Seth Persons

Seth Persons is an experienced IT Project Manager currently at the J. Paul Getty Trust, with prior roles as a System Support Specialist. Previously, Seth served as the Technical Services and Systems Librarian at Bard Graduate Center from September 2018 to May 2020, and as a Senior Library Associate focusing on Systems and Information Technology at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 2015 to 2018. Additional experience includes working as a Special Projects Assistant at The Museum of Modern Art, where efforts centered on preservation and digitization, and as a Web Archiving Fellow for the New York Art Resources Consortium. Earlier roles involved library internship at Marvel Entertainment and various positions in communications and research in the educational sector. Seth holds a dual degree in Library and Information Science and Art History from Pratt Institute and a BA in English Language and Literature from Birmingham-Southern College.