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The Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Saylor as Head of the American Folklife Center Archive. Saylor will assume her duties in December 2012. She replaces Michael Taft, who retired in early 2012. In this position, Saylor will lead a long-established and highly regarded archive at the Library of Congress. Founded in 1928, the AFC Archive is the premier repository and research center for ethnographic documentation of worldwide cultural traditions. Its multimedia holdings consist of over three million photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, and moving images, ranging from the earliest field documentation, which was collected in the 1890s on wax cylinders, to recordings utilizing present-day digital technology. Before joining the Library, Saylor served as Head of Digital Research & Publishing (DRP) at the University of Iowa Libraries. DRP aids scholars engaged in interdisciplinary digital research by assisting in the creation and delivery of unique digital content, and by supporting sustainable, open-access publishing. DRP administers the University of Iowa Libraries' digital library and institutional repository services, and builds their participatory digital archives program as well as their spatial and data services programs. Saylor joined the University of Iowa Libraries in 2007. Saylor holds a B.A. in Mass Communication from Iowa State University (1992) and an M.A. in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (2004) with a certificate in Folklore. Her previous library positions include archivist-librarian at the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures (CSUMC) at UW –Madison, and reference librarian at the Davenport (Iowa) Public Library. At CSUMC she coordinated a project funded by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to survey ethnographic collections in archives, public agencies, and private hands throughout the Midwest. For a decade prior to becoming a librarian she worked as an editor at the Kansas City Star and Wisconsin State Journal newspapers. She is a core team member of the National Folklore Archives Initiative Project (which is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities), and the survey concerning the scholarly use of digital collections being conducted by Project Bamboo. The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce that "The Mickey Hart Collection" is now available. RSS Feed, Email Subscription, and PodcastsIf you would like to receive information about Folklife Center events and programs via the AFC RSS feed, or to subscribe to AFC podcasts, go to the RSS page and select the option you prefer: Back to Top
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