Author: St John Karp
St John Karp is a recovering novelist and computer programmer. He has just completed a master's degree in library and information science and will shortly be ejected from the thorny bosom of academia and back into the real world. During grad school he has done internships at the American Numismatic Society, New York City Health + Hospitals, the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Archives, and the Horological Society of New York. He is a shy and timid creature most active during the crepuscular hours, and responds to soothing noises and non-conflict scones.
Digital archivists often have to contend with the difficulties of processing messy collections. They may have to deal with thousands of files on different media, which may cost…