Adrian Brown

Adrian Brown is Head of Digital Preservation Research at The National Archives in the UK, where he is responsible for delivering research and services to support the long-term preservation of born-digital public records created by the UK government and courts.  Adrian began his career as a field archaeologist, after studying Medieval Literature at the University of Durham. In 1994, he moved to the English Heritage Centre for Archaeology in Portsmouth, where he was responsible for managing its archaeological archives and other information resources. In this role, he developed and implemented a digital archiving programme to enable the long-term preservation and re-use of the CfA's extensive and diverse digital collections. Adrian moved to the Digital Preservation Department of the UK National Archives in 2002. Amongst his other roles, he is a member of the management boards of the Digital Preservation Coalition, the Planets project and the UK Web Archiving Consortium, and sits on a number of international standards committees. He has lectured and published widely on all aspects of digital preservation.