Claire Du Laney

Biography

Claire Du Laney (she/ her) is the Outreach Archivist and an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Her work at UNO includes exhibit creation, archival and history instruction sessions, grant writing, and research consultations. She is also the subject specialist for the UNO History Department. Claire is an active member of several professional organizations including the National Council on Public History and serves on the board of the Journal of New Librarianship. Claire earned her MA in Public History from North Carolina State University in 2018 and her MSLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2019. During her graduate studies, she interned at Washington’s Headquarters at the Morristown National Historical Park Museum and Library in Morristown, NJ, worked as the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Community-Driven Archives Mellon Grant project at the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, and interned at the Rakow Research Library at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY.

Teaching Interests

Primary source literacy, archival access and ​literacy, ​public history

Awards and Honors

Champion of History Awards, Scholarship/Research - 2023

Education

MSLS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, Library Science, Archives and Records Management , 2019

MA, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Public History, 2018

BA, Drew University, Madison, NJ, History, 2014

Licensures and Certifications

Equity and Inclusion Certificate, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 09/01/2020

Selected Publications

Du Laney, Claire. 2025. Using An Archival Collection in a Student Research and Creative Activity Fair: the Lourdes Gouveia Papers at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, New Prairie Press, Kansas State University Libraries, First Edition, 307-316.

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.

Du Laney, Claire. 2023. Review of Exhibiting the Archive: Space, Encounter, and Experience, American Archivist, 86, 1, 230-234.

Du Laney, Claire, Maakestad, Clare, Maher, Monica. 2022. The Pedagogy of Zines: Collaboration, Creation, and Collection, Rowman & Littlefield, 169-185.

Du Laney, Claire. 2022. Charting our Path: Celebrating 50 Years of Black Studies” at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, History @Work, National Council on Public History.

Externally Funded Research

Charting our Path: UNO Libraries Traveling Exhibits and Speaker Panels, Humanities Nebraska, Other Agencies, 09/17/2021 - 08/31/2022

UNO Libraries On the Inside Art Exhibit, Nebraska Arts Council, State Agencies, 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022

On the Inside, Humanities Nebraska, Other Agencies, 03/31/2022 - 08/31/2022

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

Exhibition, On the Inside, On the Inside Artists Group, 05/20/2022 - 07/31/2022

Exhibition, Charting Our Path: Celebrating 50 Years of Black Studies, 09/01/2021 - 08/01/2022

Department, College, and University

Online Development & Leadership Advisory Committee, Committee Member, This group provides feedback related to developing online courses and leading online programs, supporting learners who enroll in online and flexible offerings, and considering policies and processes related to online learning.​​​​​​​​, 08/01/2023 - 08/31/2023

GCHR Curriculum Development Committee, Committee Member, This committee reviews applications for courses that wish to develop elements of human rights issues into their syllabi., 11/08/2021 - present

Professional

Journal of New Librarianship , Editor, Journal Editor, I serve as Communications Editor and co-Editor in Chief for an open access library journal. I monitor the journal's submission platform, direct submissions to editors for peer-review, and communicate directly with authors regarding their submission and journal submission decisions. I schedule our monthly board meetings, create meeting agenda, and facilitate meetings., 10/27/2020 - present

National Council on Public History: Curriculum & Training Committee, Committee Member, The NCPH Curriculum & Training Committee monitors education standards and guidelines for the profession, develops ways of involving students in the functions of NCPH, and assists in promoting excellence in education and other training within the public history field. The committee organizes an event for the annual meeting, operates the Public History Educators email listserv, and conducts otherinitiatives of the organization., 07/20/2023 - present

National Council of Public History: Student Project Award and Graduate Student Travel Award Committee, Committee Chair, Committee member of the Student Project Award and Graduate Student Travel Award Committee.The $500 travel grant to attend the 2022 Annual Meeting recognizes the contributions of student work to the field of public history. Five travel grants of up to $300 each for graduate students presenting (session, poster session, or working group) at the 2023 Annual Meeting Atlanta, GA., 07/15/2022 - present

University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, Primary Source Teaching Fellowship, Committee Member, 01/01/2022 - 01/31/2022