Margaret Hedstrom

rdf:langString Margaret Hedstrom

rdf:langString Margaret L. Hedstrom

rdf:langString Margaret L. Hedstrom

rdf:langString Digital Preservation Pioneer , Distinguished Scholarly Achievement , Fellow of the Society of American Archivists

rdf:langString archives, digital preservation, data curation

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rdf:langString Ph.D.

rdf:langString Electronic records preservation, CAMiLEON, SEAD Project

rdf:langString Margaret L. Hedstrom, Ph.D., is the Robert M. Warner Collegiate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan School of Information. She has contributed to the field of digital preservation, archives, and electronic records management and holds a doctorate in history from the University of Wisconsin. Hedstrom has led or participated in many international research projects. Currently, this entails leading the NSF-funded Sustainable Environment through Actionable Data (SEAD) project, which is working closely with sustainability scientists to "develop a system that will allow them to manage and share their data." Additionally, Hedstrom led the project. This project, which was conducted jointly with the University of Leeds and funded by the National Science Foundation in the US and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the UK, investigated the use of emulation tools as part of a strategy for long-term preservation of digital records. Her current research interests include digital preservation strategies and cultural preservation and outreach in developing countries. She has also been a consultant to more than a dozen government archival programs, the World Bank, the International Council on Archives. She has served on doctoral committees at the State University of New York at Albany, the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Michigan.