Nancy E Kraft is the Head of the Preservation and Conservation Department, University of Iowa Libraries. She is part of the American Institute for Conservation-Collections Emergency Responders Team (AIC-CERT). Kraft received the Midwest Archives Conference 2009 Presidents’ work for her extraordinary work following the historic levels of flooding that struck Iowa in the summer of 2008. In 2006 she received the University of Iowa president’s Award for State Outreach and Public Engagement for her many interrelated contributions to the preservation and accessibility of historical sources in Iowa. She is a lecturer and preservation consultant for the OceanTeachers Academy, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO, in Ostend, Belgium. Kraft is active in the American Library Association and a U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield Board member. She received her M.A. from the University of Iowa.