Meet Your Inclusion and Diversity Committee!

Benny Bauer (they/she) has served on the IDC for the past three years, and now is serving as Chair. They are the Digital Media Librarian at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. They earned their MLIS at University of Maryland, College Park, specializing in Archives and Digital Curation. They have worked several contract positions, including one as Archives Technician at Smithsonian Channel, one on the NEH-funded Historic Maryland Newspapers Project, and one as Digitization Specialist at the National Agricultural Library.

Gladys Garcia (she/her/hers/ella) is serving a renewed two-year term (2025-2027) as a member of the IDC. As a Latiné member of the LGBTQIA+ community, she is passionate about diverse representation in the LIS field and is looking forward to bringing her perspective and experiences to the IDC at NEA. She is an Archivist at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. She has previously worked with international human rights focused non-profits and memory institutions in New York and across Southern CA. She holds a MSI degree from the University of Michigan and a dual BA in Latin American and Asian American Studies from California State University, Los Angeles.

Charlie Langenbucher is a Processing Specialist at Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College, with previous experience in academic and museum archives. They hold master’s degrees in Library and Information Science and History from Simmons University, and a bachelor’s in English with a minor in Sexuality & Queer Studies from Brandeis University. At Rauner Library, they co-led a working group on contextualizing harmful content and reparative archival description, and currently help lead the Dartmouth Libraries EDI Reading Group.

Mollie Metevier (she/her) is serving a one year term as a member of the IDC. She is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University. She is particularly interested in inclusivity in archives, as she believes that empathy grows when we are open to working with those who are different from us. Mollie holds a Certificate in School Librarianship from St. Catherine University (St. Paul, Minn); a MLIS from Simmons University (Boston, Mass) and a BA in Sociology from Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Mass). She has held a variety of teaching and archives positions across the country for the past 20 years.

Elizabeth Nosari (she/her) is in her second year as a member of the IDC and serves as chair of Contingent Employment Study III. She is an archivist at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. Elizabeth previously worked as William Faulkner Collection Project Archivist and John L. Nau III Project Archivist at the University of Virginia as well as Graduate Assistant at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she earned her MLIS. Elizabeth also holds an MSc in Art History from University of Edinburgh and an MA in International Affairs from The New School University. She is passionate about reparative description and social justice in archives.

Clarrie Scholtz "I am a project archivist at Yale University, working on re-processing a collection of architectural drawings and maps of Yale’s buildings and grounds. I previously worked at Columbia University Libraries and the NYPL. Outside of archives and libraries, I’ve worked for the Dia Art Foundation, the ECF Art Centers in Los Angeles and as a cook. I am also an artist. My interest in accessibility — its practice and thoughts/conversations around it — is a central reason why I work in archives. I would like to contribute to the tasks of making archives less exclusionary spaces for disabled communities and of increasing engagement with the resources these spaces provide. In my current position, I endeavor to build accessibility into my processing and descriptive work. I also serve on my institution’s Accessibility Advisory Group where I contribute to projects that support the accessibility of the library for its staff and public. I am very appreciative of the past year spent working with the NEA IDC and am excited for future committee work. I am especially eager to contribute to the Contingent Employment Study III and to discussing and acting on other issues and topics that support our colleagues and communities across institutions."

Elizabeth Zomeri is currently pursuing her MLIS with a concentration in Archives Management at Simmons University. She holds a BA in American Culture from the University of Michigan, where she also studied Law, Justice & Social Change and Museum Studies. Elizabeth has experience working with archival materials, digitization projects, and community-focused library initiatives. She recently served as the Fall 2025 Archives Intern at the Nichols House Museum and has previously worked at the University of Michigan Special Collections Research Center, Lesley University Archives, and Adam Matthew Digital. Elizabeth is passionate about preservation, access, and equitable information services, and is excited to join this committee as a way to bridge her academic interests with ongoing professional work.