Regina L. Avila (Fed)

Regina Avila is a Librarian at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, leading the library's exploration of artificial intelligence tools to support NIST researchers. She is also collaborating with NIST's Disaster and Failure Studies Program to curate and preserve research data vital to two investigations authorized by the National Construction Safety Team Act -- an investigation of the impacts of the 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the investigation into the cause of the 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium building in Surfside, Florida.  She has successfully collaborated with several NIST offices and laboratories in authoring policies and launching tools to curate and publish NIST research data. Ms. Avila has also participated in many other efforts in the library, including leading teams to digitize and preserve NIST publications, photographs, and oral histories in the NIST Digital Archives. She earned her Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver. Before she came to NIST she was a librarian and news researcher at The Denver Post.

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4340-2558

2019 Bronze Medal Award - "The team is recognized for developing and deploying an integrated software system that makes it easier for NIST scientists to share their data with the public through a secure cloud-based platform. The system meets NIST requirements for stewardship of research data throughout their lifecycle, including data management planning, review, curation, publication, and preservation, and fully satisfies OMB/OSTP policies for the management and delivery of the results of federally funded research."