Summary
Peter Chan is an award-winning digital archivist based in the San Francisco Bay Area with over 15 years of experience developing systems for email, web, and born-digital archives. He has led best-practice workflows in acquisition, capture, processing, and metadata management at Stanford University Libraries, translating archival theory into scalable, auditable processes. With an MLIS and an MBA focused on information technology, he bridges librarianship, metadata strategy, and practical tech adoption. Passionate about applying GenAI and modern tooling to accelerate archival research and data curation, he focuses on pragmatic innovations that improve access and preservation. Colleagues know him for turning complex digital preservation challenges into repeatable, documented solutions that support long-term discovery and reuse.
11 years of coding experience
MLIS Library & Information Science, MLIS Library & Information Science at San José State University
MBA Information Technology, MBA Information Technology at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chinese, English