Meet the Team

We’re the library workers who make up the LFP community.

Michele Alaniz

City College of San Francisco, CA

Michele Alaniz

City College of San Francisco, CA

Michele is the Distance Education librarian and instructor within the Library Information Technology (LIT) department at City College of San Francisco. She has a Master’s in Library & Information Science and a Master’s in Instructional Science & Technology. In her work, she focuses on distance education, user experience, accessibility, privacy and information literacy.

Frans Albarillo

Brooklyn College, CUNY, NY

Frans Albarillo

Brooklyn College, CUNY, NY

Frans Albarillo is a social science librarian at Brooklyn College. He is interested in applied research methods, digital privacy in higher education, undocumented students, and OER.

Barbara Alvarez

Barbara Alvarez

Lauren Antolino

Lauren Antolino

Max Arias

Max Arias

Ellie Avis

Multnomah County Library, OR

Ellie Avis

Multnomah County Library, OR

Ellie Avis is the Collection Manager at Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon. She works with a team of brilliant library people to provide access to a wide variety of physical and digital resources and improve the diversity and equity of library collections. She is a member of the Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee and Tech Services Roundtable Steering Committee, is a current MLIS student at San Jose State University, and holds a Master's Degree in City Planning from UC Berkeley. In her free time, Ellie enjoys making and breaking things, DIY music, and riding her bike.

Luz Badillo

Santa Monica College Library, CA

Luz Badillo

Santa Monica College Library, CA

Luz Badillo (she/her/ella) is an Instruction & Reference Librarian at Santa Monica College Library. She holds a B.A. in English Literature and Language and an MLIS. Luz works alongside community college students and is always looking for the best ways to center and meet their information needs. Her interests include critical pedagogy, first-year, first-gen, and transfer student experiences, student research behavior, and assessment.

Patricia B. Ball

Stratton Library (Cobb County), GA

Patricia B. Ball

Stratton Library (Cobb County), GA

Patricia B. Ball is currently the branch manager of the Joanne P. Stratton Library, a branch of the Cobb County Public Library System in Marietta, Georgia a part of Metro Atlanta. She has been a public librarian for many years. She holds a Masters of Media Technology from Alabama A&M University, Masters of Library Science from Florida State University and a Ph.D. from University of Pittsburgh. She has taught library courses at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, Shorter College, College Park, Georgia and Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia. She has also held positions with Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Her motto is to provide library services that impact and change lives. She has a passion for services to special populations, digital literacy, the digital divide and technology. These issues are relevant to privacy and surveillance. She is excited about being accepted into the Library Freedom Project Cohort so that she can help guide her community in protecting their privacy as they engage online. She recognizes the need for the public to be informed concerning issues related to data mining, privacy and about personal data that is collected and stored as they engage online. It will not only help the public but also her colleagues in better understanding issues concerning privacy and surveillance.

Donna Baluchi

Donna Baluchi

Donna Baluchi (she/they) is a medical librarian with expertise in access, outreach, and health disparities research. They endeavor to create an atmosphere that is accessible, welcoming, safe, and representative of all who seek medical information (and knows what is, and isn’t, protected by HIPAA). She has been a devoted health and information literacy instructor since 2017. They are also passionate about DIY ethics and zines. She started her library career as a volunteer dinosaur librarian.

Ari Baum-Hommes

Minneapolis, MN

Ari Baum-Hommes

Minneapolis, MN

Ari (she/her) works as a librarian at a small urban branch in Minneapolis, MN.

Jazmyne Baylor

Jazmyne Baylor

Liana Bayne-Lin

Liana Bayne-Lin

Howard Besser

New York University

Howard Besser

New York University

Howard Besser (he/they) is a scholar of digital preservation, digital libraries, and preservation of film and video. He is Professor of Cinema Studies and the founding director of the NYU Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program ("MIAP"), a graduate program in the Tisch School. He helps shape Library Freedom Project's curriculum and overall pedagogical approach.

Eliza Bettinger

Cornell University Library, NY

Eliza Bettinger

Cornell University Library, NY

Eliza Bettinger is director of Digital Scholarship Services at Cornell University Library.

Michelle Biwer

Arlington Library, VA

Michelle Biwer

Arlington Library, VA

Michelle Biwer (she/hers) is a children and teen librarian working for the Alexandria Library in VA. She works with kids and teens to create library spaces and programs related to social justice, reading, technology, and now privacy. Michelle loves traveling and watching too much tv.

Andrea Boothby Rice

Washington College, MD

Andrea Boothby Rice

Washington College, MD

Andrea came to Washington College by way of Public Libraries. Her research interests are influenced by her time as a public librarian and activities with the MLA Intellectual Freedom Panel. She explores the ways that libraries create accessible spaces and bridge information access for adults with disabilities in rural communities. When not supporting students in their information literacy and research endeavors she is also committed to information justice and removing barriers to information for all.

Grace Brazell

KU Libraries, Kansas

Grace Brazell

KU Libraries, Kansas

Grace Brazell (she/they) lives and works in Lawrence, Kansas as a Youth Services Assistant at Lawrence Public Library. She's particularly interested in helping youth understand the value and meaning of their personal data.

Sara Brown

Sara Brown

Sara is a librarian, fiber crafter, and novice gardener in Maryland with a background in public libraries. She is interested in the commodification of privacy as a luxury good and in making digital privacy skills accessible to people with limited tech skills or anxiety around technology.

Symphony Bruce

New York University, NY

Symphony Bruce

New York University, NY

Symphony Bruce is a librarian and educator who combines her background in teaching with her interest in information literacy to provide student-centered instruction. Her research interests include information literacy for preservice teachers, care ethics for librarianship, and online education.

Jennifer Bruneau

Northborough Free Library, MA

Jennifer Bruneau

Northborough Free Library, MA

Jennifer Bruneau is the Director of the Northborough Free Library. She also teaches library leadership development classes in the New England area. She's interested in providing continuing education opportunities that empower library leaders to create safe and welcoming libraries for their staff and communities.

