Miguel Asencio is the Director of Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) at Florida International University (FIU). He oversees a cooperative of more than forty partners within the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean which provides users with access to Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials held in archives, libraries, and private collections which has received over 87 million views since 2006 (http://www.dloc.com). In 2011, he proposed the creation of a collaborative digitization lab at FIU, which was supported by grants and institutional awards in excess of $1 million in funding. He has an MS in Curriculum and Instruction: Learning Technologies from Florida International University and is currently pursuing a Ph. D in Learning Technologies with an interest in digital resources and accessibility for education research using information and communications technology. Mr. Asencio is a frequent speaker on topics related to international collaborative projects, digitization of archival and research materials, digital projects, workflow management, classroom technology implementation, collaborative digital resources platforms, and digital imaging quality control assessments and standards implementations.
Miguel Asencio
