Raelene is IFI Digital Collections & Access Manager and has been working in the exhibition, access and preservation of film for over 15 years.  In her current role in the IFI Irish Film Archive, she is responsible for the digital preservation, access and digitisation of the nation’s moving image collections, and leads an innovative team engaged in the implementation of the Digital Preservation and Access Strategy for IFI. She has participated in numerous presentations and panel discussions both nationally and internationally on the subject of digital preservation and is co-author of the 2015 paper ‘Future Proof: The Transition to Digital at IFI Irish Film Archive’. She was the project lead on the digitisation and restoration phase of the IFI Irish Adverts Project.