Morgan Daniels
Senior Curator
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMorgan Daniels is a senior curator and information science researcher with 11 years of experience leading digital curation and librarianship at USAID, where she supervises a nine-person team responsible for the Development Data Library, Development Experience Clearinghouse, and USAID Library. She combines practical program leadership with academic rigor from a PhD in Information, having previously designed data curation services and assessed digital preservation infrastructures at major research libraries. Morgan excels at translating researcher needs into sustainable preservation strategies, developing workflows, and improving submission and access processes for large, government-scale collections. Her background includes qualitative research, metadata schema design, and hands-on collections work across museums and archives, reflecting a rare mix of technical, managerial, and curatorial expertise. Based in Washington, D.C., she is known for turning complex digital preservation requirements into actionable policies and services that ensure long-term access.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy in Information, Information Science/Studies, Doctor of Philosophy in Information, Information Science/Studies at University of MichiganMaster of Science in Information (M.S.I.), Dual specialization in Library and Information Services and Archives and Records Management, Master of Science in Information (M.S.I.), Dual specialization in Library and Information Services and Archives and Records Management at University of Michigan - School of Information
Github Skills (3)
digital-humanities9
scientific-visualization8
communications6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
USAID/USAID-Data-Services
Nov 2018 - Sep 2024
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Contributions:2 pushes, 11 comments, 9 issues in 5 years 11 months
MorganDaniels/workshops
Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:5 pushes in 4 months
scholarlycommunicationsscholarly-communications
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