Lynne Thomas

Principal Investigator

Lynne M. Thomas is the Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University where she is responsible for popular culture special collections, including papers of science fiction authors, dime novels, and popular historical children’s literature. She co-authored Special Collections 2.0, a book about web 2.0 technologies and special collections in libraries with Beth Whittaker of the University of Kansas (Libraries Unlimited, 2009). She was also part of a sub-committee that generated CARLI and Digital Preservation: A White Paper.