Nancy McGovern

Nancy McGovern is the Director of Digital Preservation at MIT Libraries[1] and the 72nd president of the Society of American Archivists (2016-2017).[2] She presented her SAA Presidential Address, "Archives, History, and Technology: Prologue and Possibilities for SAA and the Archival Community" at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society. McGovern was named a pioneer in digital preservation by the Library of Congress in 2010.[3] McGovern was previously a research assistant professor and digital preservation officer at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan and Director of Research and Assessment Services and digital preservation officer at Cornell University.[2] McGovern's work has focused on digital preservation and practice since 1986, when she became senior staff of the Center for Electronic Records at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

In 2003, while working at Cornell, McGovern, with Anne R. Kenney, co-developed the Digital Preservation Management Workshop for digital preservation managers.[4] The workshops have been attended by more than 500 participants representing more than 250 organizations from over 30 countries spanning 5 continents.[3]