Ashley Maynor

Ashley Maynor is an award-winning cineaste, librarian, and scholar who uses digital and analog technology to tell compelling stories. Her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the Austin Film Society, the Southern Humanities Media Fund, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Maynor serves on the faculty of New York University as director of the Library Lab, developing a curated series of pop-up spaces, events, workshops, trainings, projects, and initiatives aimed at preparing libraries and library staff for future unknowns. She is also co-founder and current program director of The Library Collective, a non-profit whose goal is to redefine the professional development landscape for next-generation librarians.