Alexis Antracoli is Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections. She leads the Archival Description and Processing team, and supervises the Curatorial Services team and three curatorial divisions. She also acquires manuscripts in American history to 1877. Previously she worked at Drexel University Libraries and the University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library. She has published on web archiving, inclusive description, and the archiving of born-digital audio visual content. Alexis is active in the Society of American Archivists, where she serves on the Education Committee and Archival Educators Section and is Vice Chair/Chair Elect of the Acquisitions and Appraisal Section. She is especially interested in applying user experience research and user-center design to archival discovery systems, developing and applying inclusive description practices, and web archiving. She holds an M.S.I. in Archives and Records Management from the University of Michigan, a Ph.D. in American History from Brandeis University, and a B.A. in History from Boston College.
