Staff

Our team is involved in dozens of projects across the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) campus to support teaching and research. Building these digital collections is an enormous undertaking and every member of our team is involved in preserving, arranging, describing and providing accesss to our rare and unique materials. This can involve selecting materials for digitization that adheres to copyright and privacy rights, while ensuring high-quality digital surrogates are produced and made discoverable for today's and tomorrow's researchers. We are excited for you to discover our Archives & Special Collections and please contact us at utml.cds@utoronto.ca if you have any questions about our materials or need any support with your research.

Mary Beth Atkinson-Lu manages UTM's open journal system and institutional repository, and provides frontline support to our archives and special collections holdings. She is passionate about design, creative collaboration, multi-media and the visual arts. She is currently working from home, creating a Star Trek themed garden in her backyard.

Nelly Cancilla is the liaison librarian for English, Drama, Language, Linguistics, and Philosophy. She curates the digital game collection, online film collection, and contributes to LGBTQ+ initiatives on campus. She enjoys watching spooky stories year round and going on nature hikes.

Tomoko Shida is responsible for making the archival material held by Archives & Special Collections accessible to researchers and users. She is currently working on establishing the archival program at UTM, including web archiving. She enjoys exploring city neighbourhoods on foot, with occasional pit stops to try the street food offerings.

Chris Young collaborates with researchers on digital projects, provides consultation on digital research management, and training in digital methods and tools, while he manages the archives and special collections' processing and digitization workflow. He makes and plays digital games when he has spare time.