Alice Sara Prael holds a BA in English from University of Missouri, Columbia and an MLS from the University of Maryland, College Park, specializing in the curation and management of digital assets. During that time she served as the Digital Programs and Initiatives Graduate Assistant at University of Maryland Libraries. She recently completed a National Digital Stewardship Residency at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library where she worked to improve digital preservation practices. She is currently the Digital Accessioning Archivist at Beinecke Library.