We’re thrilled to introduce the amazing instructors for this year’s Summer Educational Institute, many of whom are joining us for the first time! We’ll be highlighting one instructor from the 2016 curriculum each week, so be sure to stay tuned.

We’re happy to introduce Euan Cochrane, who will be teaching our Digital Preservation Workshops, Part 1 & 2. The six foundational steps of DPOE (Digital Preservation Outreach and Education) will be covered: Identify, Select, Store, Protect, Manage, & Provide. Topics will include an explanation of the life cycle of diverse digital media and will cover the fundamentals for ensuring long term preservation and access to collections. Standards and best practices, building organizational capacity, and planning and implementing infrastructure will be discussed. We’ll explore some of the practical questions associated with getting started, establishing a workflow for a reliable preservation environment, how to advocate for essential resources, and building institutional partnerships.

Jan Hutar (left) & Euan Cochrane (right) at Archives New Zealand

Did you know? Euan Cochrane has his own website and is active on Twitter! He posts on The Open Preservation Foundation, the Digital Continuity Blog, and You, in Future.

Euan brings a wealth of practical knowledge and experience on digital preservation developed from a diverse range of positions he has held including working on the establishment of the data archive for official statistics at Statistics New Zealand, working in the Digital Continuity team at Archives New Zealand, consulting for Deloitte in Australia on Information Management.

In his current role as Digital Preservation Manager at Yale University Library, he established digital preservation services through Preservica and Emulation as a Service. He has a particular interest in software preservation and the use of emulation to maintain access to born digital content and is currently involved in grant funded work in both of these areas.

In its 13th year as a joint program between the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) and the Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF), SEI 2106 will be held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from June 7-10, 2016.

SEI provides both new and more experienced professionals the opportunity to stay current in rapidly changing fields of digitization, project management, fair use and copyright, metadata, and digital preservation, as well as significant networking opportunities. As a 2015 SEI graduate noted, “The curriculum was excellent in scope, striking a balance between detailed, practical exploration of relevant skills & tools, and putting these in the context of broader issues in visual resources/arts librarianship.”

SEI 2016 is filling up. Register soon!

Contact the SEI co-chairs Greta Bahnemann or Jesse Henderson with any questions and

See you in North Carolina!

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Stephanie Beene
Assistant Professor, Fine Arts Librarian for Art & Architecture
Fine Arts & Design Library, GPH 435
College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences
University of New Mexico MSC05 3020
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Ph. (505) 277-0679; or @LinkedIn
On Skpe @ stephanie.beene2