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The Mass Digitization projects of the Digitization Program Office (DPO) created millions of images, many of which are now a

Since the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office (DPO) itself was born ten years ago, our office has hosted the biennial Smithsonian Digitization Conference (having now matured into

In December of 2018, the Digitization Program Office

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat announced today that the Smithsonian Institution’s Digitization Program Office (DPO) was selected by an expert jury as a winner in the 2018 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge. The entry, submitted by DPO Informatics Program Officer Luis J. Villanueva, the GBIF Issues Explorer, won a Second Place award among 23 entries from countries around the world.

Jeanine Nault's career in cultural heritage digitization started serendipitously when her work-study job in college had her scanning barcodes and packing boxes in the Digital Conversion Unit for the University of Michigan libraries. While there, she received her undergraduate degrees in Anthropology and English literature, and went on to receive a graduate degree in Museum Studies at the George Washington University here in DC.

Luis joined the DPO in April 2018 to manage informatics projects. During his academic career, which went from searching for tropical frogs in Puerto Rico to listening to temperate and tropical soundscapes, he studied the way data can be used to analyze biological systems. Luis now leads a small team that works to create and enhance digital records of the SI collections. The team also researches tools and resources to expand the digital capabilities of the SI units on a massive scale.

This month DPO’s 3D and Mass Digitization teams, along with several SI studio photogr