User:DinaHerbert

Dina Herbert

Liaison to SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context),
Office of Innovation,
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Contact me

Dina.Herbert@nara.gov

About me

I am a paid employee of the U.S. National Archives (NARA), a federal agency which preserves and makes available the records of the U.S. federal government. We are working to make our holdings, publications, and other resources more accessible to the public by engaging directly with Wikipedia.

I'm a New York transplant living in Northern Virginia. I'm passionate about libraries and archives and getting users to information. I'm an alumnae of the Joint Program between the Albert A. List College at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Columbia University. I have a MA from JTS in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages and a MLS from the University of Maryland. I like to knit, run, watch Netflix, read, and cook. I make a mean shakshuka and a darn good batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

Conflict of interest statement

When I am editing Wikipedia as part of my official professional duties, I always strive to strictly abide by Wikipedia's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. Because the National Archives' educational mission is in line with Wikipedia's mission to disseminate knowledge freely, I will not make edits that I do not believe are in accordance with Wikipedia's practices and procedures. Therefore, I will not make substantive edits to articles related to NARA as an agency (e.g. National Archives and Records Administration), or its personnel. Instead, if I edit articles, they will be to contribute subject matter expertise, for example to improve articles about NARA holdings (e.g. De Lome Letter, Louisiana Purchase).

You can find out more about this project at the National Archives WikiProject. NARA’s work on Wikipedia is being governed by internal guidelines, which we have published on-wiki at our WikiProject. If you believe I have made an error or violated Wikipedia’s norms, please do not hesitate to contact me. My email is also listed on this page in case I am not regularly checking my talk page.