Video: John Rothman, Archivist and Digital Pioneer

John Rothman, a 12-year volunteer in the Graduate Center Library’s Archive, with Chief Librarian Polly Thistlethwaite. Since 2001, Mr. Rothman has shaped the Graduate Center’s archive, raw data of the Graduate Center’s history — presidential papers, organizational documents, and a range of paraphernalia. In this video, Rothman discusses his contributions as a pioneering digital indexer and archivist at the New York Times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfSNB9CHBs&w=500&h=375

 

About the Author

Prof. Polly Thistlethwaite is CUNY's Interim University Dean for Library Services.