Cyndi Tiedt is a doctoral student in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies (SISLT) at the University of Missouri. Grounded in over a decade of professional experience in museum collections management and digital systems, her research interest lies at the intersection of information science, history, and museum practice. She is particularly interested in how collections are organized, examining how metadata design and information architecture shape discoverability, influence user search behaviors, and connect people with historical objects and their histories.