Samuel Lemley
Senior Librarian
University Libraries
BIO
Sam Lemley is Curator of Special Collections and Director of the Posner Center at Carnegie Mellon University. He holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Virginia and an MSLIS with a certificate of concentration in rare books and special collections librarianship from the Palmer School. Lemley has held fellowships at Princeton University Libraries, The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology (Smithsonian), The Houghton Library (Harvard University), Oak Spring Garden Library, and Rare Book School.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- DirectorCarnegie Mellon University, Posner Center for Special Collections, Pittsburgh, United States1 Feb 2026 - present
- Curator of Special CollectionsCarnegie Mellon University, Libraries, Pittsburgh, United States1 Mar 2020 - present
- AffiliateCarnegie Mellon University, Center for Early Modern Print, Networks, and Performance (CMU English), Pittsburgh, United States2022 - present
DEGREES
- PhD, English LiteratureUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States2020
- MSLIS, Library & Information ScienceThe Palmer School (LIU), New York, NY, United States2014
- BAUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States1 Jan 2012
LANGUAGES
- ItalianCan read, write, speak and understand
- LatinCan read
CAMPUS
- Pittsburgh
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 4 Quality Education