEM Librarian, University of South Carolina Aiken
o May 2018-June 2019
• Nominating Committee, University of South Carolina Aiken Faculty Assembly
o April 2018-June 2019
• Search Committee for Political Theory Professor, University of South Carolina Aiken
o May 2018-December 2018
• Graduate Student Advisory Board Member, University of Northern Iowa
o September 2013-May 2014
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References

Sarah Cassella, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Loras College
192 Hennessy Hall
Dubuque, IA 52001
Email: sarah.cassella@loras.edu
Phone: 563-588-7184

Jana Redmond, MS, MA, Reference and Instruction Librarian

Stephens-Burnett Memorial Library
Carson-Newman University
1634 Russell Ave
Jefferson City, TN 37760
Email: jredmond@cn.edu
Phone: 865-585-0503

Jenny M. Johnson, MSLIS, MA, Head of the University of Illinois Map Library
Map Library
418 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: jmj@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-333-3855