Kate Long
Research Services Archivist
Kate Long (she/her) serves as the Research Services Archivist as part of the Public Services in Special Collections Team. Both in the reading room and through remote research services, Kate works to welcome all curious minds to use the collection to inform their research, artistic endeavors, or personal interests. She manages the Travel to Collections Fellowship Program which seeks to offset travel expenses to a wide variety of researchers with unique projects.
Prior to joining Smith, Kate worked to connect students, faculty, and the wider public to collection materials through exhibitions, instruction, public programs, and research services at the Folger Shakespeare Library and Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her professional journey began as a digital archives intern within the walls of the Historic Huguenot Street houses in the Hudson Valley. Beyond the library, Kate enjoys researching wallpaper for her Victorian house and tending to a pollinator-friendly garden.
Research and Professional Interests
Equity and access in special collections, history of the book, primary source engagement for students, history of academic libraries and archives
Committees
Website Content Team, AI, Collections, & Discovery Working Group
Presentations
Long, Kate. “Appealing to Audiences During the Birth Control Movement in the U.S. A selection from the Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History.” Presentation, Ephemera Society of America Annual Conference, Greenwich, Connecticut, March 14, 2025.
Kinder, Eliscia, Kate Long, and Megan O’Shea. “Are you talking about robust description? I’ve heard a thing or two about that.” Presentation, RBMS Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 24, 2026.
Professional Affiliations
Bibliographic Standards Committee Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Steering Group (2025-)