Leslie Johnston has over twenty years experience in digitization and digital conversion, setting and applying metadata and content standards, and overseeing the development of digital content management and delivery systems and services. She is the acting director of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress. Previously, she served as chief of the Repository Development Center at the Library; the head of digital access services at the University of Virginia Library; Head of Instructional Technology and Library Information Systems at the Harvard Design School; the academic technology specialist for Art for the Stanford University Libraries; and as database specialist for the Getty Research Institute. She has also been active in the museum community, working for various museums, teaching courses on museum systems, editing the journal Spectra and serving on the board of the Museum Computer Network.
Most Recent Posts
- Before You Were Born: We Were Digitizing Texts December 19th, 2012
- When Data Loss is Personal November 28th, 2012
- Before You Were Born…Museums had Networks November 9th, 2012
- If You Can’t Open It, You Don’t Own It October 23rd, 2012
- A Storage Technology Cage Match October 5th, 2012
- Being Digital–Before You Were Born September 19th, 2012
- Who Do You Want to Be Today? August 28th, 2012
- A Day Camp for Digital Preservation August 10th, 2012
- Repositories: Not Just About Publications Any More July 20th, 2012
- Every Format on the Face of the Planet June 25th, 2012