Assistant Professor of Library Innovation
University of Maryland, iSchool
Victoria is an Assistant Professor of Library Innovation at the University of Maryland, College of Information Studies at College Park. She arrived at the INFO College in 2020, after working at the Library of Congress on the By the People crowdsourced transcription platform for two years. Before that she lived and worked in the UK and earned degrees in English literature. As an academic and as a practitioner, she strives to create systems and experiences that widen access to information for a diverse range of people, and make space for people to tell their own stories and express their information needs. She served as a member of the drafting committee and a Project Manager for the new Standards for Library Services for the Incarcerated or Detained, eager to learn more about the lived experiences of people who work as librarians in carceral facilities, and people who have been incarcerated. Her goals were to provide research and writing support, and to learn and shape how those of us teaching Library and Information Science at the graduate and undergraduate level can prepare our students to serve in carceral libraries, educational programs, and related positions in public and school libraries serving the needs of returning as well as incarcerated or detained individuals.
Crowdsourcing and community engagement
Sunday, January 21, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm EST