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Daniel Keough
I am a Reference Archivist at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University. I have nearly eight years of experience providing remote and in-person reference services in academic and public libraries and archives, as well as providing instruction on using primary sources for academic research. I have experience working on committees to provide training to frontline library staff, and love helping others in the field advance in their careers. I am passionate about providing free access to information to all, and teaching others how to harness the universe of information to meet their information needs. I would be honored to be able to contribute to the Reference, Access, and Outreach Section.
Lindsey Loeper
Lindsey Loeper has served as the Reference and Instruction Archivist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) since 2019, following her role as the Special Collections Archivist since 2007. In this position she coordinates the Special Collections reading room, reference and researcher services, instruction and archival literacy, and serves as the primary student supervisor. She has previously written and presented on EAD-XML finding aids, participatory learning in archival literacy instruction, and team-based instruction portfolios. She has co-authored book chapters for Exploring Inclusive & Equitable Pedagogies: Creating Space for All Learners (ACRL, 2023), Unframing the Visual: Visual Literacy Pedagogy in Academic Libraries and Academic Spaces (ACRL, 2023), and the Archives and Primary Source Handbook (New Prairie Press, forthcoming 2024).
"Public service work in archives and special collections has been a main focus throughout my career, and I've been happy to have this as the core of my work for the last 5 years. Working with researchers, students, and instructors to further their research and develop archival literacy skills has been very rewarding and I'm encouraged by the continued increased access and openness in our field. Listening to how researchers, community members, and even donors have felt excluded from reading rooms and discouraged in our digital spaces should be seen as a way to improve our services for all of our constituents. As we professionalize and standardize public services best practices and statistical metrics, we should always keep our researchers at the center of our work. I'm looking forward to spending my time with the RAO community to advance this work together."