My name is Daniel Cornwall. I am currently the Head of Technical and
Imaging Services for the Alaska Division of Libraries, Archives and
Museums. The Division is the administrative home of the Alaska State
Library, the Alaska State Archives and the Alaska State Museum. My
section is a beginning effort to integrate and standardize practices
throughout the division with respect to creating, describing and
preserving digital objects. One of our major challenges is storing and
providing access to uncounted hours of audio and digital materials
produced by the Alaska State Archives and Alaska State Library. These
include audio recordings of Alaska's Constitutional Convention and video
from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

 

Previous to my current position I was heavily involved with the Alaska
State Publications program and helped spearhead a number of initiatives
to capture and preserve digital content. The State Library is a partner
with Archive-It. One of the tangible fruits from our participation is an
archive of the web presence of Governor Sarah Palin at the time she
stepped down from office.

 

The Alaska State Library is also a member of the LOCKSS Alliance,
allowing its collections of digital state publications posted to 
http://www.library.state.ak.us/asp/shippinglists/shippinglists.html to
be harvested and stored with the LOCKSS system. 

 

Aside from my deep interest in digital materials, I also have a strong
interest in distance learning and am available to help organize and/or
facilitate desktop trainings and information sharing activities of the
Alliance. Our division has a 100 seat Elluminate online classroom we can
put to use, if needed. 

 

Looking forward to learning a lot and to the work we will do together. -
Daniel

 

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Daniel Cornwall

Head of Technical and Imaging Services

Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums

PO Box 110571
Juneau, AK 99811-0571
Phone (907) 465-6332 

Fax (907) 465-2665 
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See Division resources at http://lam.alaska.gov <http://lam.alaska.gov/>
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