As Assistant Professor of Practice, Peter Botticelli teaches in and coordinates the Digital Information Management certificate program, while also teaching in the master’s program. His academic background is in the history of capitalism and technology. After moving into the world of libraries and archives, Botticelli was involved in research projects on digital preservation and the appraisal of electronic records. While his current focus is on teaching, Peter is also exploring research projects on XML as a factor in shaping organizational structures and strategies. Peter has practical experience working as a reference librarian and circulation manager for a fine arts library, and also has human services experience working as a soup kitchen manager.

 M.S.I., School of Information, University of Michigan (2000)
Ph.D., History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1994)
A.M., History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1990)
B.A., History, Loyola University, New Orleans (1988)

 Digital record keeping.
Archives appraisal in the digital environment.
Educational methods for digital curation.

 Peter Botticelli, “Risk Management for Web Resources: A Case Study on Southeast Asian Web Sites,” RLG DigiNews vol. 7, no. 1 (February 2003). http://www.rlg.org/legacy/preserv/diginews/diginews7-1.html - feature2 

Anne R. Kenney, Nancy Y. McGovern, Peter Botticelli, Rich Entlich, Carl Lagoze, Sandra Payette, “Preservation Risk Management for Web Resources: Virtual Remote Control in Cornell’s Project Prism, D-Lib Magazine vol. 8, no. 1 (January 2002). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january02/kenney/01kenney.html 

Peter Botticelli, Records Appraisal in Network Organizations, Archivaria 49 (Spring 2001), pp. 161-191.
http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/article/view/12743/...

Peter Botticelli, “British Capitalism” and “Rolls-Royce and the Rise of High-Technology Industry” in Thomas K. McCraw, ed., Creating Modern Capitalism (Harvard University Press, 1997).

Peter Botticelli, “Rolls-Royce: How a Legend Was Made,” The American Scholar (Autumn 1997).

 Digital Curation
Digital Libraries and Archives
Digital Preservation
History of Technology 
Scholarly Communication

 JCDL 2008 Workshop. Education for Digital Stewardship: Librarians, Archivists or Curators? Presentation: “Online Information Management and Curation: Pedagogical Challenges” (Pittsburgh, June 20, 2008).

Digital Curation Centre Workshop. Developing an International Curation and Preservation Training and Education Roadmap (Washington DC, May 27-28, 2008).

Society of Southwest Archivists 2008 Annual Meeting. Session chair: Archival Education: Options and Opportunities in Archival Distance Education (Houston, May 23, 2008).

Living The Future 7 Conference. Poster Session: University of Arizona Digital Information Management Program. (Tucson, May 2, 2008).