Sam Buechler

Washington State University-Vancouver

Sam Buechler

Washington State University-Vancouver

Sam Buechler is the Library Director at Washington State University Vancouver. Prior to their current position, Sam worked as a Student Success Librarian and in access services departments at a variety of four-year and community college libraries. These experiences provide the foundation for Sam’s research which centers privacy advocacy and anti-surveillance on college campuses, queer theory at the intersection of librarianship, and critical information literacy.

Melissa Cardenas-Dow

Melissa Cardenas-Dow

M.R.M. Cassidy

New York

M.R.M. Cassidy

New York

Formerly a medical, academic, and prison librarian, M (any/all) now works as a public librarian in Upstate NY. M is interested in counter-surveillance, zines, and increasing community awareness about threats to privacy.

Ery Caswell

Ery Caswell

Lucia Cedeira Serantes

Western University, London, Ontario

Lucia Cedeira Serantes

Western University, London, Ontario

Lucia Cedeira Serantes was born and grew up in A Coruña, Spain. Her academic life took her to Pittsburgh, PA (USA), London, ON (Canada) and to Queens (NY). She currently works as an adjunct at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (London, ON), where she teaches about digital literacies, youth and public libraries, and comics. As a professional librarian, she was honoured to have worked as a young adult librarian and researcher for the (now sadly closed) International Center for Children’s and Young Adults’ Books (Salamanca, Spain). Increasingly technology plays ubiquitous roles in the daily lives of teens and children, therefore I am hoping that the LFI training will enable me to become a better and more informed advocate for theoretical and practical issues relating to information surveillance and privacy among future librarians and look for ways to instill these issues across the curriculum. More about her work https://www.fims.uwo.ca/people/profiles/lucia_cedeira_serantes.html

Adam Chandler

Adam Chandler

Danielle Colbert-Lewis

North Carolina Central University, NC

Danielle Colbert-Lewis

North Carolina Central University, NC

Danielle Colbert-Lewis (EdD, MLIS) (she/her) is the Assistant Director of Library Services at North Carolina Central University’s James E. Shepard Memorial Library. She provides support to faculty, students, staff, and researchers in utilizing library resources and services to enhance teaching, learning, and scholarship. She has over 20 years of experience in higher education. She has extensive experience in academic librarianship, with expertise in reference, information literacy, legal research, first-year experience, government documents, institutional repositories, scholarly communications, open educational resources, mentoring, and library programming.

Catie Coldwater

Catie Coldwater

Ashley Colstad

Ashley Colstad

Anne Cong-Huyen

Anne Cong-Huyen

Maty C

Boston Public Library, MA

Maty C

Boston Public Library, MA

Maty is an outreach librarian, and brings library info and services to drop-in centers, youth detention facilities, local jails and prisons, and other places.

Hannah Cyrus

Maine

Hannah Cyrus

Maine

Hannah (she/her) works as a reference librarian with a focus on technology instruction and digital privacy. She enjoys working with patrons of all ages from all backgrounds, especially those experiencing homelessness, and survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault. Her work often centers around patrons concerned about their accounts or devices being compromised, falling victim to predatory schemes, or simply overwhelmed with junk email and spam phone calls, as well as those concerned by the ubiquitous creepiness of online surveillance capitalism.

Jordan Daley

Jordan Daley

Texas

Texas

Position: Children's LIbrarian Location: Texas Interests: Youth services and digital literacy and elevating awareness of privacy rights in small/rural communities.

Angela D.

Georgia

Angela D.

Georgia

Angela Dixon currently works in digital security. Her research interests include digital privacy issues that directly impact and affect BIPOC communities. Her passion is working with first- and second-generation college students.

Ariel Dyer

California

Ariel Dyer

California

Ariel Dyer is a reference librarian at Bakersfield College and liaison to the Shafter Library and Learning Center. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from Westmont College and a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. She has experience working in education, nonprofits, tech, and libraries, and advocates for public libraries locally in her free time.

Nina-Simone Edwards

Nina-Simone Edwards

Nina-Simone Edwards is a lawyer, privacy researcher, and library and information science student committed to building liberatory, surveillance-resistant information ecosystems. Her work explores how layered vulnerabilities—rooted in race, class, gender, and digital access—intersect with privacy and cybersecurity harms. She has tackled these issues across regulatory, academic, and grassroots spaces, with a particular focus on surveillance technologies that disproportionately target Black communities, immigrants, and other marginalized groups.

Khalil El-Bathy

Khalil El-Bathy

Khalil El-Bathy grew up in Detroit and earned his MLIS from San Jose State University. He is very passionate about affordable education and has had the pleasure to support the creation of two Open Educational Resource (OER) courses at his college. Khalil believes that every library should strive to be made over into a "people's university" where all knowledge, culture, and information is free for everyone. Our privacy is not the price we need to pay to create, share, learn, and play.

Katie Elson Anderson

Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers University, NJ

Katie Elson Anderson

Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers University, NJ

Katie Elson Anderson is a reference and instruction librarian at Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers University-Camden and serves as liaison to the Political Science, Social Work, and Anthropology, Sociology and Criminal Justice departments. Her research focuses on social media in libraries, internet culture and misinformation, disinformation and propaganda. Katie received her Master’s in Library and Information Science from Rutgers University and holds a degree in Anthropology and German from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a columnist for Library Hi Tech News providing introduction and insight to mobile and social networking apps for libraries and librarians.

Hebah Emara

New York University, NY

Hebah Emara

New York University, NY

Hebah (they/she) is a 2020 MLIS graduate and 2019-2020 OCLC/LITA Spectrum Scholar. They are currently a librarian at New York University. Hebah is interested in the ways libraries and technology interact, services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, and applying critical perspectives to technology.

Reanna Esmail

Cornell University, NY

Reanna Esmail

Cornell University, NY

Reanna Esmail is the Lead Librarian for instruction at Cornell University. She oversees the library’s information literacy program for the humanities and social sciences library and supports the research and collection needs of Asian American studies, Feminist Gender and Sexuality studies, Game studies, Media studies, and Philosophy. She was a co-Primary Investigator on a terminated IMLS grant project to create open educational resources related to algorithmic literacy. Reanna is a current 2024-2025 Association for Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership and Career Development Program Fellow. Additionally, she is a columnist for American Libraries magazine, and former blogger for the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. As a library instructor, Reanna teaches a variety of topics including research strategies, critical information literacy, algorithmic systems, digital privacy, and targeted online harassment self-defense.

