Kimberly Schroeder
Associate Professor of Teaching
313-577-9783
Office Hours
Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m.
Office Location
Third Floor of Kresge Cube 100.6
Kimberly Schroeder
Kim Schroeder has spent more than twenty years consulting on audio visual archival collections for top corporations, museums, and academic institutions. She was an Adjunct Faculty member, beginning in 1999, and has taught Indexing and Abstracting, Introduction to the Information Profession, Administration of Visual Collections, Archives and Libraries in a Digital World, and Digital Imaging. Joining the full-time faculty in 2013, she added more technology and archival courses to her portfolio including Information Technology, Intellectual Property, and Oral History. Now, Coordinator of the Archival Program, she has updated the curriculum twice and created an Archival Advisory Board.
As Career Advisor since 2009, she works with students to develop their career path and train for job hunting.
In 2012, she started the first ever National Digital Stewardship Alliance student group which focuses on digital preservation and curation. The student group has been very active hosting regional colloquiums and presenting at the national conference several times.
She also created the Alternative Spring Break Program which aims to give students an opportunity to intern for the week in nationally iconic organizations like the National Archives and Records Administration, the Smithsonian, several Presidential Libraries, MIT, etc.
Lastly, she manages several educational projects in the Digital Media Projects Lab (the DMPL) to enhance students hands-on skills with obsolescent formats in all forms of A/V and manuscript material.
Responsibilities
Coordinator of the Archival Administration Certificate Program
Career Advisor
Faculty Advisor of the NDSA Student Group
Coordinator of Alternative Spring Break
Practicum Coordinator for the Archival and Digital Content Management areas
Board Member, Michigan Oral History Association
Collections Advisor, Detroit Sound Conservancy
Member, WSU Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
Member, Digital Library Federation, DEI Committee
Member, DEI Library Committee, WSU
Member, Regional Archival Associations Consortium, Society of American Archivists
Degrees and Certifications
MSLS - Wayne State University
Awards and Honors
NDSA Innovator Award (2013)
Academic Interests
Conducting large studies in the archival field to assess trends on a macro level.
Areas of Expertise
Digital Preservation, Project Management for Digitization, Multi-Media Archives, Detroit History, Oral History
Research Interests
Obsolescent Formats
Courses taught by Kimberly Schroeder
Fall Term 2023 (current)
- INF7770 - Oral History: A Methodology for Research
- INF7780 - Description and Access for Archives
- HIS7860 - Oral History: A Methodology for Research
Spring-Summer Term 2023
Winter Term 2023
- INF7730 - Administration of Audio Visual Collections
- INF7780 - Description and Access for Archives
- HIS7820 - Description and Access for Archives
- INF7712 - Intellectual Property for Information Professionals and Archivists
- HIS7890 - Administration of Audio Visual Collections
Fall Term 2022
- INF7770 - Oral History: A Methodology for Research
- HIS7860 - Oral History: A Methodology for Research
- INF7780 - Description and Access for Archives
Winter Term 2022
- HIS7890 - Administration of Audio Visual Collections
- INF7730 - Administration of Audio Visual Collections
- INF7780 - Description and Access for Archives
- HIS7820 - Description and Access for Archives
- INF6850 - Issues in Information Sciences