CURRICULUM VITAE
Laura D. (Loring) Shedenhelm
(706) 542-0679 (office)
(706) 542-4144 (FAX)
shedenhe@uga.edu
EDUCATION
Masters in Spanish Literature
University of Georgia, 2006
Masters in Library Science
University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1983
Bachelor of Arts, Double degree in Spanish and Political Science
University of California, Riverside, California, 1977
HONORS AND AWARDS
Sigma Delta Pi -- Spanish honor society, elected 1975
LANGUAGE FACILITY
Spanish - Read, write, speak fluently
Portuguese, French, Italian - Reading comprehension
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bibliographer for Latin America, Spain & Portugal, Collection Development, University of Georgia
Libraries, Athens, Georgia, (half-time) 2003-present:
Responsible for acquiring library materials to support the University’s academic programs focusing on
Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Provide bibliographic instruction and research assistance for
students and faculty.
Media Archives Cataloger, Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection, University of
Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, July 2000-present (half-time 2003-present).
Responsible for providing access to the collections housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives &
Peabody Awards Collection through traditional cataloging and through creation of web-accessible
databases. Co-supervise student assistants assigned to the cataloging unit. NACO and OCLC Enhance
program participant (through 2003). Contribute to the mission of the Archives, and the Libraries as a
whole, by actively participating in the development and evaluation of policies and services, serving on
appropriate departmental and Libraries' committees, and maintaining an awareness of changes in the
organization and the university community, as well as through participation in continuing education
programs, professional development activities, and professional organizations.
Special Projects Cataloger, Collection Services Division, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia,
February 1995-July 2000.
Monographs Original Cataloger, Cataloging Department, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia,
February 1990-January 1995.
Spanish Language Cataloger, University of Southern California,
Cataloging Unit, Doheny Library, Los Angeles, California, April-December 1989.
Latin American and Iberian Specialist, University of Southern California, Boeckmann Center, Doheny Library,
Los Angeles, California, April 1986-April 1989.
Reference Librarian, Covina Public Library, Covina, California, December 1984-March 1986.
Project Assistant, UCLA Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California, July 1984December 1984.
Head, Technical Services, Law Library, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, September 1983-July
1984.
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CONSULTING
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Colección Hondureña (National Autonomous University of
Honduras, Honduran Collection), Tegucigalpa, Honduras, September 1993-August 1994.
As recipient of an American Library Association - United States Information Service Library Fellowship
funded by the Fulbright-Hays Act, consulted with the professional staff of the Library System of the
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) to catalog to AACR2r standards and automate on
MicroISIS the Honduran national bibliography maintained by the System. Steamlined and documented
departmental procedures. Shifted and weeded the collection. Supervised staff of 6 FTE. Taught seminars on
cataloging, controlled vocabulary indexing, and automation principles.
United States Forest Service, INFOSouth, Athens, Georgia, September 1990-September 1992.
Completed two minimal level cataloging projects for the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, INFOSouth. Subject matter of records was forestry and recreation. Cataloged approximately 3500
publications. Successfully completed all requirements of both contracts. Work performed was
accomplished as a subcontractor.
