The DLF Forum is a collaborative effort
Team DLF is grateful to everyone who plays a part in making our events happen. Thank you so much to CLIR/DLF and Michigan State University staff, Planning Committee members, DLF’s Committee for Equity and Inclusion members.
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Team DLF
Jennifer Ferretti
Director, Digital Library Federation
Jennifer A. Ferretti (she/her) joined CLIR/DLF in June 2021 and is the DLF Director where she focuses on supporting and amplifying the work of the DLF community and CLIR initiatives and programs. Jennifer has a background in fine art and design and has been working in the digital library space for over 10 years. She is also an artist and community organizer based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Aliya Reich
Program Manager for Conferences and Events, Digital Library Federation
Aliya Reich (she/her) is the Program Manager for Conferences and Events and has been with CLIR/DLF since February 2018. She leads the planning for the DLF Forum and affiliated events and focuses on creating well-organized, inclusive convenings for the digital library community. Her background is in museums, and she holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in art history. Outside of work, Aliya is an avid runner and running coach based in Baltimore, Maryland.
special thanks to
Michigan State University Local Organizing Committee
Devin Higgins (he/him)
Head of Digital Development & Strategies, MSU Libraries
Zoe Wake Hyde (she/her)
Community Development with Humanities Commons, MSU College of Arts and Letters
Ranti Junus (she/her)
Systems Librarian for Electronic Resources, MSU Libraries
Andrew Lathrop (he/him)
Events Coordinator, MSU Libraries
Kristen Mapes (she/her)
Assistant Director of Digital Humanities, MSU College of Arts and Letters
Justin Wadland (he/him)
Head of Digital Scholarship Services, MSU Libraries
special thanks to
DLF Forum Planning Committee
The DLF Forum Planning Committee is composed of three subcommittees: Program, Community, and Reviewers. These volunteers put in many hours of work to ensure the conference program is rigorously peer-reviewed and well-balanced, and that ample social and wellness activities are offered to complement the sessions.
- Kayla Abner, University of Delaware
- Richard Adler, University of Michigan Library and the Digital Public Library of America
- Neel Agrawal, Loyola Marymount University
- Snowden Becker, LOCKSS Program, Stanford University
- Claudia Berger, Sarah Lawrence College and Pratt Institute
- Amy Bocko, Western Michigan University
- Kate Boyd, University of South Carolina Libraries
- Eleni Castro, Boston University
- Anna Craft, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
- Courtney Dalton, Lafayette College
- Martina Dodd, Atlanta University Center Robert W Woodruff Library
- Phyllis Earles, Prairie View A&M University/John B. Coleman Library
- Joshua Finnell, Colgate University
- Nicole Finzer, Northwestern University
- Emma Fontenot, University of Houston
- Sruthin Gaddam, Michigan State University Libraries
- Biz Gallo, Library of Michigan
- Steven Gentry, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
- Mary Girard, Norfolk State University, Lyman Beecher Brooks Library
- Diane Goldenberg-Hart, Coalition for Networked Information
- Ann Hanlon, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Theresa Hessey, University of Delaware
- Gregory Hill, Livingstone College
- Rachel Howard, University of Louisville
- Rita Johnston, University of Miami
- Carol Kassel, New York University
- Jill Kehoe, State University of New York Maritime College
- Christina Kellum, University of North Texas Digital Libraries
- Cara Key, Oregon State University
- Barbara Laufersweiler, University of Oklahoma
- Sarah Mainville, Michigan State University Libraries
- Alberto Martínez, El Colegio de Mexico - Biblioteca Daniel Cosió Villegas
- Jennifer Matthews, Rowan University
- Kari May, University of Pittsburgh
- Raeshawn McGuffie, Virginia Library Association
- Maria Mejia, New York University
- Lindsey Memory, Brigham Young University
- Ann Marie Mesco, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
- Christina Miskey, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Josh Morgan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Megan Oliver, University of Missouri Kansas City
- Kannan Palavesam, Information and Library Network Centre
- Victoria Pilato, Stony Brook University
- Carrie Pirmann, Bucknell University
- Suzanne Preate, Syracuse University
- Melde Rutledge, Wake Forest University - Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Dhanushka Samarakoon, University of Miami
- Nicole Scalessa, Vassar College
- Andrea Schuler, Tufts University
- Megan Scott, Texas Tech University
- Sarah Severson, University of Alberta Library
- Gloria Shin, Tufts University
- Carli Spina, Fashion Institute of Technology Library
- Rachel Starry, University of Pittsburgh
- Lydia Tang, Lyrasis
- Helene Williams, University of Washington
- Shannon Willis, Texas State University
- Laura Wilson, British Library/CLIR Postdoc Fellow
- Erin Wolfe, University of Kansas
- Lee Woodward, City of La Porte, Texas
- Melina Zavala, Wesleyan University
special thanks to
dLF's committee for equity and inclusion
DLF’s Committee for Equity and Inclusion, which arose from the Forum’s Inclusivity Committee several years ago, is integral to helping us make our event as accessible and inclusive as possible.