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Alexia MacClain

Alexia MacClain is a Library Technician at the National Museum of American History Library. She began working for Smithsonian Libraries and Archives on the trade literature inventory project in 2005. In 2007, Alexia moved on to her current position as Library Technician. She continues to work with the Trade Literature Collection in addition to handling other library duties including interlibrary loan. Alexia holds a B.A. in Historic Preservation from Mary Washington College.

Find Organization Inspiration in Old-Fashioned Filing Systems

If one of your New Year's resolutions was to finally organize that paper pile, take a look at the 19th-century devices used to store and protect important documents