William Fischer, Ph.D. (2004)
Director, National Declassification Center, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD

"Records and information management and declassification play a vital role in a democratic society."

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Taylor Hefka, B.A. (2013)
Historian, History Associates Incorporated, Rockville, MD

"History is a puzzle, and it’s begging to be solved. It’s an adventure within the confines of a library or archive."

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Shane MacDonald, M.A. (2013), M.S.L.I.S. (2021)
Curator of Digital and Museum Collections, The Catholic University of America Libraries, Washington, DC

"Handling an older book or archival document, I have a tangible connection with a community of people who lived before my time."

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Jo Anne Martinez-Kilgore, B.A. (1985), M.S.L.S. (1987)
Conservator, Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records
Owner, Cariño Conservation LLC

"By 2000 I understood the game-changing impact of digital communication, digital objects, and digital collections. Now I embrace the challenge of preserving our collections and our heritage – analog and digital."

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Anna Mowery, B.A. (2021)
M.A. student, King’s College London and the British Library, Early Modern English Literature: Books That Matter
Social Media Officer at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London

"What enticed me the most about rare books is that each item feels so special, and there are so many layers to the book’s significance and meaning. There is just something so delightful about using the physical material features of texts to understand how they might have been perceived by those who read them."

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