Lori N Schwartz
- Archives & Special Collections, Assistant Professor
General Information
Biography
Lori Schwartz is Assistant Professor and Hagel and Technical Services Archivist at Criss Library's Archives and Special Collections where she manages the U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Archives and directs arrangement and description for the department's non-book collections. Lori is co-PI for an NHPRC grant, Access to the Archives of the Great Plains Black History Museum, running 2024-2026. She has also been co-PI on several previous grants expanding access to archival collections.Prior to the start of her faculty role in 2021, Lori was the U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Archivist for six years, managing processing, outreach and exhibits, and donor relations for the Hagel Archives. Prior to 2015, she was Special Projects Archivist and Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina Libraries' South Carolina Political Collections.
Research Interests
Lori's research output has centered around archival internships, processing and exhibit projects, teaching experience outside archival instruction, and grant projects.
Service Summary
Lori has served in leadership for two national professional organizations, the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress and the Society of American Archivists. Currently, she is Vice Chair / Chair Elect of the Congressional Papers Section of the Society of American Archivist. At UNO, among other service, she most recently ended a three-year term on UNO's Faculty Senate and Executive Council.
Education
MA, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Public History, 2004
Other, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Library and Information Science, 2004
BA, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, History, French, 2001
Other, Society of American Archivists, 2018
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
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.
Du Laney, Claire, Schwartz, Lori. 2024. A Classroom of Our Own: An exploratory case study of archivists teaching outside the archives , Archival Outlook/Society of American Archivists, Issue 5 / September/October 2024, 13, 30.
Guerra, Wendy, Schwartz, Lori. 2024. A Balancing Act in the Archives: Increasing Access to the Great Plains Black History Museum Collections, Brick & Click 2023, 14-22.
Schwartz, Lori, Du Laney, Claire. Leaving Home: Archivists Teaching Outside the Archives, Society of American Archivists.
Externally Funded Research
Access to the Archives of the Great Plains Black History Museum, Natl Archives and Records Administration, Federal, 09/01/2024 - 08/31/2026
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
Service
Department, College, and University
RPT Committee, Committee Member, 10/01/2024 - 10/31/2024
Professional
Society of American Archivists Congressional Papers Section Steering Committee, Committee Member, I attend monthly meetings to help organize webinars, meetups, and meetings for the benefit of archivists working with congressional collections.CPS provides leadership in promoting the value of congressional archives and archivists; develops and promotes best practices in the acquisition, preservation, management, and use of congressional papers and records; and fosters a culture of community, participation and inclusiveness within its membership and within the historical record., 09/01/2024 - 09/30/2024