Elizabeth Yakel
{{short description|Archivist, researcher, and educator in information science}}
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| education = Michigan (Ph.D., A.M.L.S.)
Brown (A.B.)
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| thesis_title = Recordkeeping in Radiology: The Relationships Between Activities and Records in Radiological Processes
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| discipline = Library and information science
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University of Pittsburgh (1997–2000)
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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."{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Yakel {{!}} University of Michigan School of Information |url=https://www.si.umich.edu/people/elizabeth-yakel/ |website=si.umich.edu|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en}}
Education
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, [https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/130873 Recordkeeping in Radiology: The Relationships Between Activities and Records in Radiological Processes], won the 1997 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award from the [http://www.alise.org/ 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.
Notable research projects
- 2015-2018: [https://www.si.umich.edu/node/14230 Research Experience for Master’s Students] (REMS); principal investigator; funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.{{cite web|title=MSI Summer Program and Maker Workshops Win IMLS Funding {{!}} University of Michigan School of Information|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/news/umsi-faculty-receive-institute-museum-and-library-sciences-grants|website=www.si.umich.edu|access-date=27 February 2018|language=en}}
- 2014-2017: [https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/qdr/home Qualitative Data Reuse]; principal investigator; funded by IMLS grant.{{cite web|title=People {{!}} Qualitative Data Reuse|url=https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/qdr/products-services|website=sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/qdr|access-date=27 February 2018}}
- 2010-2014: [https://www.oclc.org/research/themes/user-studies/dipir.html Dissemination Information Packages for Information Reuse] (DIPIR); co-principal investigator; funded by IMLS National Leadership Grant for Libraries.{{cite web|title=People|url=https://www.oclc.org/research/themes/user-studies/dipir/people.html|website=www.oclc.org|date=21 March 2016|access-date=27 February 2018|language=en}}
- 2010-2012: [https://www.si.umich.edu/umsi-faculty-members-launch-virtual-education-lab Preservation and Access Virtual Education Laboratory] (PAVEL) for Digital Humanities; co-principal investigator; funded by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Preservation and Access Education and Training Program.{{cite web|title=Preservation and Access Virtual Education Laboratory (PAVEL) for Digital Humanities {{!}} University of Michigan School of Information|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/node/12829|website=www.si.umich.edu|access-date=27 February 2018|language=en}}
- 2009-2011: [https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/archival-metrics/home Archival Metrics and User Evaluation for Government Archives]; principal investigator; funded by a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) grant.{{cite web|title=Archival Metrics and User Evaluation for Government Archives {{!}} University of Michigan School of Information|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/node/12705|website=www.si.umich.edu|access-date=27 February 2018|language=en}}
- 2008–present: [http://aeri.website/ Archival and Education Research Initiative] (AERI); founding member & co-principal investigator; funded from 2008-2016 by IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://aeri.website/about-us/|website=www.aeri.website|access-date=27 February 2018|date=31 December 2014}}{{cite web|title=Archival and Education Research Initiative (AERI) {{!}} University of Michigan School of Information|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/node/12704|website=www.si.umich.edu|access-date=27 February 2018|language=en}}
- 2008-2012: Engaging Communities to Foster Internships for Preservation and Digital Curation; principal investigator; funded by IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians Program.{{cite web|title=Engaging Communities to Foster Internships for Preservation and Digital Curation {{!}} University of Michigan School of Information|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/node/12710|website=www.si.umich.edu|access-date=27 February 2018|language=en}}
Awards and honors
- 2013: International Digital Curation Conference Best Research Paper Award for “[https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v8i1.251 Trust in Digital Repositories]” (with Ixchel Faniel, Adam Kriesberg, and Ayoung Yoon).{{cite web|title=Day two papers {{!}} IDCC13|url=http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc13/day-two-papers|website=www.dcc.ac.uk|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en}}
- 2012: UM School of Information Michael D. Cohen Outstanding Service Award.{{cite web|title=Michael D. Cohen Outstanding Service Award {{!}} University of Michigan School of Information|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/newsandevents/michael-d-cohen-outstanding-service-award|website=www.si.umich.edu|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en}}
- 2012: iConference Best Paper Award for “[https://doi.org/10.1145/2132176.2132212 Managing Fixity and Fluidity in Data Repositories]” (with Morgan Daniels, Ixchel Faniel, and Kathleen Fear).{{cite web|title=iConference 2012 Summary {{!}} iSchools|url=http://ischools.org/the-iconference/about-the-iconference/iconference-2012-summary/#awards|website=ischools.org|access-date=22 February 2018}}
- 2008-09: Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program Fellowship (CIC is now the Big Ten Academic Alliance).{{cite web|title=The Committee on Institutional Cooperation Is Now the Big Ten Academic Alliance|url=http://www.btaa.org/about/news-and-publications/news/2016/06/30/the-committee-on-institutional-cooperation-is-now-the-big-ten-academic-alliance|website=www.btaa.org|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en-us}}
- 2008: SAA Fellows' Ernst Posner Award for “[https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.70.2.lpq61247881t10kv Interaction in Virtual Archives: The Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections]" (with Magia Ghetu Krause).{{cite web|title=Fellows' Ernst Posner Award {{!}} Society of American Archivists|url=https://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-posner|website=www2.archivists.org|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en}}
- 2007: SAA Fellows' Ernst Posner Award for “[https://www2.archivists.org/initiatives/acensus-archival-census-education-needs-survey-in-the-united-states Special Section on Archival Census and Educational Needs Survey in the United States]” (A*CENSUS Working Group member).
