Miana Breed is the Born-Digital University Archives Processing Fellow at Atkins Library. She is currently pursuing her Master's of Library Science on the archives and records management track at UNC-Chapel Hill. She has a Bachelor's degree in English with a concentration in creative writing from Appalachian State University. Her career interests include born-digital records, the future of digital preservation, the archive's role in recording and preserving history and truth, and all things historical.
From an early age, her parents encouraged her love of reading and introduced her to the wonders of libraries and archives. After considering a graduate degree in Public History, she decided to pursue a career in archives and records management. In her time at UNC, she has worked as an archives intern in the Ullman Classics Library, a position which focused on book preservation and collection management and assessment.
Through her work this summer, Miana hopes to hone her computer skills and gain experience with the many types of software used to forensically assess and package born-digital records. This summer's project hopes to make much of the University's digital holdings available to researchers, staff, and the public, as well as preserve digital materials in a more secure, sustainable manner. Miana's work will build off the work done by other Fellows in previous years, and she looks forward to continuing their effort to make UNC-Charlotte's born-digital materials visible and accessible.