Julia Corrin
Associate Dean for Distinctive Collection (DisCo) and University Archivist Carnegie Mellon University
Biography
Julia Corrin is the Associate Dean for Distinctive Collection (DisCo) and University Archivist. She holds an M.S. in Information from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), with specializations in Archives and Records Management and Preservation of Information. She previously served as the political collections and access archivist at Arkansas State University.
Julia is responsible for the maintenance and curation of the University Archives and the management of the Libraries’ exhibitions program. She is a frequent collaborator with the Libraries’ digitization team and led the most recent migration of thirty years of digitized historic materials to a new platform. Her research interests include the impact of technical debt on digital collections in the GLAM field, the emergence of reparative practices in archives, and the use of archival materials in storytelling.
Julia is responsible for the maintenance and curation of the University Archives and the management of the Libraries’ exhibitions program. She is a frequent collaborator with the Libraries’ digitization team and led the most recent migration of thirty years of digitized historic materials to a new platform. Her research interests include the impact of technical debt on digital collections in the GLAM field, the emergence of reparative practices in archives, and the use of archival materials in storytelling.
Areas of Expertise
university archives
impact of technical debt on digital collections in the GLAM field
use of archival materials in storytelling
digitization of historic materials
the emergence of reparative practices in archives