- 2006: Summer Institute for Nursing Informatics Sharon Coleman Memorial Scholarship Award for the "[http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/17102326 HANDS Project and Vision for Nursing Informatics]" (with Gail Keenan and Dana Tschannen).
- 2005: American Medical Informatics Association Harriet H. Werley Award for “[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1560582/ Promoting Safe Nursing Care by Bringing Visibility to the Disciplinary Aspects of Interdisciplinary Care]” (with Gail Keenan).
- 2004: OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant.
- 2003: ALISE Research Grant.
- 1999: Elected Society of American Archivists (SAA) Fellow.{{Cite web |url=https://www2.archivists.org/node/9984 |title=Distinguished Fellows Class of 1999 |website=Society of American Archivists |access-date=2018-03-18}}
- 1999: SAA C.F.W. Coker Award for Description for Vatican Archives: An Inventory & Guide to the Historical Records of the Holy See.{{cite web|title=C.F.W. Coker Award for Description {{!}} Society of American Archivists|url=https://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-coker|website=www2.archivists.org|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Otoole|first1=James M.|title=Reviewed Work: Vatican Archives: An Inventory and Guide to the Historical Documents of the Holy See|journal=The American Archivist|date=Spring 1999|volume=62|issue=1|pages=181–184|jstor=40294113|language=en}}
- 1997: ALISE Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award.{{cite web|title=ALISE Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award|url=http://www.alise.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=436|website=www.alise.org|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en-us}}
- 1996-97: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Student Award Program Grant.{{cite web|title=Student Award Program {{!}} BCBSM Foundation Grants|url=https://www.bcbsm.com/foundation/grant-programs/student-award.html|website=www.bcbsm.com|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en}}
- 1994: UM Bentley Historical Library Research Fellowship Program for the Study of Modern Archives.
- 1992-95: UM School of Information Regent's Fellowship.
- 1991: SAA Sister M. Claude Lane, O.P., Memorial Award.{{cite web|title=Sister M. Claude Lane, O.P., Memorial Award {{!}} Society of American Archivists|url=https://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-lane|website=www2.archivists.org|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en}}
Publications
Yakel has published extensively, especially in academic journals.{{cite web|title=Yakel, Elizaeth {{!}} ICA-SUV|url=https://archives.library.illinois.edu/ica-suv/files/2014/11/Yakel-Elizabeth.pdf|website=archives.library.illinois.edu|access-date=22 February 2018}} Her oeuvre includes more than 130 writings that have been cited over 2,600 times.{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Yakel {{!}} Google Scholar Citations|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IitkrusAAAAJ&hl=en|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=22 February 2018}} Articles cited more than 90 times include:
- "[https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.66.1.q022h85pn51n5800 AI: Archival Intelligence and User Expertise]" (with Deborah A. Torres) from The American Archivist 66/1 (2003); proposes a model of researcher expertise based on the assertion that there are "three distinct forms of knowledge required to work effectively with primary sources."
- "[https://doi.org/10.1108/10650750710831466 Digital Curation]" from OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives 23/4 (2007); a foundational article about the subject that provides a definition and an overview of its development.
- "[https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1082067 Seeking Information, Seeking Connections, Seeking Meanings: Genealogists and Family Historians]" from Information Research: An International Electronic Journal 10/1 (2004); focuses on the information seeking behavior of a particular user group who frequent libraries and archives—genealogists and family historians.
- "[https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.70.2.lpq61247881t10kv Interaction in Virtual Archives: The Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections Next Generation Finding Aid]" (with Magia Ghetu Krause) from The American Archivist 70/2 (2007); a "preliminary evaluation of an experimental finding aid" that incorporated social interaction (from the days when Web 2.0 was still a relatively new concept).
- "[https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02438926 Archival Representation]" from Archival Science 3/1 (2003); an analysis of "organizational and descriptive schemas, tools, and systems as a means of uncovering representational practices."
One of her earliest publications of note is [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015032709209 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 [https://www2.archivists.org/publications/book-publishing/trends-in-archives-practice#.V1bjjtUrJhE Trends in Archives Practice] series, which aims to "fill significant gaps in archival literature."{{cite web|title=MODULE 9: Contextualizing Archival Literacy|url=https://saa.archivists.org/store/module-9-contextualizing-archival-literacy/5372/|website=saa.archivists.org|access-date=27 February 2018}} This module has been praised for doing "an excellent job of describing the current state of teaching with primary sources."{{cite journal|last1=Daines III|first1=J. Gordon|title=Review of Teaching with Primary Sources|journal=Journal of Western Archives|date=2017|volume=8|issue=1|url=https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol8/iss1/5/|access-date=27 February 2018|language=en|issn=2154-7149}}
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