Francesca Marini

Visiting Research Fellow

Assistant Professor
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
University of British Columbia

Francesca Marini is Assistant Professor of Archival Studies at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She has received her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has been trained as a traditional archivist at the School of Archival Science, Paleography and Diplomatics of the Modena State Archives, Italy.  She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Bologna, Italy.

Francesca's ongoing research focuses on digital preservation and the creation, management, and use of performing arts materials. In the context of archival studies for traditional and electronic records, she is specifically interested in how the management of performing arts materials relates and contributes to archival studies in general, and especially in the online environment. From a digital preservation point of view, she is particularly interested in how the new forms of performance and scholarship, which are nowadays often developed online, are going to survive in the future. She has a strong interest in information seeking behavior and service to users.

Email: fmarini@interchange.ubc.ca
Webpage: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/PEOPLE/faculty/faculty-bio/marini-bio.htm