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Dr. Maja Krtalić serves as Associate Professor and Head of School at Victoria University of Wellington's School of Information Management. Originally from Croatia, she earned her PhD in Information Sciences from the University of Zadar in 2010, following earlier degrees at the Universities of Osijek and Zagreb. Prior to her current position, she was an assistant professor at the University of Osijek, Croatia (2004-2017).
Her research focuses on three interconnected domains: information behavior (particularly among migrants, refugees, and tattooed individuals), personal information management in multilingual contexts, and cultural heritage preservation in both physical and digital environments. Dr. Krtalić has developed expertise in understanding how people manage personal collections during life transitions, with special attention to migration experiences and identity formation.
Her recent publication record shows strong thematic continuity across her research interests, with a notable emphasis on multilingual information practices, tattoo-related information experiences, and death-related information management. She has published extensively in high-impact information science journals including Journal of Documentation, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, and Library and Information Science Research.
Dr. Krtalić actively contributes to the profession through editorial work with Archifacts (journal of ARANZ) and committee service including IT-019 Joint AS/NZS Committee, LIANZA Research SIG, NZ chapter of Information Review Group for recordkeeping standards, and RIMPA.
As an educator, she teaches courses on records management, digital curation, and information access and use. Her current doctoral supervision focuses on rehabilitation patients' information behaviors, South Asian family migrants' information seeking, information systems, and community archives. She has secured research funding for projects examining refugee information needs and humanitarian migrants' post-settlement decision making.
