Hi, I'm Burkely Hermann. As a researcher/writer, genealogist, and archivist-in-training (as I’m currently working on my MLIS degree at UMD, with a specialization in Archives & Digital Curation), my published works very widely. I’ve not only written about military history, starting when I worked at the Maryland State Archives three years ago, but also social history and genealogy, more generally and of my family, specifically focusing on my mother’s side. More recently I have dipped my toe into the world of libraries and archives, not only with posts focusing on why the difference between the two matters, but also focusing on archivists in popular culture, specifically in the Star Wars series, in the movies and animated series, where they bungle the important distinction between libraries and archives. In the future, I plan to put out a guide to archivists on the silver screen, but that’s still in development. Currently, I am part of a research cohort at the Digital Curation and Innovation Center in College Park, working with the Maryland State Archives on the Legacy of Slavery Project.