Bruce Ambacher is a Visiting Professor and Coordinator of the Archives, Records and Information Management Specialization in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. He received his PhD from Temple University. His principal research interest is in ensuring the long term preservation of digital objects for future access and understanding. Toward that end he has helped develop digital access and preservation standards as diverse as the Government Information Locator System; the Geospatial One-Stop; the Open Archive Information System (ISO 14721); several digital data standards for transferring data from federal agencies to the National Archives; and Trusted Repositories: Audit and Certification, which he co-chaired. He currently is working to develop standards for auditors for Requirements for Audit and Certification for a Trustworthy Digital Repository (draft ISO 16363). He is a Distinguished Fellow and past Council Member of the Society of American Archivists, and past president of the National Archives Assembly and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference.
Alumni
Bruce Ambacher
Simon Boyce
Simon worked as a Graduate Research Associate at iPAC. His research interests include information law and policy, access issues surrounding underserved rural and tribal populations, and the intersection of information and mass political events such as elections and revolutions. His current research explores: how social media is replacing the traditional sources of social capital that promote political participation; how campaigns are leveraging social media to both mobilize and demobilize voters; and the implications of changes to the regulations governing online political ads and activities.
Liz DeCoster
Elizabeth DeCoster was a Graduate Research Associate at the center, and received her Master’s degree in Library Science at the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies with a concentration in Information and Diverse Populations in May 2011. She worked on the Gates Public Access Computing Benchmarking Project and the Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study.
Tenure: January 2010 - July 2011
Kerry Dhakal
Kerry Dhakal served as a Graduate Research Associate CLII/iPAC. She is currently a staff member of the Reference and Web Services section of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), and is pursuing a Masters degree in Library Science at the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies. Ms. Dhakal also has over eight years experience in evaluation consulting and social science research, as well as a Master’s degree in Applied Anthropology (MAA). She contributed to the E-government Partnerships and the Locating Information Resources projects.
Tenure: January 2011 - May 2011
Stephanie Graham
Stephanie Graham was the Assistant Editor for Government Information Quarterly from August 2008 to August 2011. She is also a Lecturer of English Literature and Composition and an Academic Advisor and Doctoral Candidate within the Department of English at the University of Maryland. A scholar of early modern English literature, her interests include early modern English drama and travel literature. The working title of her dissertation is: Interpersonal Identity and Anglo-Mediterranean Interactions in Early Modern English Travel Drama.
Tenure: August 2008 - August 2011
