Dr Catherine (Katie) Eagleton is University Librarian, and Director of Collections and Museums, at the University of St Andrews. She took up this position in 2019 have previously worked in a number of national cultural institutions, including the Science Museum, British Museum and British Library in the UK, and the Smithsonian Institution in the USA. She is passionate about opening up cultural heritage collections to the widest possible audiences, and the potential of digital tools and technologies for advancing the purpose and mission of cultural organisations.
Katie has a number of advisory appointments, including to the Steering Group for the AHRC Towards a National Collection programme and the Research Expert Group for the AHRC-DCMS Culture and Heritage Capital research programme. She is a board member and trustee for Research Libraries UK and for Fife Cultural Trust, and a member of the Designation Panel for Arts Council England.