Christopher John Prom

Christopher John Prom is a Professor at the University of Illinois, serving as University Library Coordinator and Sponsored Research Development lead. His work focuses on archival science, digital preservation, and computational methods in archival analysis. He holds an ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3682-1719.

Research interests include electronic records management, open archival standards, and the application of computational techniques to historical materials. He has collaborated internationally on projects like the Cybernetics Thought Collective, leveraging big data for intellectual context analysis.

Notable awards include the Fellow of the Society of American Archivists (2010) and Fulbright Scholar Award (2009). His work extends to digital preservation frameworks, institutional content registries, and oral history curation with Native American tribes.

Recent contributions include technical specifications for digital records (EA-PDF), advocacy for born-digital preservation, and peer-reviewed articles on archival informatics. Prom actively presents on initiatives like the IIIF Protocol for digital content access.