The UMKC Libraries are excited to welcome Becky Briggs Becker as our new University Archivist. Becky comes to us with ten years of experience in the archival field, most recently as Assistant University Archivist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she held responsibility for collections management and processing, researcher-centered services, outreach and engagement, and digital archives, collections, and exhibits for University Archives. She previously worked at the same institution as a Processing Assistant. She graduated with her MS in Information Sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and is currently pursuing an Online Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate.
As University Archivist, Becky is responsible for planning, building, and stewarding collections documenting the history of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, provides leadership and expertise in archives and records administration, access to University records and archives in all formats, and research support.