Creighton Barrett is Digital Archivist at the Dalhousie University Archives and has taught at the Dalhousie University School of Information Management. He has spoken and published on intangible cultural heritage, archival collaboration, and personal archives. His article on personal archives found in Nova Scotia business collections won the 2014 Hugh Taylor Prize from the Association of Canadian Archivists. Creighton is an active member of the Council of Atlantic University Libraries and the Council of Nova Scotia Archives, and he also serves as Treasurer of the Ottoman Studies Foundation.