Association of Canadian Archivists
June 1, 2010
I’m really looking forward to presenting at the Association of Canadian Archivists Pre conference next week. The theme is Digital Preservation in the Canadian Landscape, and I’m going to be speaking about international collaboratives including Planets and KEEP. They have a packed agenda with some very interesting topics and an opportunity for an open discussion on what the audience has learned during the event, and how people think organizations in Canada might progress. The event is being held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 8th June. I hope to see you there.
Mark Evans
Mark Evans joined Tessella in 1999 and has worked as a consultant supporting digital preservation programs for the past six years. In 2002, Mark was involved in the design, development and rollout of the UK National Archives Digital Archive, and played a key role in the development of the core data models including flexible and extensible metadata schemas.
In 2003 Mark moved to the USA to lead Tessella’s involvement in the Electronic Records Archives program (ERA) for the US National Archives and Records Administration; a consortium primed by Lockheed Martin. In August 2005 the team were successfully awarded the contract to deliver ERA though 2011. Mark has played a senior role since the beginning, providing subject matter expertise across many areas of the program including architecture, functional specification, preservation services, dissemination and data modelling. In addition to his work on ERA, Mark has worked with a number of major pharmaceutical companies providing consultancy services in requirements elicitation, and specification of digital archiving solutions.
Mark is currently leading Tessella’s archiving efforts in the USA.