Brittany Fox is an archivist, knowledge manager, and librarian in the greater Boston area. She is dedicated to making the past accessible to current learners and future generations. 

Brittany started her career in archives as a work-study student in her undergrad archives at Salve Regina University, where she worked for fellow Backlog archivist Genna Duplisea. Falling in love with the profession, she continued her education at Simmons University, earning a Master of Science in Library and Information Science with a concentration in archival management and a Master of Arts in history. Brittany has worked at many different types of institutions, including academic archives at Salve Regina University and the U.S. Naval War College; the Cambridge Historical Commission’s municipal archive; and the Newport Historical Society, a cultural heritage organization. She has also worked at the digital production lab at Northeastern University and Abt Global’s corporate library. 

She specializes in records retention plans, knowledge management tools, policy writing, processing collections, and training sessions. For the last four years, Brittany worked in a corporate setting with Abt Global where she fulfilled the research needs of staff and their clients. She is skilled in being a cross-functional asset in corporate matrix structures as well as being an agent of change in knowledge resource structures. Her background in corporate work styles, plus her technical skills in archives, make her work highly skilled, dependable, and polished. Brittany has additional interests in environmental history, film, and preservation practices. She volunteers her time as the Chair of the Membership Committee of the New England Archivists. 

As part of the Backlog team, Brittany writes policies and procedures, archives needs assessments, and other reports. As a newer member of the Backlog team, Brittany has recently contributed to Backlog webinars and is excited to continue sharing her knowledge with this community.