Miranda Siler

Background

About Miranda Siler

As the Web Collection Librarian for the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, Miranda oversees the Web Collecting Program, working with the Web Collecting Advisory Committee and selectors from across the IPLC to capture and give access to at-risk web content. Previously, Miranda has worked as a Web Archiving Technician at the Frick Art Reference Library, Research Assistant at the Semantic Lab at Pratt, and Archives Graduate Assistant at the Pratt Institute Archives. In 2022, she received her MS in Library and Information Science and MA in the History of Art and Design from Pratt Institute, along with a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities. Prior to her work in libraries, Miranda was the Front Office Manager and Researcher at Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU). Miranda graduated from Tufts University with Bachelor’s degrees in Art History and Religion, receiving the Department of Religion Prize. Her thesis, “The Female Body as a Sacred Symbol” received high honors. Some of Miranda’s previous roles include: Docent at the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), Communications and Special Events Intern at the Regional Arts Commission in St. Louis, Arts Ambassador at the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in Boston, and a variety of other office and research jobs.