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Natalie Buda Smith
Adjunct Lecturer (Director of Digital Strategy at Library of Congress)nbsmith@umd.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliebuda
Natalie Buda Smith is the Director of Digital Strategy at the Library of Congress, a leader in digital transformation through data insights and user-centered design practices with over 30 years of experience developing experiences for a variety of organizations. She has built large teams at NavigationArts, IBM, and now the Library of Congress, and has worked for clients in the U.S., Europe, and India. She is strongly committed to human-centered products and services that adhere to best practices in inclusion, diversity, and accessibility.
Research & Focus Areas
- Accessibility and Inclusive Design
- Data Privacy and Sociotechnical Cybersecurity
- Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization
- Digital Humanities
- Future of Work
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics
- Library and Information Science
- Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval
- Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media