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Dear CRUMB, While not strictly curatorial, with reference to Charlotte's moderation of the art history online theme recently, I wanted to share the news about the appointment of Dragan Espenschied to the role of Digital Conservator at Rhizome. I know he will do much to further our goal of preserving works in the ArtBase, and digital art & culture more widely - & hopefully this research that will support the efforts of others on this list. We're pleased to be able to dedicate an entire position to this kind of hands-on preservation work. http://rhizome.org/editorial/2014/jan/27/dragan-espenschied-lead-rhizomes-digital-conservat/ Dragan has been doing interesting work on the Transmediale archives and his bwFLA project (with University of Frieberg) has provided browser-based emulation for one Thomson and Craighead's early works. (Now to tackle Rhizome's own list archives next... a priority for us that we're committed to undertaking this year, in part from offers for help on this list.) Warmest, Heather -- Heather Corcoran Executive Director Rhizome at the New Museum 235 Bowery New York, NY 10002 212-219-1288 x 304 http://www.rhizome.org