Thomas Rosko
University Librarian
 

Thomas (Tom) Rosko was appointed University Librarian in March 2019. Before arriving at NPS, Rosko was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he was Head, Institute Archives & Special Collections at the MIT Libraries from 2003 to 2019. Prior to MIT, he held archives and library positions at the University of Kentucky, New York University/The New-York Historical Society, and Princeton University. He received an M.L.S. from Rutgers University and a B.A. in history from Bucknell University.

While at MIT, Rosko improved outreach to the community, increasing student and faculty engagement culminating in several experiential classes utilizing the archives and special collections resources; established new professional processes and guidelines; instituted the first automated archival collection management system; worked to expand the institutional repository and open access to information; shifted collection development and processing to focus more on underrepresented groups, including the Women@MIT archival initiative; and increased resources for digital archives and preservation, including the establishment of a digital forensics lab and web-archiving program.

Rosko has presented on a variety of information topics including digital archives, institutional repositories, digital preservation and strategies for digital information life-cycle management. He is currently Secretary of the Board of Trustees of LYRASIS and a member of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Education Committee. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of the American Institute of Physics, Center for the History of Physics and a reviewer for NEH and NHPRC grant programs. He was a member of SAA’s Digital Archives Specialist subcommittee and developed and teaches SAA’s Digital Archives and Libraries course. He is also a CLIR/EDUCAUSE Leading Change Institute Fellow (2017).