Lauren Calcote is a 2012 graduate of the Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State College specializing in books and a 2015 graduate of the North Bennet Street School Bookbinding program. She completed fellowships at the Boston Athenaeum and the University of Michigan and internships at the University of Michigan, the Boston Athenaeum, and Iowa State University. She completed pre-program internships at the Midwest Art Conservation Center, Minnesota Historical Society, and Carleton College. She is currently the Collections Conservator at the Newberry Library.