Avery L. Daniels, a native South Carolinian, received his BA in history from South Carolina State University and his MLIS from the University of South Carolina with a focus on archival administration. He began working at SC State in 2007 as an Administrative Specialist II in the Department of Social Sciences and has been the Coordinator of the Historical Collection in the Miller F. Whittaker Library since 2012. He is a past board member of the Palmetto Archives, Libraries & Museums Council on Preservation.