Anthony Cocciolo

Anthony Cocciolo is the Dean of the School of Information and has been a member of the faculty since 2009. His research and teaching are in the area of archives and digital preservation, and he is the author of Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2017). He is currently the Principal Investigator for the Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N) project funded by the Mellon Foundation.

B.S. Computer Science, University of California at Riverside
Ed.D., Ed.M., M.A. Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design, Teachers College, Columbia University.

Recent Publications:

• Cocciolo, A. (2025). Alice Roberts and the Breakdown of Segregation in Northern Library Schools, 1890–1940. In N. Cooke (Ed.), The Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful (pp. 111-124). ALA Neal-Schuman.
• Cocciolo, A. (2025). Oral History Metadata and AI: A Study from an LGBTQ+ Archival Context. Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, 54(1), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1515/pdtc-2024-0054
• Mudle, K. & Cocciolo, A. (2024). What Needs to be Learned by U.S. Cultural Heritage Professionals? Results from the Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network. Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, 53(3), 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1515/pdtc-2024-0024
• Cocciolo, A. & Yanni, M. (2022). Personal Digital Archiving and Catastrophic Data Loss: Is it Getting Better? Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, 51(4), 133-139. https://doi.org/10.1515/pdtc-2022-0020