Margaret Hedstrom

Margaret L. Hedstrom is an American archivist who is professor emerita of informationat the University of Michigan School of Information. She has contributed to the fields of digital preservation, archives, and electronic records management.

Hedstrom led the National Science Foundation-funded Sustainable Environment through Actionable Data (SEAD) project, which worked to "develop a system whereby sustainability scientists can manage and share their data." Hedstrom led the CAMiLEON project, which was conducted jointly with the University of Leeds and funded by the National Science Foundation and Jisc, and investigated the use of emulation tools as part of a strategy for long-term preservation of digital records. Her research interests include digital preservation strategies as well as cultural preservation and outreach in developing countries. She has also been a consultant to government archival programs, the World Bank, and the International Council on Archives. She has served on doctoral committees at the State University of New York at Albany, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Michigan.