Jennifer Douglas (b. 1974) is a Canadian

archivist An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to Document, records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist c ...

and academic who researches the creation of personal archives and their place within with traditional archival practice.

Career

Douglas was born in

Mississauga Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...

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in 1974 and was raised in Alberta and British Columbia. She obtained a B.A. and M.A. in English literature from the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary instit ...

. Douglas' Ph.D. thesis "Archiving Authors: Rethinking the Analysis and Representation of Personal Archives" was completed in 2013 at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

under the supervision of

Heather MacNeil Heather MacNeil is a professor at the Faculty of Information of the University of Toronto, Canada. She teaches archives and record keeping related topics. She is a former General Editor of ''Archivaria'' (2014-2015) and helped develop the concept ...

. The thesis was awarded the iSchool's Dissertation Award. Douglas joined

UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies UBC School of Information is a graduate school at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver offering a Master of Archival Studies (MAS), a Master of Arts in Children's Literature (MACL), a Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS), ...

as an associate professor in 2016. She has served on editorial team of ''

Archivaria ''Archivaria'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA), covering the scholarly investigation of archives, including the history, nature, theory, and use of archives. The journal contai ...

'', including the role of general editor since 2014. In 2020 she was announced as

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

's 2021 Kenneth Karmiole Lecture in Archival Studies speaker. In 2014 "What We Talk About When We Talk About Original Order in Writers' Archives," an article based on her doctoral research won '' Archivaria's'' W. Kaye Lamb Prize that recognizes advancements in archival thinking. She won the award for a second time in 2020, along with co-authors Alexandra Alisauskas and Devon Mordell, for the article "'Treat Them with the Reverence of Archivists': Records Work, Grief Work, and Relationship Work in the Archives."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Jennifer 1974 births Living people Canadian archivists Female archivists People from Mississauga University of Toronto alumni University of Victoria alumni