Author: Brendan O'Hagen

My name is Brendan O'Hagen, and I completed my MLIS with a concentration in Archives in December 2025. As an emerging library professional with a subject specialty in History, my work is based around understanding the information needs of diverse groups of users, making resources more accessible and developing critical perspectives about the role of libraries in engaging communities.

Systematic Review of Rare Books

Rare books are fundamentally delicate, and there are a number of factors that significantly contribute to their deterioration. This project is a first step in establishing a comprehensive…

Playing the Humanities: Computer Games & History

Many video games use history as a setting to entertain, but can computer games also convey humanities perspectives and scholarship about historical subjects? What are the factors that…