John Vallier has been Head of Distributed Media in the UW Libraries since 2006. In this role he collects, preserves, and ensures access to a wide range of audio/video/film, including a large collection of Seattle area music. He has taught on a range of topics at UW, such as remix for Cinema and Media Studies, PNW music for the Honors Program, and collection development for the Information School. With Laurel Sercombe he co-taught courses about sound archiving in the School of Music. John has published articles for All Music Guide, European Meetings in Ethnomusicology, Oxford University Press, the Music Library Association, the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, and others. Before coming to UW, John was the archivist at the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, 2002-2006. At UCLA he conceived of community outreach projects--Archiving Filipino American Music in LA (AFAMILA) and Gospel Archiving in LA (GALA)--as well as other grant funded projects that focused on the preservation and repatriation of ethnographic sound recording collections. At UCLA John also co-taught courses on sound archiving with Anthony Seeger and worked with Lorraine Sakata on the preservation of Central Asian sound archives. As a drummer and percussionist, John has toured with indie-rock bands and performed/recorded original music for records, video games, and films soundtracks.