Dylan Flesch

New York

Dylan Flesch

New York

I'm a student of prison industrial complex abolition, and I'm a new dad. I'm also a library worker aiming for a more just vision of what libraries can and should be, and taking action to bring that vision to life. I received my MLIS from University of Washington in Seattle in 2014. I work in public radio archives, currently at New York Public Radio, previously at KEXP. Outside of my day job, I’m an active organizer pushing leftists to strengthen and transform their local public library systems. At the national level, I’m a steering committee member and co-founder of For the People Leftist Library Project (FTP). At the municipal level, I’m a volunteer and co-founder of NYC Public Library Action Network (NYC PLAN). At the neighborhood level, I’m an active member of my friends of the library group. Across all of this work, I'm working to transform and strengthen public libraries because I think they're worth fighting for.

Violet Fox

Violet Fox

Nora Franco

Nora Franco

Maggie Frankel

Maggie Frankel

John Mack Freeman

Georgia

John Mack Freeman

Georgia

John "Mack" Freeman is interested in how libraries interact with traditionally underserved parts of their communities. Mack is deeply involved with library associations at the state and national level. Mack was the 2018-2019 chair of ALA's Intellectual Freedom Round Table, 2017-2020 chair of the Georgia Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Interest Group, 2024 Georgia Library Asdociation President, and a former chair of the Stonewall Book Awards. Mack is also an advocate for open government, serving on the board of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation. When he's not working, he enjoys destroying his kitchen in baking adventures, listening to queer romance novels, and plotting world domination with his husband. You can find out more at www.johnmackfreeman.com.

Patrick Frownfelter

State Library of Pennsylvania

Patrick Frownfelter

State Library of Pennsylvania

Patrick Frownfelter is a library technician for the State Library of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, PA, specializing in digital collections as well as federal and state documents. Prior to his current position, he was a reference specialist for the Middletown Public Library in Middletown, PA, and Fredericksen Library in Camp Hill, PA. He received his MSLS from Clarion University in 2019. He is a staunch promoter of critical librarianship and works to utilize his knowledge base both in his current position at the State Library and as an activist in his community to promote political education and mutual aid.

In his spare time, he enjoys axe throwing, cooking, reading, time with his partners, and playing with his cats, Sadie and Toasted Marshmallow.

Allie Fry

Massachusetts

Allie Fry

Massachusetts

Allie Fry (she/her) became a public librarian because of the PBS Kids show Arthur and is passionate about building abolitionist futures. She has a background in gender studies and works at a public library in MA, planning free events for adults and multigenerational groups.

Alexandra Furtado

Norfolk Law Library, MA

Alexandra Furtado

Norfolk Law Library, MA

Alexandra (she/her) is the Head Law Librarian at the Brockton Law Library, one of fifteen Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries that provide legal research assistance to the bench, bar, and public. She holds a BA in English and Theater Arts from Brown University and an MLIS from Simmons College. She advocates for expanding access to legal information to the general public, educating on privacy rights, and promoting diversity and inclusion both as a librarian and also in her everyday life, especially as a 3-Season, Wilderness First-Aid-certified Leader for the Appalachian Mountain Club.

Scarlet Galvan

Grand Valley State University, MI

Scarlet Galvan

Grand Valley State University, MI

Scarlet Galvan (she/her) is a happy warrior, Area Lead for Assessment and Planning, and Collection Strategist Librarian at Grand Valley State University Libraries. At GVSU she leads efforts toward an justice-centered, sustainable collection. Her research focuses on the sociopolitical aspects of library services platforms and resource management.

Recent work includes keynotes at VALA: Libraries, Technology, and the Future, and the North Carolina Serials Conference. Scarlet is currently a member of SPARC’s Executive Steering Committee and an editor for Weave: Journal of Library User Experience. When not doing work things, she enjoys soapmaking. You can find Scarlet on asgalvan.com and @panoptigoth.

Lorelle Gianelli

Lorelle Gianelli

Oscar Gittemeier

San Diego Public Library, CA

Oscar Gittemeier

San Diego Public Library, CA

Oscar Gittemeier currently works as the program manager at the San Diego Public Library in California. He received a BA in Sociology and an MA in Women’s Studies from Georgia State University, and a master’s in Library and Information Science with a certificate in Leadership and Management from Florida State University. Oscar is a former Beard Scholarship recipient and a graduate of the Georgia Public Library Service PINNACLE Leadership Institute. Over the last ten years he has worked as a library associate, youth services librarian, and branch manager. Oscar was also formerly the Georgia Library Association Vice-President for Membership. In his free time Oscar enjoys snuggling with his labradane Jasper and hunting for the world’s greatest French toast.

Alexandrea Glenn

University of Pennsylvania

Alexandrea Glenn

University of Pennsylvania

Alexandrea is the student engagement librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. Alexandrea graduated from Wayne State University with an MLIS and a certificate in Information Management. Originally from Michigan (Go Blue!), she brought her 2 cats to Pennsylvania with her and enjoys travelling when there isn’t a global pandemic.

Lena Gluck

Lena Gluck

Lena (they/them) lives on Ramapough Lunaape land (you can donate to the Munsee Three Sisters Medicinal Farm to support Turtle Clan food sovereignty). They currently work with the Massachusetts Coalition of Domestic Workers. They have previously worked in public and academic libraries in NY, MA, and NJ. Lena also organizes in mutual aid projects in Northern New Jersey. They like to design pins, write zines, and spend time with their wife and cat.

Ariel Hahn

Ariel Hahn

Leigh Ann Hamel

Leigh Ann Hamel

Leigh Ann is ananishinaabekwe of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, from rural northern Michigan. They're also an Emerging Technologies Librarian, currently based in New Hampshire, a Zine Librarian who has worked with the Forgotten Zine Archive (based in Dublin), and a folk punk enthusiast. She uses both they/them and she/her pronouns. You can usually find them in the forest.

