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2023 Keynote Speakers Nominations

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Adding nomination of Vanessa Reyes by request
Dr. Brandy McNeil focuses on community needs through game-changing innovations to build successful adult education programs in the 89 branches under her stewardship across NYC. Building the highly successful TechConnect program, Dr. McNeil has established partnerships with Apple, Spotify, Google, and Microsoft to name a few. Through her inspirational leadership, she has made it her mission to help underserved communities to ensure equitable access to technology, knowledge, and opportunity. Dr. McNeil is also a contributing writer of the book titled Libraryland; It's All About The Story published in 2020 and has appeared in various publications. Dr. McNeil holds a Doctorate in Business and an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship. Previously, she worked for several Fortune 500 companies and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Public Library Association and was on the Black Caucus of ALA Executive Board. In her spare time, she is an entrepreneur, consultant, and motivational speaker.
* Public Library Association biography[https://www.ala.org/pla/about/people/board/mcneilPublic Library Association biography]* Dr. McNeil's website[https://brandymcneil.com/about-me]* Library Bytegeist interview with Dr. McNeil's website]* [https://soundcloud.com/librarybytegeist/talking-project-code-with-nypls-brandy-mcneilLibrary Bytegeist interview with Dr. McNeil]
[mailto:brandymcneil@nypl.org Brandy McNeil's email address]
 
==Dr. Vanessa Reyes==
 
Dr. Vanessa Reyes is an Assistant Professor of Instruction for the School of Information at the University of South Florida and Editor-in-Chief of the Florida Libraries Journal. She holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College, an M.S. in Library and Information Studies from Florida State University and a B.A. in English from Florida International University. Having worked in archives, legislative, university, and public libraries, she became interested in exploring the PIM field when she noticed that researchers' interest were sparked when they used appropriately organized and preserved personal collections for scholarly work. Her current research contributes to the emerging field of personal information management (PIM), quantifying how individual users are organizing, managing, and preserving digital information. Dr. Reyes is finding ways to make a sustainable difference in how our digital heritage is preserved by examining trends of how individual users are managing and preserving their information.
 
* [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538123805/Saving-Your-Digital-Past-Present-and-Future-A-Step-by-Step-Guide Publisher's notice for ''Saving Your Digital Past, Present, and Future'']
* [https://works.bepress.com/vanessa-reyes/ Selected Works of Dr. Vanessa Reyes]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vanessa-Reyes-5 Dr. Reyes' Researchgate profile]
 
[mailto:vanessareyes@usf.edu Vanessa Reyes' email address]
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