SELECTED SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY/LIBRARIES
University of Georgia:
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, Advisory Board, ex-oficio, 2006-present
Peabody Awards Faculty Judge, 2002-present (Committee chair – Documentaries, 2005-present)
LIBRARY FACULTY SERVICE
Faculty Advisory Board, 2005-2006
Faculty Committee on Promotion, 2005-2007
Committee on Professional Development and Research, 1999-2001, 2002-2003, 2005-2006
MEDIA ARCHIVES ACTIVITIES
Member of metadata advisory group for the Civil Rights Digital Library, 2006-2007
Represented the Peabody Awards Collection at “Mining Archival Resources on the Web” program at
Georgia State University, 2000
HONORS AND AWARDS
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association:
Best of LRTS Award, 2002
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TEACHING
University of Georgia:
Bibliographic Instruction for Latin American and related courses, and Spanish and Portuguese literatures
and language courses, 2003- present
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras:
Seminar covering the 1988 revisions to AACR2, 1993
Seminar covering creation and use of automated records, theory and use of controlled vocabulary, and
application of specific thesauri for agriculture and forestry, 1993
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
MEMBERSHIPS
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials
Executive Board, Member-At-Large (1995-1998, 2007-2010)
Editorial Board (member, 1998-present)
Membership Committee (Chair 1988-1991 & 2001-2003; member, 1988-2006)
Finance Committee (Chair 1997-2000, 2006-2009; member, 1997-2003, 2006-2009)
Local Arrangements/Conference Planning Committee, SALALM XL (1993-1995)
Nominations Committee (1991-1993)
Subcommittee on Audio-Visual Media (Chair 2004-2006, member 2001-present)
Subcommittee on National Level Cooperation (1984-1985)
Subcommittee on Cataloging and Bibliographic Technology (1984-2003)
Subcommittee of RLG Users (1986-1989)
Subcommittee of OCLC Users (1984, 1990-1995)
Ad Hod Committee for Relocation of the Secretariat (Chair, 2004-2005)
Ad Hod Committee for SALALM Web page development (Chair, 1996-1997)
Served as rapporteur for various annual conference sessions
Latin American Studies Southeast Region (LASER)
CONFERENCES
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM), 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988,
1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Latin American Studies Southeast Region (LASER), 2004, 2005
Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), 2002
American Library Association, 1983, 1991, 2002
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
Co-listowner, Latin Americanist Librarians' Announcements List (LALA-L), August 1991-2004
Contribute to enhancement of Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings through suggestions for
new and revised classification numbers and subject terms, 1991-2003
Contribute to UGA NACO participation, 1998-2003
Contribute to OCLC Enhance program, 1990-1995 (monographs); 2001-2003 (media)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
WORKSHOPS
SOLINET:
Digital Collection Project Planning Workshop (electronic conference), Athens, 2006
Audio-Visual Preservation Workshop (electronic conference), Athens, 2006
University of Georgia, Training and Development Dept.:
Personal Accountability, 2006
Front Line Leadership (5 part series), 2005-2006
Introduction, 2005
Achieving Results, 2006
Checks and Balances, 2006
Leading People, 2005
Supervising Change, 2005
Dreamweaver: A First Look, 2002; Intermediate, 2002
I am – I can – I will (3 part leadership course), 1998:
Attitute Aerobics;
Learn to be a natural born leader;
Managing conflict, getting to “yes”
Dealing with Difficult People, 1995
Time Mastery, 1995
Managing a Student Workforce, 1995
Group Dynamics and Team Building Workshop, 1990
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH AND OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
PUBLICATIONS
---. “Revolutions on the Radio: People and Issues Related to Revolutionary Movements in Latin America, Audio
Gleanings from the Peabody Awards Collection.” In Trends and Traditions in Latin American and
Caribbean History: Papers of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition of
Latin American Library Materials, Cornell University, June 1-4, 2002, Denise A. Hibay, ed.: 10-28.
Austin, TX: SALALM Secretariat, Benson Latin American Collection, the General Libraries, the
University of Texas at Austin, c2005.
---. “OCLC, Vendor Records, and Cataloging Triage.” In Latin American Identities, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and
Sexuality: Papers of the Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American
Library Materials, Tempe, Arizona, May 26-29, 2001, Víctor Federico Torres, ed.: 205-210. Austin, TX:
SALALM Secretariat, Benson Latin American Collection, the General Libraries, the University of Texas at
Austin, c2005.
---. Review of La vida es silbar, dir. Fernando Pérez. Chasqui 32:2 (November 2003): 201-203.
---. “Bibliography on Ecotourism in Central America.” In Societies under Constraint, Economic and Social
Pressures in Latin America: Papers of the Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition of
Latin American Library Materials, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia April 29-May 2, 1995, edited
by Robert A. McNeil: 180-195. Austin, TX: SALALM Secretariat, Benson Latin American Collection, the
General Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin, 1997.