Cynthia Heider

Cynthia Heider

Sam Helmick

Iowa City Public Library, IA

Sam Helmick

Iowa City Public Library, IA

Sam Helmick is the Community and Access Services Coordinator for the Iowa City Public Library in Iowa, the ALA Councilor for the Iowa Chapter, and current chair of the Iowa Governor's Commission of Libraries. As the chair of Iowa Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee, Sam is proud of their colleagues' hard work which was recognized by the 2018 Downs Intellectual Freedom Award. Sam also serves as the Freedom to Read Foundation Bylaws chair for ALA.

Sam was a member of the 2019 RUSA Sophie Brody, 2019 GLBTRT Barbara Gittings, and 2018 Michael L. Printz Award committees. As a 2016 ALA Emerging Leader, Sam helped to develop an evergreen calendar of YALSA content and worked on the ALA Public Awareness Committee for the #LibrariesTransform and Library Card Sign-Up Month campaigns. Her book Mobile Social Marketing for Libraries is available through Rowman and Littlefield Press.

E Hogan

E Hogan

Shanna Hollich

Creative Commons

Shanna Hollich

Creative Commons

As Learning and Training Manager, Shanna supports all of CC’s programs and projects by identifying and developing professional development and learning opportunities that are relevant to CC’s mission, including (but not limited to) the CC Certificates. Prior to joining CC, Shanna worked for 15 years as a librarian across multiple institutions – K-12 school, public, government, and academic. They have worked in public/access services, technical services and cataloging/metadata, and administration, ultimately serving as director for the John Stewart Memorial Library at Wilson College and the Guthrie Memorial Library in Hanover, PA. Their research during this time primarily involved copyright reform, cultural heritage, open access, open education, and social justice.

Chloe Horsma

Sacramento Public Library, CA

Chloe Horsma

Sacramento Public Library, CA

Chloe Horsma (she/her) is a librarian in Sacramento, CA. Professionally, Chloe is a passionate advocate for youth and is invested in providing resources and services for all through an equity- and trauma-informed lens. Her perpetual project is to offer technology support to library patrons of all ages in ways that prioritize individual agency and autonomy, particularly for those with limited digital access and/or proficiency. Out in the world, Chloe is also a zealous knitter, printmaker, and book artist, and the proud companion of a wonderful little pug named Fig.

Kayla Hoskinson

Free Library of Philadelphia

Kayla Hoskinson

Free Library of Philadelphia

Kayla (she/her) is a youth services librarian in Philadelphia. She has served in various capacities in her union representing members. She is also an active member of Unity Caucus, a group of rank and file city workers fighting for a more democratic union, strong contracts, and open bargaining. She centers: free expression and autonomy over our work, police-free libraries and restorative practices, truly safe and welcoming spaces for kids and teens, and deep solidarity with those fighting against our many oppressive structures. In her spare time, she makes embroidery art, admires her friends, and naps.

Abby Houston

Abby Houston

Esther Jackson

Esther Jackson

Jodi Jacques

Alaska Library Network, AK

Jodi Jacques

Alaska Library Network, AK

Jodi Jacques (she/her/hers) is the Associate Director of the Alaska Library Network, a nonprofit library consortium whose mission is to strengthen and connect Alaska’s libraries through effective collaboration to better serve their communities. During her free time, she likes to be outdoors running, hiking, biking, camping or reading a book with a glass of wine.

Qiana Johnson

New Hampshire

Qiana Johnson

New Hampshire

Qiana Johnson has worked in research and instruction as well as collection development and assessment in academic research libraries. Her recent research interests include collection assessment methods at large research libraries and strategic planning for collections. Her recent advocacy work has focused on free access to information and partnerships with non-library organizations with similar interests.

Allison Jones

Greater Victoria Public Library, BC

Allison Jones

Greater Victoria Public Library, BC

Allison Jones (they/them) is the Senior Librarian, Technical Services at Greater Victoria Public Library, located on the territories of the Songhees, Xwsepsum, W̱SÁNEĆ, and Sc'ianew Nations. They are interested in digital literacy and alternative education and have worked in library systems, technical services, and public service. From 2019-2021, Allison co-hosted the Organizing Ideas podcast with Karen Ng, examining the relationships between organizing information and community organizing. They like to read science fiction and listen to fan podcasts.

Bryan Neil Jones

Nashville Public Library, TN

Bryan Neil Jones

Nashville Public Library, TN

I am a systems librarian at Nashville Public Library.

Angela Jordan

Teton County Library, WY

Angela Jordan

Teton County Library, WY

Angela Jordan is the Adult Services Manager at Teton County Library and has over a decade of experience in public libraries and academic archives.

Harini Kannan

Harini Kannan

Sam Kannegiser

Rutgers University, NJ

Sam Kannegiser

Rutgers University, NJ

I'm Sam Kannegiser (she/her/hers) and I'm a Student Success Librarian for Rutgers University in Camden, NJ. I'm particularly interested in getting students interested and informed about digital privacy rights and issues, especially on campus.

Caitlin Kenney

Western New York Library Resources Council

Caitlin Kenney

Western New York Library Resources Council

Caitlin Kenney is the Engagement and Education Services Coordinator at the Western New York Library Resources Council. She is also the Project Manager of Ask Us 24/7 and represents Academic/Special Libraries on the New York Library Association Council. She received her Master of Library Science degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and she has a decade of experience in various types of libraries. Caitlin loves spending time with her senior dog, hiking, and embarking on creative endeavors, including pottery and film photography.

Jennifer Keyser

Jennifer Keyser

Sherise Kimura

University of San Francisco

Sherise Kimura

University of San Francisco

Sherise Kimura (she/her) is Head of Electronic Resources & Systems at the University of San Francisco.

Makea King

Johns Hopkins University, MD

Makea King

Johns Hopkins University, MD

Makea King (she/her) currently works in data and information management at Johns Hopkins University. She holds undergraduate degrees in Fashion Merchandising and Business Management and she received her MLIS from the University of Maryland, College Park. In her current role, she is responsible for creating databases and information portals for internal and external clients and being a PDF/InDesign jedi master. She is also an enthusiastic champion of Excel's cooler aunt, Airtable.

