{"bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "I am an independent consultant in records, archives, and information management, and I have also worked in publishing and distance education. Over three decades, I have worked with governments, universities, colleges, professional associations, non-profit organizations, and other agencies around the world. For instance, I have helped national governments develop best practice strategies for records and archives management, and I have also advised First Nations\u2019 communities in the Canadian arctic on methods for preserving indigenous sources of evidence.\r\n\r\nI was named the winner of the Society of American Archivists' 2011 Waldo Gifford Leland Award for Archives: Principles and Practices, and I am the author of dozens of publications and conference presentations. I have taught records and archives management in several universities in Canada and internationally. I am often asked to speak on the value of records, archives, and other sources of evidence for society.\r\n\r\nMy husband and I live in the small community of Roberts Creek, on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.lauramillar.ca/\"> Author's Website </a>"}, "key": "/authors/OL6777214A", "personal_name": "Laura Millar", "photos": [15161128], "name": "Laura Millar", "birth_date": "1959", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "alternate_names": ["Laura A. Millar"], "latest_revision": 5, "revision": 5, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2010-01-21T16:49:04.712490"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-01-14T16:18:28.819914"}}