Shelley Sweeney is the retired Head of the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections and Librarian Emerita. She was responsible for the administration of the archives as well as the rare book room and focused on donor relations, acquisition of records, reference, and public outreach. She participated in the bid to receive the archives of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and co-led, with Deborah Young, the establishment of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba. Shelley has studied and worked in archives since 1981 and has a Masters of Archival Studies (UBC 1985) and a PhD in Archival Enterprise (University of Texas at Austin, 2002).