As an ethical information professional, she is devoted to creating inclusive and accessible learning environments and believes in equitable access to information. Personal areas of interest are sustainability within the fashion industry, data privacy and ethics in research, the access to information for incarcerated people, and the lasting impact of racial discrimination from The New Deal. When not staring into the void of two laptops, she enjoys photographing her cats, baking tasty desserts, and jotting down random musings and essays that will likely never become the memoir she thinks they will.

Megan Kinney

City College of San Francisco, CA

Megan Kinney

City College of San Francisco, CA

Megan Kinney is a Bay Area, California librarian passionate about working in community college communities. Through her work with faculty and students, together they explore the intricacies of information and privacy – how the search for one impacts the balance of the other, and how these things can feel both powerful and dangerous. Megan engages her LFI experience on a daily basis, and finds her technical expertise and knowledge around privacy issues invaluable to her work with electronic resources.

Wren Kominos-Marvell

State Library of Oregon

Wren Kominos-Marvell

State Library of Oregon

Wren is the Systems Librarian at the State Library of Oregon, where he writes software that helps staff retain government documents and provides research access to government employees. He is interested in open source software and anything that reduces libraries reliance on vendors.

Lawrence Koval

Lawrence Koval

Jessica Krill

Sno-Isle Libraries, WA

Jessica Krill

Sno-Isle Libraries, WA

Jessica Krill has worked at a variety of libraries including public, special, academic, & K-12 education. She is passionate about UX, accessibility, organizational transparency, & advocating for library workers & users alike. Outside of libraries she enjoys participating in the slow fashion community, staying in with her partner & cats, & all things related to music & travel.

Maren Kyle

Maren Kyle

T.J. Lamanna

T.J. Lamanna

Sam Lee

Connecticut

Sam Lee

Connecticut

Sam Lee (she/her) is a public librarian in Connecticut. She serves as co-chair of the CT Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee. Sam is a proud member of the CT Cardigan Calvary of Intellectual Freedom Fighters. She believes strongly in building community resilience through mutual aid and spending out power and privilege. Her gardening ambitions far outweigh her skills and spends her time reading and cooking.

Joe Lee

The Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery at UMBC (Baltimore, MD)

Joe Lee

The Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery at UMBC (Baltimore, MD)

Joe Lee is a Reference Library Services Specialist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery. She is currently pursuing her MLIS at the University of Maryland’s College of Information (INFO) program, where she hopes to specialize in legal research. Prior to joining UMBC, Joe worked as a Library Associate at the Enoch Pratt Library in downtown Baltimore, and at the Sheridan Libraries’ Special Collections department at Johns Hopkins University. She is passionate about empowering BIPOC/BIWOC librarians and library workers, as well as sharing information and awareness of AI ethics, information literacy, and patron privacy rights.

Edward Junhao Lim

University of Connecticut

Edward Junhao Lim

University of Connecticut

Edward (he/him/his) is the Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian at the University of Connecticut, where he supports research and advises entrepreneurs across the main Storrs campus and two regional campuses. Edward co-created the Business Information Sources Index (BISdex), a BRASS project that provides quick insights into business information sources by and for librarians. He is an OSINT enthusiast after participating in a Bellingcat workshop.

Claire Lobdell

Greenfield Community College, MA

Claire Lobdell

Greenfield Community College, MA

I’m the distance education librarian at Greenfield Community College in Western Massachusetts, and I teach information literacy skills to in-person and online students. I’ve worked for about a decade in libraries and archives. In 2017, I published South Windsor, an installment in the Images of America series of books.

My privacy and anti-surveillance work has mainly focused on classroom-based education about privacy issues, as well as advocating for student privacy at my college and in the local school district. I have also created and taught a professional development course called Interrupting White Nationalism. In addition to privacy work, my research interests include teaching with primary sources and oral history.

Helen Lutke

Helen Lutke

Alison Macrina

Founder & Executive Director

Alison Macrina

Founder & Executive Director

Alison is an activist librarian and the director of Library Freedom Project. Alison started LFP in 2015 to organize and build community with other librarians who are dedicated to library values of privacy, intellectual freedom, social responsibility, and the public good.

lawrence maminta

Long Beach, CA

lawrence maminta

Long Beach, CA

lawrence (they/them) is a library worker from North Long Beach, CA. Their work focuses on helping users protect their personally identifiable information (PII) online. lawrence's approach to librarianship is grounded in a liberatory, abolitionist framework and centers communities impacted by incarceration. Their interests include video games and getting 2 on.

Mary Mann

The Cooper Union Library

Mary Mann

The Cooper Union Library

Mary Mann is a librarian and archivist who believes in the utility of investigating the past to better occupy the present.

Nora Mattern

School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh

Nora Mattern

School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh

Nora Mattern is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Library Science graduate program and a program lead in the “Responsible Data Science initiative” at Pitt. She does work on broadening use of open civic data through libraries and information policy.

Kelly McElroy

Oregon State University, OR

Kelly McElroy

Oregon State University, OR

Kelly McElroy is an outreach librarian and associate professor at Oregon State University. She supports communities seeking to protect their individual and collective privacy, whether they are students, workers, neighbors, or otherwise. Her interests include organized labor and collective bargaining, critical pedagogy, and zines.

Olivia McElwain

Reading Public Library, MA

Olivia McElwain

Reading Public Library, MA

Olivia is the Head of Children's Services at Reading Public Library in Reading MA. She is a member of ALA, ALSC, MLA, and NELA. She began working in public libraries as a page when she was 16, and she received her Master's in Library Science and Master's in Children's Literature from Simmons University. Exactly half her life has been spent working in libraries. Some professional passions include a child's right to privacy, intellectual freedom, and the growing minefield that is technology. When she's not in a library, she loves an old house museum to wander around in or just to lie down on a couch.

Meghan McGowan

Detroit, Michigan

Meghan McGowan

Detroit, Michigan

Meghan McGowan (they/she) is a librarian in Detroit. Their work has primarily focused on adult services in public libraries and academic institutions. Meghan is looking forward to implementing skills developed through librarianship + LFI against the increasingly rampant surveillance in Detroit with Project Greenlight and the city's use of facial recognition technology. She is most excited by work that inches us all toward freedom (and gardening).

