Alex Bero is a Special Collections Conservator at New York University. He holds a Masters of Science in Information Studies with a Certification of Advanced Study in Book and Paper Conservation from the University of Texas at Austin. He has experience at the American Museum of Natural History, the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Frick Art Reference Library. He is currently working on several large archival collections focusing on the history of Long Island and New York City as part of a three year grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.