Michelle C. Smith is a book conservator at the San Francisco Public Library, represented by SEIU 1021 (3620 Conservation Technician I), and a Professional Member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC). She received her MA and CAS from Buffalo State College as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Library and Archives Conservation. Michelle was previously a Kress Assistant Conservator at the UCLA Library and an Assistant Conservator of Paper and Books at Preservation Arts in Oakland. She has completed book conservation internships at Stanford Libraries, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, University of Michigan Library, University of Washington Libraries, the Georgia Archives, and Emory Libraries. She received her BFA in printmaking and book arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Georgia.