Christopher Lacinak has consulted on a broad range of preservation and access topics for moving image and sound collections and organizations. Some of his past and current clients include the Library of Congress, Stanford University and the The Museum of Modern Art. Chris is a former Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of VidiPax, a moving image and sound preservation reformatting facility, and is an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Masters Degree program. Chris continues to remain active and chair committees in relevant and standards forming organizations such as the Audio Engineering Society, Association of Moving Image Archivists and the International Organization for Standardization. Chris is well known for his work in developing high efficiency reformatting systems, quality control systems, metadata standards, assessment, prioritization and workflow design.
Advisor to:
National Recording Preservation Board
Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative
NYU Survey and Assessment Project
Image Permanence Institute Magnetic Media Study
Sound Directions Project
EVIA project
ISO TC42 WG-5, Task Group 5 – Moving Image and Sound Media
Chair of:
Audio Engineering Society (AES) Standards Committee on Audio Metadata, 2008 – present
AES Technical Committee on Archiving, Restoration & Digital Libraries, 2003 – 2008
New York Archivists Round Table Education Committee, 2007 – 2009
Member of:
Advanced Media Workflow Association
Association of Moving Image Archivists
Association for Recorded Sound Collections Technical Committee
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives Technical Committee
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
New York Archivists Roundtable
“Trends, Legacy Reformatting & Accessioning Born Digital Content” – ALA Conference, 2010″
“Accessioning & Managing File-Based Born-Digital Video” – AMIA Conference, 2009″
“Strategies for Preserving Born Digital Audio” – ARSC Conference, 2009
“Preservation Oriented Production” – AMIA Conference, 2008
“Preserving Your Moving Image and Sound Collections” – NYART Workshop, 2008
“Dynamic Media Panel Discussion” – NARA Preservation Conference 2007
“Quality Assessment of the Digital Surrogate” – NARA Preservation Conference 2007
“Video Preservation Training, Development of Resources and Tools” – AMIA Conference 2006
“Building Community through Moving Image Collections (MIC)” – AMIA Conference 2006
“Preservation: The Shift from Format to Strategy” – 121st AES Convention, 2006
“The State of Audiovisual Metadata” – AMIA Conference, 2005
“Audio Digitization” – Oral History Association in the Mid-Atlantic Region Workshop, 2005
“Preservation, Archiving and Restoration: A Look at Practical Application” – AES Convention, 2005
