Bethany Johnstone is a PhD research student at the University College London, within the Department of Information Studies. Bethany’s research investigates the information-seeking behaviours of dance researchers with the aim to understand how this can inform the creation, development, and implementation of new online dance archive resources of the future. Bethany has completed both an MSc in Information Science at University College London and an MA in Dance and Cultural Studies at the University of Surrey. Across her studies Bethany has been able to gain a working knowledge and interest in dance, performing arts, cultural heritage, user experience, digitisation and digital humanities. Bethany has worked on a diverse range of projects from dance performance to digitisation to machine learning with the intent to learn and develop the field of dance archives for the sake of future audiences. Bethany is proactive within the research community having presented research across the UK and EU, been elected to the board of the Society for Dance Research, collaboratively published digital preservation guidance for the performing arts sector and as elected student and academic representative for the Association of Performing Arts Collections UK.
