AUTHOR: Nicole Saylor

Nicki Saylor is the Director of the American Folklife Center (AFC), designated by the U.S. Congress as the national center for folklife documentation and research. AFC works with communities to document living traditional culture, while preserving the nation’s oldest and largest archive of ethnographic documentation. Saylor has led the Library’s Digital Innovation Lab, which explores creative ways to share the Library’s content and connect with researchers, artists and the public. She served as the head, and then director, of the Archive of Folk Culture, which is AFC’s archive, from 2012 to 2021.
Most Recent Posts
- The American Folklife Center: 2024 Year in Review January 22nd, 2025
- Safeguarding the Memory of the AIDS Movement December 9th, 2024
- Announcing a New Donation to the American Folklife Center’s Internship Fund September 3rd, 2024
- Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi views the AIDS Memorial Quilt Records July 31st, 2024
- Labor Department Official Named to American Folklife Center Board July 15th, 2024
- Join Us at the Treasures Family Festival on June 15, 2024! June 7th, 2024
- Announcing a New Cohort of AFC Summer Interns June 5th, 2024
- Reflections from the AFC Board of Trustees Meeting in Louisiana with Chair Heather Hodges March 28th, 2024
- The American Folklife Center: 2023 in Review January 26th, 2024