Elizabeth Yakel | |
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| Born | 1960 U.S.A. |
| Occupation | Higher education |
| Title | Professor; Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs |
| Academic background | |
| Education | A.B., Brown University (1980); A.M.L.S., University of Michigan (1982); Ph.D., University of Michigan (1997) |
| Thesis | Recordkeeping in Radiology: The Relationships Between Activities and Records in Radiological Processes (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | Margaret Hedstrom, Francis X. Blouin |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Library and information science |
| Sub-discipline | Archives; digital preservation |
| Institutions | University of Michigan; University of Pittsburgh |
| Main interests | Data reuse; teaching with primary sources; archival description; development of standardized metrics to enhance repository processes and the user experience |
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]