Maria Mejia

New York

Maria Mejia

New York

Maria Mejia (she/her) is a librarian and historian from New York City. She works on open scholarship and scholarly communications at an academic library. Maria holds an MS in Library and Information Science, an MA in History, and a BA in History. Her research interests include critical librarianship, digital scholarship, reproductive justice, and Black feminist theory and activism.

Inbar Michael

Inbar Michael

JP Mongeau

JP Mongeau

Rebecca Moorman

University of Alaska Anchorage, AK

Rebecca Moorman

University of Alaska Anchorage, AK

Rebecca Moorman is Head of Technical Services at the University of Alaska Anchorage / Alaska Pacific University Consortium Library. A proud union member, Rebecca has worked in academic and special libraries across the country. Her professional interests include decolonization of library subject terminology, intellectual freedom and privacy, and getting in good trouble.

Marisol Moreno Ortiz

Marisol Moreno Ortiz

Marisol Moreno Ortiz is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at a community college. She holds a Master of Library and Information Science and Master of Arts in English degree. Marisol also received her Bachelor of Arts in English with a Writing Minor. She is committed to privacy and mental health advocacy, equity, inclusion, and diversity in the library profession.

Linda Nguyễn

Oakland Public Library, CA

Linda Nguyễn

Oakland Public Library, CA

Linda Nguyễn was born in California to refugee parents and grew up in the queer diaspora of the Internet. Linda currently works as a Teen Services Librarian with the Oakland Public Library on unceded Lisjan Ohlone territory, and is passionate about racial equity, digital safety, and financial literacy.

Bel Outwater

Auburn Public Library, GA

Bel Outwater

Auburn Public Library, GA

Bel Outwater is the Library Manager for the Auburn Public Library in Auburn, GA. She lives with her husband and two spoiled dogs in Barrow County, GA, and is currently working on her Masters of Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Before libraries, she worked for Borders Books (RIP) for almost a decade. She is this year's recipient of the of the Georgia Library Association's Hubbard Scholarship and a finalist in the 2019 Innovative Librarians Award contest. Working in a library combines her two passions -- reading and helping people.

Flan Park

Flan Park

Dolores Peralta

Dolores Peralta

Dolores (she/her/hers) MLIS

Camille Peters

Oakland Public Library, CA

Camille Peters

Oakland Public Library, CA

Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Camille Peters has fond memories of visiting her local public libraries, especially the many serendipitous discoveries she made as a child. She believes this is one of the vital functions of public libraries: they give people the opportunity to browse and discover freely, in an environment free of profit motives, where their privacy and the security of their data can be maintained. She earned her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2016. She was first hired by the Oakland Public Library to serve as the music librarian for the Main Library. In 2020, she took on the role of eResources librarian, and shortly after joined LFP. She lives in Oakland with her partner, their twins, and two cats.

Ess Pokornowski

Ess Pokornowski

Selina Portera

Los Angeles, CA

Selina Portera

Los Angeles, CA

Raised in Los Angeles, Jiquilpan, and the Bay Area, Selina has worked in archives, academic, and public libraries since 2014. She is committed to serving Spanish and other non-english speaking Indigenous communities. She does reference by mail for incarcerated people in Southern CA, and is working on her PhD at UCLA. She loves spending time with her family and cuddling with her dogs, Chico and Ximena. Find her on IG @lqamino

Miranda Pratt

Missouri

Miranda Pratt

Missouri

Miranda (they/them) is an information worker with an art degree, currently working in Wikipedia and open knowledge movements. When they're not on the clock, they help run Liberation Lit, an abolitionist books through bars program based in Kansas City.

Andrea Puglisi

Andrea Puglisi

Andrea’s career in public and academic libraries has focused on the relationship between people and their use of technology, and empowering communities with the skills needed to safely navigate digital environments. Working as a Systems & Technology Librarian in Massachusetts, Andrea's interests span a range of areas, including trauma-informed practices, data ethics, privacy, emotional and civic literacy, and the absence of these values in the design of systems. When not lost in the stacks, Andrea might be found wandering museums, farmer's markets, or immersed in a body of water (if the conditions are just right!). Most importantly, Andrea loves the Library Freedom Project.

Ray Pun

Bay Area, CA

Ray Pun

Bay Area, CA

Raymond Pun is a librarian in the Bay Area. He is an active member of the American Library Association and the Special Libraries Association and is a member of the ALA Policy Corps and the SLA Public Policy Council.

Denise Quintel

Middle Tennessee State University, TN

Denise Quintel

Middle Tennessee State University, TN

Denise Quintel (she/her) works as the Discovery Services Librarian at MTSU. She brings to her librarianship, a focus on user-centered design, a dedication to improving the research journey through resource discoverability and usability, and enthusiastic advocacy for user privacy.

Aviv Rau

Aviv Rau

Marisa Reichert

Tri-County Technical College, SC

Marisa Reichert

Tri-County Technical College, SC

Marisa has worked in public libraries since 2014, and prior to that, she obtained her MSLIS from Simmons College after completing her Bachelor’s in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Humanities from New College of Florida, where she wrote an undergraduate thesis on fairy tales of the European canon as sites of women’s power and subversion. Her interests, academic and recreational, include folktales and storytelling, fandom and fanworks, intersectional feminism and disability studies, and fighting the worldsuck with her heart, her brain, and her calculator. She is also very enthusiastic about speculative fiction (both consuming it and attempting to write it), cats, zines, stamp collecting, and the Animorphs books.

Nikki Rhodes

Nikki Rhodes

Nikki Rhodes works in adult services.

Grace Riario

Ramapo Catskill Library System, NY

Grace Riario

Ramapo Catskill Library System, NY

Grace Riario has more than twenty years of experience working in public, college, and school libraries. Currently, she is the CEO of the Ramapo Catskill Library System (RCLS) in Middletown, NY. She received an MLIS from Queens College, an MPA from Penn State University, and an advanced certificate in Public Library Administration through Long Island University. She worked with the team that developed the New York State trustee education curriculum and supported the Trustee Education Legislation as well as updated the library minimum standards taken effect on January 2021.

These days, her energy is spent engaging community members on sustainable funding for libraries, digital justice for communities, and promoting inclusion among library employees and administrators.

