Elizabeth Yakel is an archivist, researcher, and educator in information science. Yakel is known for work advancing archival practice, the use of primary sources in archives education, studies of data reuse practices, and digital curation. Yakel is the senior associate dean for academic affairs and a professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, where she has been on the faculty since 2000. She is the former coordinator of the Preservation of Information specialization in the Master of Science in Information program and teaches in the Archives and Record Management area. She specializes in digital archives and digital preservation and has developed five such graduate level courses at UM, including "Economics of Sustainable Digital Information" and "Practical Engagement Workshop in Digital Preservation."[1]

Elizabeth Yakel
Born1960
U.S.A.
OccupationHigher education
TitleProfessor; Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Academic background
EducationA.B., Brown University (1980); A.M.L.S., University of Michigan (1982); Ph.D., University of Michigan (1997)
ThesisRecordkeeping in Radiology: The Relationships Between Activities and Records in Radiological Processes (1997)
Doctoral advisorMargaret Hedstrom, Francis X. Blouin
Academic work
DisciplineLibrary and information science
Sub-disciplineArchives; digital preservation
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan; University of Pittsburgh
Main interestsData reuse; teaching with primary sources; archival description; development of standardized metrics to enhance repository processes and the user experience

Education

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She holds an A.B. from Brown University (1980), an A.M.L.S. from the University of Michigan (1982), and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (1997). Her dissertation, Recordkeeping in Radiology: The Relationships Between Activities and Records in Radiological Processes, won the 1997 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Association of Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE). After graduation, she became an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences from 1997 to 2000 before returning to her alma mater.[1]

Notable research projects

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Awards and honors

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Publications

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Yakel has published extensively, especially in academic journals.[21] Her oeuvre includes more than 130 writings that have been cited over 2,600 times.[22] Articles cited more than 90 times include:

One of her earliest publications of note is Starting an Archives, a 1994 manual published by SAA and Scarecrow Press that provides the rationale for the establishment of an archival program and discusses the work involved in doing so.

In 2016, she and Doris Malkmus co-authored a module titled "Contextualizing Archival Literacy" for Teaching with Primary Sources, a volume of SAA's Trends in Archives Practice series, which aims to "fill significant gaps in archival literature."[23] This module has been praised for doing "an excellent job of describing the current state of teaching with primary sources."[24]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Elizabeth Yakel | University of Michigan School of Information". si.umich.edu. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ^ "MSI Summer Program and Maker Workshops Win IMLS Funding | University of Michigan School of Information". www.si.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ^ "People | Qualitative Data Reuse". sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/qdr. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. ^ "People". www.oclc.org. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Preservation and Access Virtual Education Laboratory (PAVEL) for Digital Humanities | University of Michigan School of Information". www.si.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Archival Metrics and User Evaluation for Government Archives | University of Michigan School of Information". www.si.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  7. ^ "About Us". www.aeri.website. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Archival and Education Research Initiative (AERI) | University of Michigan School of Information". www.si.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Engaging Communities to Foster Internships for Preservation and Digital Curation | University of Michigan School of Information". www.si.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Day two papers | IDCC13". www.dcc.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Michael D. Cohen Outstanding Service Award | University of Michigan School of Information". www.si.umich.edu. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  12. ^ "iConference 2012 Summary | iSchools". ischools.org. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  13. ^ "The Committee on Institutional Cooperation Is Now the Big Ten Academic Alliance". www.btaa.org. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Fellows' Ernst Posner Award | Society of American Archivists". www2.archivists.org. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  15. ^ "Distinguished Fellows Class of 1999". Society of American Archivists. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  16. ^ "C.F.W. Coker Award for Description | Society of American Archivists". www2.archivists.org. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  17. ^ Otoole, James M. (Spring 1999). "Reviewed Work: Vatican Archives: An Inventory and Guide to the Historical Documents of the Holy See". The American Archivist. 62 (1): 181–184. JSTOR 40294113.
  18. ^ "ALISE Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award". www.alise.org. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  19. ^ "Student Award Program | BCBSM Foundation Grants". www.bcbsm.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  20. ^ "Sister M. Claude Lane, O.P., Memorial Award | Society of American Archivists". www2.archivists.org. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  21. ^ "Yakel, Elizaeth | ICA-SUV" (PDF). archives.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  22. ^ "Elizabeth Yakel | Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  23. ^ "MODULE 9: Contextualizing Archival Literacy". saa.archivists.org. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  24. ^ Daines III, J. Gordon (2017). "Review of Teaching with Primary Sources". Journal of Western Archives. 8 (1). ISSN 2154-7149. Retrieved 27 February 2018.