Lara Friedman-Shedlov, (she/they)

Lara Friedman-Shedlov (she/they) is the Digital Records Archivist for the Archives and Special Collections (ASC) Department at the University of Minnesota Libraries, and also Description and Access Archivist for the Kautz Family YMCA Archives, one of the collecting units within ASC. They are responsible for coordinating ingest and processing of born digital archival materials for the department.  They are currently serving as co-chair of SAA Metadata and Descriptive Objects Section and a member of SAA's Digital Archives Specialist Subcommittee.  They are also active in the DLF Born Digital Access Working Group, the Midwest Archives Conference and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).