Megan Riley

UCLA

Megan Riley

UCLA

Megan Riley (she/they) is a doctoral student in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies focusing on the political economy and history of US public libraries. They graduated UCLA’s MLIS program in 2020, focusing on labor issues in LIS, special collections, and community archives. Megan is committed to information access for incarcerated people and police- and policing-free libraries, and building non-carceral spaces and practices that support library workers and communities. She currently lives in Ukiah, CA and is enjoying getting to know the local county library system.

Tuqa Ridha

Tuqa Ridha

Megan Riley

UCLA

Megan Riley

UCLA

Maria Rios

Maria Rios

Maria Rios earned her MLIS from the University of South Carolina in 2017 and is currently a Humanities Research Librarian. Eternally searching for sunbeams to soak in, this librarian is committed to centering and amplifying marginalized voices, anime + cartoons as bodies of research, restorative yoga, and dismantling all forms of oppression. She lives with her cat.

Eva

Eva

Eva Rios-Alvarado attributes her empowerment, spirituality, and beautiful-resistance from Xicana and Black Feminist practice. With a B.A. in Geography and M.S., in Library Information Science, she works alongside community college students exploring and crafting their unique information literacy repertoires.

Currently, she is a Student Equity & Outreach Librarian. If you ask Eva what is the most powerful force in leadership she would answer love, the power of community, the creativity of local activism, and daily resistance you find in your personal life. Find her on Twitter @EvaRiosAlvarado, #XicanaMLIS #LAallDay #librarianOfColor #LocLA #Decolonize #POCinLIS #FTP

Elisa Rodrigues

Elisa Rodrigues

Adilene Rodriguez

Adilene Rodriguez

Jeffrey Sabol

Long Beach City College

Jeffrey Sabol

Long Beach City College

Jeff works at Long Beach City College as the systems librarian. His work focuses on library and information technology, patron privacy and working with formerly incarcerated students.

Ross Sempek

Ross Sempek

Megan Shanholtz

Megan Shanholtz

Megan Shanholtz is a grant manager for the City of Frederick’s Department of Housing and Human Services. She spent the past seven years as a library director in rural Appalachia and deeply loves mountains, libraries, and connecting people to information. Megan has volunteered for both the Association of Rural and Small Libraries and the West Virginia Library Association. She has an MLIS from Clarion University of Pennsylvania.

Maggie Shawcross

University of Northern Colorado, CO

Maggie Shawcross

University of Northern Colorado, CO

Margarita "Maggie" Shawcross, is a Teaching & Learning Librarian and Assistant Professor at the James A. Michener Library, University of Northern Colorado–Greeley. Shawcross received her master’s in public health from the University of Northern Colorado and is a certified health education specialist (CHES) through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). Before becoming a librarian, she worked in public health as a health educator in various capacities. She received her Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Denver. Her current research interests include exploring the role of academic librarians in assisting new health

Jasmine Shumaker

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Jasmine Shumaker

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Jasmine Shumaker (she/her) is a Reference & Instruction Librarian at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Master in Library and Information Studies from the University of Oklahoma. In her current position, Jasmine supports Economics, Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, and Visual Arts students, faculty, and staff with research needs. Jasmine’s research interests include the emotional labor of Black women in librarianship, privacy shortcomings in libraries, as well as retaining Black librarians in the field. Prior to joining academic librarianship, she worked as an Adult Services Librarian with the District of Columbia Public Library and was the Business Librarian for the Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center in Baltimore, Maryland. In her spare time, Jasmine enjoys listening to podcasts, hiking, playing the Sims, and traveling.

Frank Skornia

Ferguson Library, CT

Frank Skornia

Ferguson Library, CT

Frank Skornia is the digital librarian for Information & Adult Services at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut. Before this he worked in the media archives for a major television network and as a digital archivist for a 9/11-related nonprofit. As digital librarian he spends a lot of his time working with digital services and technology for the library's community and staff. He spends much of his free time gaming and reading.

Kimberly Springer

Co-Director, Columbia Privacy Lab, NY

Kimberly Springer

Co-Director, Columbia Privacy Lab, NY

Kimberly Springer thinks and creates in the spaces of the surveillance state, Black feminist praxis, digital culture, social movements, and media. Her job-job is curating oral history collections for the Oral History Archives at Columbia (OHAC). She has written/edited these books: Living for the Revolution, Black Feminist Organizations, 1968-1980, Still Lifting, Still Climbing: African-American Women’s Contemporary Activism, Stories of Oprah: the Oprahfication of American Culture and articles for PopMatters, The Atlantic, Activist History Review, and Viewpoint Magazine.

Meagan Stone

Fulton County Library System, GA

Meagan Stone

Fulton County Library System, GA

Meagan Stone is a Branch Manager for the Fulton County Library System at the Ponce Library in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been in public libraries for over eight years with a focus on youth services, outreach, and technology. She is passionate about building community partnerships and connecting children with new, diverse books. She holds an MLIS from Valdosta State University, an MAT in Teaching Secondary Political Science from Mercer University, and a BS in Political Science from Kennesaw State University. Outside of libraries she enjoys going to concerts, cuddling with her two cats, and playing video games with her husband.

Chris Strunk

Boston Public Library, MA

Chris Strunk

Boston Public Library, MA

Chris Strunk has been a children's librarian in the Boston Public Library system for twenty years. Outside of work he is is involved in playing music and promoting concerts, reading and writing, and activism.

Megan Summers

Detroit Public Library

Megan Summers

Detroit Public Library

A Southern transplant to Detroit, Megan is a long-term public librarian who is passionate about community engagement and outreach. She joined LFP because she believes all libraries should function as democratic institutions that value intellectual freedom, privacy, and diversity.

Amy Swackhamer

University of Maryland Libraries

Amy Swackhamer

University of Maryland Libraries

Amy Swackhamer (she/her) is the Web Services Librarian at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she manages web property interfaces, content strategy, site evaluation, and sundry other web presence considerations. She’s worked on the websites of numerous libraries and other organizations, and runs the university’s Drupal user group. Participating in The Library Freedom Project helps her contribute to promoting data privacy.

