[Pasig-discuss] PASIG Webinar Reminder: NDIIPP Initiatives, April 15

[Arthur Pasquinelli]

The next PASIG webinar will be "An Introduction to the National Digital 
Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) and its 
Digital Preservation Initiatives" by Leslie Johnston of the Library of 
Congress on Monday, April 15 at 11:30am EST.

To register go to:
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-Johnston-4-15-2013-register.html

This presentation will provide an introduction to the work of the 
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program 
(NDIIPP) at the Library of Congress and its recent initiatives, 
including the National Digital Stewardship Alliance and guidelines for 
Personal Digital Archiving.  The presentation will also briefly cover 
the problems that members of the NDIIPP community find themselves 
facing, and how collaborative and distributed efforts can help the 
community find solutions.

Biography:  Leslie Johnston has over twenty years experience in 
digitization and digital conversion, setting and applying metadata and 
content standards, and overseeing the development of digital content 
management and delivery systems and services.  She is the Acting 
Directory of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and 
Preservation Program at the Library of Congress, and until recently was 
the Chief of Repository Development at the Library. Previously, she 
served as the Head of Digital Access Services at the University of 
Virginia Library; Head of Instructional Technology and Library 
Information Systems at the Harvard Design School; the Academic 
Technology Specialist for Art for the Stanford University Libraries; and 
as Database Specialist for the Getty Research Institute.  She has also 
been active in the museum community, working for various museums and 
teaching courses on museum systems.


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Art Pasquinelli, Principal
Digital Libraries, Repositories, and Preservation
Oracle
Phone +1 650 607 0035 | Mobile: +1 650 430 2441
art.pasquinelli at oracle.com