Beth Knazook

Beth Knazook is the research and engagement manager at the Digital Repository of Ireland where she is working to advance the Repository’s support for FAIR research data through alignment with European and international infrastructures and policies. She has a PhD in Art and Visual Culture from Western University in London, Canada and an MA in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management from Toronto Metropolitan University/George Eastman House Museum.

In her previous work, she was the preservation coordinator for the Portage Network, an organisation established by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries to foster a national research data culture through the provision of services and infrastructure (now a part of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada). She has also worked as the digitisation manager for Huron County Library and curator of special collections for Toronto Metropolitan University Library and Archives. She currently teaches professional development courses focused on managing and sharing photograph collections for Library Juice Academy and the Society of American Archivists.