Crystal Maitland joined the Canadian Conservation Institute in 2015 as their Works of Art on Paper Conservator. Prior to this, she served for seven years as the Paper Conservator at the Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries and Museums in Baltimore, MD. Originally from Western Canada, Crystal completed her Masters in Art Conservation with a concentration in Paper Conservation in Kingston, Ontario at Queen’s University including internships at Library and Archives Canada, the City of Vancouver Archives, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Museum of Anthology at the University of British Columbia. Crystal also completed post-graduate internships and fellowships at the Queen's University Archives and the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University. She completed her undergraduate studies in Chemistry, also at Queen’s University.