Margery N. Sly, MA, MS, CA, FSAA

With over 40 years of expertise managing congressional collections, institution archives, and the archives of non-profits, Margery N. Sly has focused on collection development and archival appraisal, both by building the research collections at Temple University and reviewing existing collections for Temple Libraries' move to a new building.  She was involved in program planning and the move into Temple's new Charles Library (opened in August 2019) and previously managed the closure of an archives facility and relocation of collections for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). In addition to serving as a member of the team building Temple Libraries' digitization program and digital preservation infrastructure, Margery was PI or co-PI on five grants, 2016-22, that built the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries In Her Own Right digital project, http://inherownright.org/, that worked with 24 institutions to digitize, describe, and contextualize primary sources documenting women working for their own and others' rights, 1820-1920.