---. “Ecoturismo: el contexto centroamericano.” In Societies under Constraint, Economic and Social Pressures in
Latin America: Papers of the Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American
Library Materials, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia April 29-May 2, 1995 edited by Robert A.
McNeil: 175-179. Austin, TX: SALALM Secretariat, Benson Latin American Collection, the General
Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin, 1997.
---. “A Library Fellow in Honduras: automatización de la Colección Hondureña.” In Modernity and Tradition, the
New Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1956-1994: Papers of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of
the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, David M. Kennedy Center for
International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Family History Library, Salt Lake City,
Utah, Salt Lake City Utah May 28-June 2, 1994 edited by Nelly S. González: 297-305. Austin, TX:
SALALM Secretariat, Benson Latin American Collection, the General Libraries, the University of Texas at
Austin, 1996.
---. “Latin American Forestry Research: Resources and Strategy.” In SALALM and the Area Studies Community:
Papers of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library
Materials, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, May
30-June 4, 1992 edited by David Block: 188-219. Albuquerque, NM: SALALM Secretariat, General
Library, University of New Mexico, 1994.
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---, editor. Latin American Information Series. (1998- ) <http://www.libs.uga.edu/lais/index.html>, last viewed
August 23, 2006.
Shedenhelm, Laura D., and Bartley A. Burk. “Book Vendor Records in the OCLC Database: Boon or Bane?”
Library Resources & Technical Services, 45:1 (January 2001): 10-19.
Williams, Gayle Ann, with … Laura D. Shedenhelm. Index Guide to Latin American Journals. Austin, TX:
SALALM Secretariat, Benson Latin American Collection, the General Libraries, the University of Texas at
Austin, 1999.
American Library Association, Government Documents Round Table. Guide to Official Publications of Foreign
Countries, Gloria Westfall, editor in chief. 2nd ed. Bethesda, MD: CIS, 1997. Compiled section on
Uruguay.
---. ---. Bethesda, MD: CIS, 1990. Compiled section on Uruguay.
Valk, Barbara G. and ... Laura D. Loring, comps. BorderLine: A Bibliography of the United States-Mexico
Borderlands. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Latin American Center, 1988.
THESES
Shedenhelm, Laura D. The Micro-Stories of Nery Alexis Gaitán: A Honduran Author in Modern Latin American
Literature. Master’s thesis, Spanish literature. University of Georgia (2006)
Loring, Laura D.. “Latin America, a Conspectus Extracted from the Library of Congress Classification Scheme.”
Master’s thesis, UCLA. (1983)
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Unannotated bibliography of Venezuelan literature, in coordination with Dr. José Alvarez, University of Georgia
Annotated bibliography of Honduran literature.
Honduran short story index (accepted for publication in SALALM Bibliography and Reference Series).
MISCELLANEOUS
Index for HAPI, Hispanic American Periodicals Index, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992
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SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
Organized Hispanic Heritage month screenings, a series of audio and visual presentations in coordination with the
Peabody Awards Collection and the UGA Libraries Media Dept., 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Organized library display of art catalogs from the Museo del Barrio for Hispanic Heritage Month, 2006
Athens Ballet Theatre Board of Directors, 2002-2005
Organized “Dance and Documentaries: Celebrating National Dance Week 2005”, a series presented at the AthensClarke County Library of screenings from the Peabody Awards Collection and demonstrations of
dancing styles taught in the community, 2005
Organized library display in honor of Nicolás Kanellos, founder of Arte Público Press, 2003.
Organized screening series and library display in coordination with the Romance Languages Department’s
biennial Lusophone Fair, 2003
Organized “Real Life Mysteries & Crimes,” a series of screenings at the Athens-Clarke County Library of
programs from the Peabody Awards Collection, 2002
Organized “In Celebration of African American Culture,” a series of screenings at the Athens-Clarke County
Library of programs from the Peabody Awards Collection, 2001
Organized “Black History Month: Research Resources in Athens” in coordination with Athens-Clarke County
Library, to highlight information available to teachers and students (K-12) about African Americans;
presented information about the Peabody Awards Collection, 2001
Athens 96 Volunteer, on-call Spanish-language translation during 1996 Olympics
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