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Mark Conrad

Mark Conrad joined the Advanced Information Collaboratory (AIC) in 2020, and taught the Digital Curation for Information Professionals (DCIP) non-credit Certificate Program. Prior to that he served as an Archives Specialist at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for 28 years. With over 30 years of experience in the archives field, he is currently involved in research projects on digital curation, data management, digital asset management systems, and computational thinking in archival science education funded through IMLS, the National Park Service, and the Army Research Lab.

At NARA, he collaborated with leading scientists and engineers from around the world to develop future curation technologies – focusing on workplace solutions, and was the Director for Technology Initiatives for NHPRC. He also developed and ran digital archives labs dedicated to research on long term preservation of digital materials, and served on the White House Subcommittee on Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and its Committee on Technology.

Mr. Conrad also worked at the Rhode Island State Archives and Penn State University. In addition, he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar teaching electronic records courses to graduate students and information professionals at University College Dublin. He also taught online electronic records classes for the University of Dundee, Scotland. He is a member of the working group that developed and maintains ISO 14721 (OAIS) and ISO 16363 (Trustworthy Digital Repositories) among other ISO standards.