Chris Lacinak Elected To The Post Of Education Coordinator Of New York Archivist RoundTable (NYART)
30 July 2007
The New York Archivist Round Table (NYART) elected Chris Lacinak of AudioVisual Preservation Solutions (AVPS) to the position of Education Coordinator. Chris is proud to carry on the great work of his predecessor Mary Hedge in serving NYART, a professional association of archivists in the New York Metropolitan area.
He aims to provide a rich set of programs and workshops relevant to the needs of the association. These workshops will include topics addressing moving image and sound preservation, emerging metadata and cataloging tools, and media asset management systems.
To find out more about NYART click below
www.nycarchivists.org
AVPS Receives A Letter Of Thanks From The Archivist Of The United States
25 July 2007
Chris Lacinak, founder of AVPS, was honored to receive a letter from Dr. Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, thanking him for his contribution to the 21st Annual National Archives Preservation Conference held April 30th through May 1st, 2007. The title of the conference was “Managing the Intangible: Creating, Storing and Retrieving Digital Surrogates of Historical Materials.”
AVPS is proud to support the National Archives in their effort to offer continued leadership to the field and in ensuring ready access to essential evidence documenting the rights of citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the overall national experience.
We would also like to thank Dr. Weinstein for his opening remarks at the conference in which he exhibited a deep understanding and passion for the issues we face on a daily basis in the preservation of our heritage.
To see the letter to Chris Lacinak from Dr. Allen Weinstein click below:
www.avpreserve.com/wp-content/news/Weinstein_NARA_AVPS_letter.pdf
Chris Lacinak Joins The Technical Committees Of IASA And ARSC
2 July 2007
Chris Lacinak, founder of AudioVisual Preservation Solutions (AVPS), has been accepted into the technical committees of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) and Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC).
As chair of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Technical Committee on Archiving Restoration and Digital Libraries (TCARDL), Chris now contributes as a member to all of the relevant organizations which develop best practices and standards for sound archiving and preservation.
The IASA technical committee has produced extremely important and definitive publications for sound preservation over past years. Chris looks forward to contributing to current efforts, and will begin with the revision of TC-04: Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Objects, which places a heavy emphasis on metadata for sound preservation.
The ARSC technical committee has served the field for many years. There is currently a very important project in process to produce the ultimate archival storage container for cylinders at a cost effective price, which is led by Bill Klinger. Chris looks forward to working with Bill and the other knowledgeable and respected members of the ARSC technical committee.
