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Joy Kirchner, Dean of Libraries for York University, is pleased to 
announce that Katrina Cohen-Palacios has been appointed the new Media 
Archivist with the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections of York 
University Libraries. Her new role begins on 1 July 2019. As the Media 
Archivist, Katrina will take on a leadership role in the management, 
acquisition and preservation of audiovisual materials and related policy 
development in collaboration with others engaged in digital preservation 
work.

For the past two years Katrina has served as an adjunct archivist with 
CTASC, working with archival records in a wide variety of formats, 
providing reference and consultation services for various audiences, and 
enhancing the metadata for approximately 175 legacy finding aids in 
AtoM. She was also involved in the Home Made Visible project preserving 
home movies and coordinating offsite storage for more than 6,000 
audiovisual items. Katrina’s research interests include working with 
Heritage Minutes as it relates to media, as well as focusing on 
interrogating metadata from an inclusivity and diversity perspective.

Prior to joining us at York, Katrina worked as a media librarian for the 
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and as a digitization project 
coordinator for the Office of the Governing Council at the University of 
Toronto, among other roles. Katrina holds the degrees of Master of 
Information (Archives & Records Management) and Master of Museum Studies 
from the University of Toronto, as well as Bachelor of Arts in Public 
History from Concordia University.

Please join us in congratulating Katrina on her appointment to this new 
and vital role in York University Libraries’ archival program.

-- 
Michael Moir
University Archivist and Head
Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections
York University Libraries
Room 305, Scott Library
4700 Keele Street, Toronto ON  M3J 1P3
tel: 416-736-5442; email: [log in to unmask]

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