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Lauren Goodley

  • Librarian - Wittliff Collections
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Biography and education

MSIS, Information Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
BA History, English minor, University of Texas at Austin, 2005.
CopyrightX ​for Librarians, Harvard Law School Online Course, 2024.
Certified Archivist, Academy of Certified Archivists, 2010-present.
Digital Archives Specialist Certificate, Society of American Archivists, 2014, renewed in 2019 and 2024.

Research Interests

  • Goodley, L B, Robertson-Gordon, Eric. Archivist in Residence, Society of Southwest Archivists, Professional Organization, $4800. (Submitted: January 2022, Funded: April 2022 - July 2022). Grant.
  • Goodley, L. B. (2025, December 31). Review: Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice Against Incarceration. Provenance. United States: Society of Georgia Archivists. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/provenance/vol41/iss1/3/
  • Rodriguez, S., Goodley, L. B., Wildenhaus, K., Wickner, A., Wachtel, J., Lowe, C. V., … Hering, K. (2023). Mutual Aid at Work. Retrieved from https://osf.io/8zb3j/
  • Goodley, L. B. (2019). Charles Bowden Comes to the Wittliff Collections. Journal of the Southwest, 61(1), 176–186. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10877/8275
  • Goodley, L. B. (2026). 2025 Fixity Survey Report. National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA). Retrieved from https://osf.io/ts54p/files/hkr3n
  • Goodley, L. B. (Ed.). (2025). Impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives and Archival Workers. Retrieved from https://awefund.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/trump-impact-survey/
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  1. Chair

    Metadata Advisory Committee, Texas State University Libraries

  2. Officer

    National Digital Stewardship Alliance, Coordinating Committee (Elected)

  3. Judge

    Texas History Day

  4. Member

    Faculty Senate Library Liaison, Texas State University (Elected)

  5. Member

    National Digital Stewardship Alliance Excellence Awards Working Group

  6. Chair

    Digital Preservation Working Group, Texas State University Libraries

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