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Elizabeth A. Pineo (she/her) is passionate about music, disability, and archives, and she has followed these passions to their intersection in the field of information studies. As a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park, Elizabeth's research focuses on accessibility in music archives for Disabled users. That includes identifying stakeholder needs, establishing conversion workflows for image-based music scores, and creating accessible digital environments for music archives. For more information about her work and how she conceptualizes it, see the Publications, Projects, or My Thinking pages.

Outside of academics, Elizabeth is an Associate Editor for Including Disability and a writing fellow at the University of Maryland Center for Writing & Oral Communication. Her technical experience includes database management and cataloging, gained through her work on the Vocal Music Instrumentation Index, a digital index of early vocal music. 

Elizabeth is a classically trained pianist, and, in her free time, she enjoys learning languages and caring for her ever-growing plant collection. She received her MLIS from the University of Maryland, College Park and her BA in Music from Dickinson College.