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Amy C. Schindler

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  • Archives & Special Collections, Associate Professor

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Biography

Amy C. Schindler is the Director of Archives and Special Collections in the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Criss Library (2014-present). She served as interim Director of Research and Instruction Services in 2024-2025. She was previously employed by the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia where she was University Archivist. Prior to that she was Curator of Manuscripts at the University at Albany, SUNY where she had responsibility for expanding and providing access to the Archives of Public Affairs & Policy. She previously held contract positions in local government and corporate archives. She has presented at meetings of the Society of American Archivists, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, American Association for History and Computing, Academic Library Advancement & Development Network, Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, and other venues.

Research Interests

Outreach, engagement, and public services in archives and special collections.

Service Summary

Amy C. Schindler has served in various roles for the of the Society of American Archivists, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, and other organizations. Selected recent professional service includes: co-chair of the SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Statistical Measures for the Public Services of Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries (2014-2018); founding member and chair of the SAA Reference, Access and Outreach Section's Exhibits and Events Committee (E2); chair of the Society of American Archivists, Nominating Committee; and other roles.

Education

BA, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, WI, History, Asian American Studies Certificate, 1998

MA, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, History, 2001

MIS, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, Master of Library & Information Science, Archives Concentration, 2001

Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity

Selected Publications

Schindler, Amy. 2014. Staying Connected: Engaging Alumni and Students to Digitize the Carl “Pappy” Fehr Choral Music Collection, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Schindler, Amy, Davy, Jennie. 2015. Student Curators in the Archives: Class-Curated Exhibits in Academic Special Collections, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Anderson, Alecia, Schindler, Amy. 2019. Social Justice and Social Change Zine Assignment, Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, 48, 1, 88-90.

Externally Funded Research

Access to the Archives of the Great Plains Black History Museum, National Archives and Records Administration, Federal - present

Queer Omaha Archives Oral History Project, Humanities Nebraska, Other Agencies, 07/31/2017 - 05/27/2018

Conversaciones: Latino and Latina Voices of Omaha, Humanities Nebraska, Other Agencies, 04/10/2021 - 12/07/2021

Service

Department, College, and University

ORCA Advisory Committee, Committee Member, 09/01/2020 - 09/30/2020

Professional

SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Statistical Measures for the Public Services of Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries, Task Force Chair, The task force was responsible for the development of the first standard defining appropriate statistical measures and performance metrics to govern the collection and analysis of statistical data for describing public services provided by archival repositories and special collections libraries. My responsibilities as co-chair: organized weekly work sessions, monthly meetings, and public events and programs providing updates on our progress and soliciting feedback; wrote communications pieces for various newsletters, mailing lists, and other outlets; wrote, edited, and published two draft versions of the proposed standard to meet the comment and feedback requirements for standard approval before finalizing the over 70 page document., 06/01/2014 - present

Community

UNO Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Officer, Secretary, 01/01/2020 - 01/31/2020

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