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Greg Johnson is the Head of the Department of Archives & Special Collections which strives to collect items relating to the history and culture of Mississippi, the University of Mississippi, and the American South. The units of traditional Special Collections, the Blues Archive, the Southern Media Archive/Visual Collections, and the Modern Political Archives all report directly to him. He processes collections, collects items related to Mississippi, interacts with donors, works on reference queries, conducts presentations/instruction sessions, oversees exhibitions, works with digital archival materials, collaborates with other library and campus departments, coordinates the overall administrative work of Special Collections, among other duties.