Lori Schwartz

Biography

Lori Schwartz is Assistant Professor and Hagel and Technical Services Archivist at UNO Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections where she manages the U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Archives and directs all arrangement and description for the department's non-book collections. Lori serves in leadership for the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress and is a member of the Society of American Archivists' Committee on Public Policy. Prior to 2015, Lori was Special Projects Archivist and Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina.

Education

MA, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Public History, 2004

Other, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Library and Information Science, 2004

Selected Publications

Du Laney, Claire, Guerra, Wendy, Schwartz, Lori. 2022. An Intentionally Designed Internship Program, Teaching with Primary Sources Collective: Notes from the Field.

Guerra, Wendy, Du Laney, Claire, Schwartz, Lori. 2021. Intentional Design: Crafting a Mutually Beneficial Internship Program in a University Archives and Special Collections, Brick and Click 2021.

Externally Funded Research

Latinx Voices of Omaha: Access to Archival Collections, American Library Association, Other Agencies, 03/01/2022 - 08/31/2022

Access to the Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Collection, Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation, Associations/Foundations, 01/01/2023 - 02/29/2024

Department, College, and University

Faculty Senate, University Senate Service, Faculty Senate meets monthly, excluding June and July, to discuss, assess, and act on issues of importance to UNO faculty. , 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2022

Faculty Senate Executive Council, Committee Member, Faculty Senate Executive Council leads the Faculty Senate, meeting monthly, year-round, to discuss, assess, and act on issues of importance to UNO faculty. The Council also makes recommendations and otherwise prepares for full Faculty Senate meetings., 06/01/2022 - 06/30/2022

UNO Libraries DEAI Committee, Committee Member, Participate in initiatives as needed. For example, diversifying art on display in Criss Library, populating internal library online resources, and updating the committee on issues connected to service in Faculty Senate. , 01/01/2022 - 01/31/2022

Professional

Association of Centers for the Study of Congress Executive Committee, Officer, Secretary, I attend quarterly board meetings, take part in and lead ad hoc initiatives, and fulfill officer duties as an elected member of the Executive Committee. As Secretary, I also served as nominating chair for the ACSC biennial election and ran the election in spring 2023. The ACSC supports a wide range of programs to inform and educate students, scholars, policy-makers, and the general public on Congress. ACSC encourages the preservation of materials that document the work of Congress and supports programs that make those materials available for education and research., 05/01/2019 - 05/31/2019

Society of American Archivists, Committee on Public Policy, Committee Member, I attended monthly meetings of the full Committee on Public Policy, as well as participate in ad hoc subcommittees as needed.The Committee on Public Policy advocates for and demonstrates the value of archives and archivists in public policy by mobilizing members and advising SAA leaders., 08/01/2021 - 08/31/2021