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 Tom Rosko
Tom Rosko has been the Institute Archivist and Head of
the Institute Archives and Special Collections at MIT since May 2003. Rosko
guides the continuing development of the Institute Archives and Special Collections,
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/index.html, one of the largest university
archives and one of the most significant collections related to the history
of science and technology in the United States. The collection is comprised
of Institute records and faculty papers, rare books, MIT theses, MIT publications,
and oral histories, as well as other materials documenting MIT’s history and
its impact on the world. He is responsible for strategic planning, resource
development, donor relations, staff development, and outreach and for managing
the collections while developing strategies for meeting the current challenges
posed by electronic records. As Head of the Institute Archives and Special
Collections he also oversees the Institute’s Records Management Program. Rosko
is a member of several Institute and Libraries committees and working groups
including the Institute Records Committee, the Financial Data Retention Group
and the DSpace Policy Committee.
Before coming to MIT Rosko was University Archivist and Director,
UK Records Program at the University of Kentucky. Prior to that he held archives
and records
management positions at Princeton University, the American Civil Liberties
Union, and New York University. Rosko has a BA degree from Bucknell University
and an MLS degree from Rutgers University. He is currently Vice-chair of the
Society of American Archivists College and University Archives Section (2003-Present).
He has been Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Education
Committee (1998-2000), Vice-chair/Chair-elect of the Kentucky Council on Archives
(2002-2003), and a member of Kentucky’s Archives and Records Management Advisory
Committee to the State Archives and Records Commission (2001-2003).
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