Missy Nerino

Archivist
208 Skillman Library

Degrees

  • Lebanon Valley College: BA in Historical Communications and History; Minor in English - Theater
  • Purdue University: MS in Communications; Certificate in Strategic Communications Management
  • University of Pittsburgh: Master of Library and Information Sciences; Archives Centration
Selected presentations and professional development
  • 2025: MARAC Service Award Recipient for work as Editor of MAA, 2021-2023
  • 2024-2025: Co-Lead, 2025 ArchivesSpace Virtual Member Forum Planning Team (https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/4197351426/ArchivesSpace+Virtual+Member+Forum+2025)
  • 2023: Wrote “Accessibility Guidelines for Presentations” for MARAC. (https://marac.memberclicks.net/assets/About/2023_AccessibilityGuidelines_for_Presentations.pdf). These new guidelines, developed with MARAC’s Web Team, Communications Committee, and Education Committee, are compatible with W3C WAI guidelines.
  • 2022: Oversaw the redevelopment of “Mid-Atlantic Archivist,” the quarterly newsletter for MARAC. In this capacity, we made MAA a completely digital publication, redesigned the cover, encouraged use of alt text for all images by contributors, and ensured compatibility with screen readers. (See “From the Editors,” pg. 3. https://marac.memberclicks.net/assets/maa/maracfall2022.pdf)
  • 2021: Along with Associate Editor Lara Szypszak, developed the MARAC Style Guide. (/https://marac.memberclicks.net/assets/maa/2024_Communications_MAA_StyleGuide-1.pdf)
  • 2020: Nerino, Melissa & Brittany Newberry, “Providing Reference in ArchivesSpace” (presentation, 2020 ArchivesSpace Member Forum, virtual, August 4, 2020.)
  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC): Communications Committee Chair, 2023-2027 (Formerly: MAA Editor, 2021-2023; Communications Committee, 2018-2027; MAA Associate Editor, 2020-2021; MAA Advertising Editor 2018-2020; Program Committee, Saratoga Springs, 2023)
  • Society of American Archivists (SAA): Publications Board Member, 2023-2027
Selected publications
  • “MARAC’S Communication Committee: All the News That’s Fit to Share,” The Mid-Atlantic Archivist, Vol. 53, No. 4, pg. 21.
  • “Accessibility Guidelines for Presentations,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference.
    Nerino, Missy; Lara Szypszak, Carolyn Friedrich, “From the Editors,” The Mid-Atlantic Archivist, Vol. 51, No. 4, pg. 3.
  • Nerino, Melissa & Brittany Newberry, “Providing Reference in ArchivesSpace” (presentation, 2020 ArchivesSpace Member Forum, virtual, August 4, 2020.)
  • Nerino, Melissa & Brittany Newberry, “ArchivesSpace for Reference” (presentation, 2020 ArchivesSpace Online Forum, virtual, May 18, 2020.)