Royal Society of Canada 2023: Jonathan Bengston

Jonathan Bengston, UVic Library
Jonathan Bengston’s impact has led to transformative changes in the profession and practice of librarianship- including advances in open access to knowledge and data, pioneering digitization initiatives and building national publishing and preservation infrastructure. Among numerous equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives, he established Canada’s first Associate University Librarian for Reconciliation. During more than 25 years of international leadership, Bengtson has helped position academic libraries and library organizations as integral partners in research and learning during a time of profound change with the shift from analogue to digital-based knowledge systems. Founder of the international, peer-reviewed journal KULA: knowledge creation, dissemination and preservation studies, Bengtson’s work largely focusses on the intersections of knowledge production and technological change.
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