Stephanie is the Religious Collections Librarian/Archivist for the Marian Library and the U.S. Catholic Special Collection. She manages the archival collections and audiovisual materials of these two areas, with her primary duties including selection, processing, arrangement and reference work. She also serves on the library instruction team and is a liaison to the Departments of Philosophy, Religious Studies and the Program of Disability Studies.
Stephanie Shreffler
Associate Professor; Religious Collections Librarian/Archivist
Full-Time Faculty
Libraries:
Marian Library
Stephanie Shreffler
Associate Professor; Religious Collections Librarian/Archivist
Full-Time Faculty
Libraries:
Marian Library
Profile
Degrees
- M.S.I., University of Michigan
- B.A., Hillsdale College
Courses Taught
- PHL 240: Research Methodologies and Technologies
- UDI 204: Archival and Primary Source Research
Professional Activities
- Member of the Society of American Archivists (SAA)
- Collections Committee, Catholic Research Resources Alliance. Member, 2014-2023. Chair, 2016-2022.
- Member of the Society of Ohio Archivists (SOA). Membership & Awards Committee Chair, 2016-2023
- Member of the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO)
Research Interests
- Teaching with primary sources
- Web archiving
- American Catholicism
Selected Publications
- Harris, K., Beis, C., Shreffler, S. (2021). Citizen Web Archivists: Applying Web Archiving as a Pedagogical Tool. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 33(4), 262-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/1941126X.2021.1988463
- Beis, C.A., Harris, K.N., Shreffler, S.L. (2019). Accessing web archives: Integrating an Archive-It collection into EBSCO Discovery Service. Journal of Web Librarianship. https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2019.1625844
- Harris, K., Shreffler, S., and Gauder, H. (2018). “The Archives as Classroom: A Primary Source Mini-Course.” Case Studies on Teaching with Primary Sources. https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/TWPSCase_6_Archives_As_Classroom.pdf
- Shreffler, S., and Gauder, H. (2018). Exercising research skills: An information literacy boot camp for religious studies graduate assistants. Journal of Religious & Theological Information 17 (4), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2018.1467821
- Soule, S. L. (2016). Intellectualism and American parish priests: A study of the library of Bernard J. Beckmeyer. American Catholic Studies 127 (3), 35-56. https://ecommons.udayton.edu/roesch_fac/46/