Dr Lauren Booker (Garigal) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Indigenous Archives and Data Stewardship Hub at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, University of Technology Sydney and a member of the Indigenous Archives Collective. Lauren has worked across the Australian Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums sector (GLAM) on projects supporting First Nations communities and organisations to access Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property held in collecting institutions. This includes working in consultation with the public library network regarding language documentation identification and the use of manuscripts in language revitalisation. Her work also focuses on planning and facilitating the digitisation of cultural heritage and photographic collections, and the organisation of digital community archives. 

In 2024, was awarded her PhD in 2024 for a thesis titled 'Hair Samples as Ancestors and Futures of Community-led Collection Care' and was the recipent of the Australian Academy of the Humanities David Phillips Travelling Fellowship. She is also an active member of the Australian Society of Archivists.  

Lauren works in support of the Right to Know and the Right of Reply in archives, her current work is focused on expanding understandings of collection care and preservation.