Emily Gore Named Director of Member Services at the Digital Preservation Network (DPN)
From DPN’s Announcement:
The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) has hired Emily Gore to fulfill a new Director of Member Services position. This new position will further prioritize DPN’s commitment to members and expand the consultation, services, and content provided to all within the digital preservation community.
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Emily was previously the Director for Content at the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), where she provided a strategic vision for content and metadata, coordinated content and collections workflows, and developed and oversaw the DPLA Hubs network. Before joining DPLA, she served as Associate Dean for Digital Scholarship and Technology at Florida State University Libraries. Emily has served as a MetaArchive Cooperative Steering Committee member and has taught, presented and published in the field of digital preservation management.
Emily currently serves as a founding steering committee member of RightsStatements.org, an international collaborative providing standardized rights statements for cultural heritage institutions. She has an MLIS from the University of Alabama, a BA from Clemson University and is a 2011 graduate of the Frye Leadership Institute.
Read the Complete Announcement (Including Comment from Mary Molinaro, Executive Director of the Digital Preservation Network.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.