Mark Swartz

Queen’s University, Canada

Mark Swartz

Queen’s University, Canada

Mark Swartz is the Scholarly Publishing Librarian at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he advances open-access initiatives and facilitates the publication and sharing of scholarly research. He also holds a part-time role with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) as a Visiting Program Officer for Open Science, promoting fair and accessible research practices across Canada.

Christinna Swearingen

Christinna Swearingen

Cassandra Taylor

Smyrna Public Library, Smyrna, TN

Cassandra Taylor

Smyrna Public Library, Smyrna, TN

I’m Cassandra and I love libraries! I earned a Master of Library Science from Middle Tennessee State University in 2019 and am currently enrolled in the University of Tennessee- Knoxville’s Master of Information Science program and will graduate in 2026. I have been with the Rutherford County Library System since 2018 and am the new Branch Manager and Librarian of the Smyrna Public Library.

Ashley Teagle

Southern Maryland Regional Library Association, MD

Ashley Teagle

Southern Maryland Regional Library Association, MD

Ashley Teagle received her Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Southern Mississippi. Ashley previously worked for Charles County Public Library as a children’s librarian, reference supervisor and branch manager. Ashley was also the Executive Director for Wicomico Public Libraries before returning to Southern Maryland as the CEO of the Southern Maryland Regional Library Association. Ashley’s professional affiliations include: the Maryland Librarian Association; the Public Library Association; and the American Library Association. Ashley’s interests in librarianship include leadership development and training; equity, diversity, and inclusion; and leveraging partnerships to serve the community.

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Nova Lee Termini

Nova Lee Termini

Jo Thompson

Jo Thompson

Junior Tidal

New York City College of Technology, CUNY, NY

Junior Tidal

New York City College of Technology, CUNY, NY

Junior Tidal is the Multimedia and Web Services Librarian and Associate Professor for the Ursula C. Schwerin Library at the New York City College of Technology, City University of New York. As Multimedia and Web Services librarian, he has conducted a variety of tasks including media collection development, reference support for students and faculty, server administration, web development, and supervising College Assistants for the library’s Multimedia Resource Center. His research interests include mobile web development, usability, and web analytics. Originally from Whitesburg, Kentucky, he has earned a MLS and a Master’s in Information Science from Indiana University.

Tracy Treece

Denver Public Library, CO

Tracy Treece

Denver Public Library, CO

Tracy is the Digital Inclusion Manager at the Denver Public Library where she coordinates system-wide efforts to promote and enhance technology access and education. She is passionate about bridging the digital divide and making sure all people have access to the tech tools, skills and info they need to do whatever it is they want to do. remove image and replace with logo

Kimberly Trinh-Sy

Hennepin County Library, MN

Kimberly Trinh-Sy

Hennepin County Library, MN

Kimberly Trinh-Sy works for the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis, MN. Kim previously worked as a community college librarian and taught English at the secondary level.

Christian Tzintzun

Christian Tzintzun

William Wallace

William Wallace

James Watson

Bronx Community College, CUNY, NY

James Watson

Bronx Community College, CUNY, NY

James Watson is a librarian at Bronx Community College (BCC), City University of New York. (CUNY). He has been employed within the CUNY system for nearly 20 years: first, as the Electronic Technology Librarian at Lehman College (five years); And now as a member of BCC’s Learning Services group. James has also served as Head of the Library’s Technology Services area.

Prior to becoming a Librarian, James was employed as a software engineer at Unisys (formerly Burroughs) Corporation, a computer vendor for 15 years. He possesses Master degrees in Information Science (Long Island University) and Interactive Telecommunications (New York University).

Nicole W

Nicole W

Nicole Weerbrouck (she/they) is a librarian, playwright, and artist with seven years of experience working in public and college libraries. Interested in intersections of internet privacy and social justice, Nicole is determined to actively dismantle structures that act as barriers to digital equity and inclusion. You can often find them screaming into a computer the night before a writing deadline.

Jennifer Wertkin

Jennifer Wertkin

Ayoola White

Ayoola White

Ayoola White (she, her, hers) is a public librarian originally from the Midwest. She earned a dual library science and history degree from Simmons University. She entered the library field hoping to use librarianship as a means to mobilize social change and social justice. Ayoola has written for the Hack Library School blog, the Radcliffe Institute blog, and the journal /Dósis/. She enjoys reading (duh), cooking, exploring tarot, playing with her cat, and learning to rollerskate.

Stacy Williams

Stacy Williams

Jen Wilson

Delaware

Jen Wilson

Delaware

Jen (she/they) is a library worker based in Delaware. They're particularly interested in services to the incarcerated, approaching librarianship through an abolitionist framework, imagining new ways to make libraries safe and welcoming spaces and making information accessible to all.

Tess Wilson

Deputy Director, Pittsburgh PA

Tess Wilson

Deputy Director, Pittsburgh PA

Tess Wilson loves talking loudly about digital literacy, equitable access, and citizen science. Beyond her library work she is an arts educator, mentor trainer, zine enthusiast, and a Master Naturalist. She’s a collector of many things, from small rocks to big books.

Annie Windholz

Annie Windholz

Julia Wiswell

Berkeley Public Library, CA

Julia Wiswell

Berkeley Public Library, CA

Julia Wiswell is a Librarian I in the Adult Reference division at Berkeley Public Library's central branch. The specific communities served at her branches are mostly low income individuals with a wide variety of digital literacy rates. On a regular basis, Julia interacts with a range of patrons who understand the need for privacy measures but do not have the skills to implement it. She is excited to develop more technical skills and be able to empower staff and patrons to promote Contra Costa County, privacy in ways that are easy for users of all levels to understand.

Megan Wong

Solano County, CA

Megan Wong

Solano County, CA

Megan Wong has been a public librarian, in various capacities, for nearly twenty years. She lives in unceded Wintun territory with her daughter and feisty, but loving, chihuahua.

Deborah Yun Caldwell

Deborah Yun Caldwell

Deborah Yun Caldwell was the 2018-2021 Diversity Resident Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She also serves on the steering committee for the PEGI Project, advocating to ensure access to public government information. Deborah studied anthropology and Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and she holds a Master of Information Science from the University of North Texas. Her work explores the intersections of digital preservation, information stewardship, cultural memory, and the justice of information access.