Meet Sydney Nguyễn, New Exhibitions Coordinator

Please join us in welcoming Sydney Nguyễn, the new Exhibitions Coordinator for the Smith College Libraries. Sydney works to coordinate and manage the new Neilson Library’s exhibitions program, which four tabletop cases, six mobile cases, and a formal Exhibition Gallery on the second floor. By working with students, faculty, and other library staff, Sydney implements student-designed and -installed exhibitions as part of classes, student organizations, or for capstone and thesis projects, and connects the wider Smith community with the Libraries’ vast and impressive Special Collections. As coordinator of the program, Sydney also monitors submissions for exhibition requests, builds a calendar for future and potential exhibitions, maintains exhibition supplies and equipment, manages a budget for the program, develops workflows and training relating to best practices, helps establish standards, creates or helps create labels and other text, and assists stakeholders in content selection and display.

Sydney hails from San Diego, California and came to Smith in 2022. Prior to her current position, she served as the Post-Bacc Assistant for Indigenous American Collections for the Five College Consortium. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, cooking, and spending time with her friends and family.

Contact

Please feel free to reach out to Sydney at snguyen@smith.edu.