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Joanne Rothwell

Waterford City and County Archivist

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Qualifications: BA, H.Dip Archival Studies

DRI Role: DRI Board Member

Contact: archivist@waterfordcouncil.ie

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 Joanne Rothwell was appointed Waterford county archivist in October 1998. Since the merger of Waterford City and County Councils in 2014, she has served as the Waterford city and county Archivist. She served as training officer with the Society of Archivists, Ireland (now Archives and Records Association, Ireland) 2001-2004 and was involved in organising conferences on records management, electronic records, and legislation and litigation. She served as chairperson of the Local Authority Archivists Group 2001-2009. She served as part of the working group on the production of a National Retention Policy for Local Authority Records in Ireland, which was issued by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) in 2002, and is currently serving on the working group revising the National Retention Policy for Local Authority Records in Ireland. She was a member of National Archives Advisory Council (2013-2016). She is currently chair of the Irish Archives Resource www.iar.ie, an online portal to archival collection descriptions. 

DRI is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) via the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC).

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