Laura Waugh is the Scholarly Works Repository Librarian at the University of North Texas. She has been working on the Scholarly Works repository project since it began in 2010. Her research and repository work include open access awareness and sustainability, author rights, data management, and digital curation. Waugh received her bachelor's degree in marketing and visual arts from Texas Woman's University and her master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of North Texas, as well as her Certification in Digital Content Management.