The Institute of Museum & Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant Advisory Board consists of librarians, archivists, librarian and archivist educators, and African American history scholars and educators. These individuals represent leaders and stakeholders in the archival profession, and bringing them together to help guide this project has had great overall implications throughout the field.
The Institute’s Advisory Board and partners are well-versed in the diversity needs of their profession and their communities. The Advisory Board consists of practicing archivists, librarians, educators and diversity advocates and includes individuals from around the country.
The Advisory Board includes:
Brenda Banks
President and CEO of Banks Archives Consultants, former deputy director of the Georgia State Archives
Kathleen Bethel
African American Studies Librarian at Northwestern University Library
Ann Bishop
Director of the Community Informatics Initiative at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Daniel Pitti
Associate Director of the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the Alderman Library of the University of Virginia
Carmelita Pickett
Head of Collection Development and Acquisition Services at Texas A&M University Libraries
Howard Rosenbaum
Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University
Amy Cooper Cary
Director of the Archival Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
John Unsworth
Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Corinne Jorgeson
Director of the School of Library and Information Science at Florida State University
Susan Roman
Dean and Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University
Debbie Pendleton
Assistant Director for Public Services at the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Georgette Mayo
Coordinator of Archival Services and Donor Relations at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
Jessie Carney Smith
University Librarian at the Franklin Library at Fisk University
Edward Papenfuse
State Archivist at the Maryland State Archives
Leah Kerr
Director of Archives at the Mayme Clayton Library and Museum
