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Cary Karp

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Country: Sweden
Email: ck[at]nrm.se / ck[at]nic.museum
Website:

   [MuseDoma MuseDoma]

‘’’Cary Karp’’’ serves as Director of Internet Strategy and Technology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, International Council of Museums (ICOM) and President of the Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDoma), the sponsoring organization and administrator of the operations of the .museum top level domain name (TLD). He is also an Associate Professor of Organology at Uppsala University in Sweden. [1] [2]

Education

Carp received his Doctorate Degree (Phd) in Musicology from Uppsala University in Sweden.

Career Background

Dr. Carp dedicated his life in the museum sector since 1960s. He became a curator of musical instrument collections at the Music Museum in Stockholm in 1973 and later became the Deputy Director of the museum for 10 years. In 1990, he became Director of the Department of Information Technology of the Swedish Museum of Natural History and currently holds the position of Director of Internet Strategy and Technology of the museum. Carp has been instrumental in increasing the visibility of the museum community worldwide through the internet. As President of MuseDoma, he currently manages the Museum Network Information Center (MUSENIC) Project in Europe. For more than 30 years, Carp spent his professional career and continuously taking leadership roles representing the museum sector in International committees and organizations dedicated in conservation, musical instruments and documentation. He received numerous Board and Advisory Committee appointments to serve the Swedish national museums, European Union initiatives to different international consortium such as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to develop and enhance the participation of the museum community through the use of internet.[3]

ICANN Involvement

Dr. Carp is an active member of ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organization particularly on issues and projects related to the internationalized domain names (IDN).He is a member of the Working Group responsible in developing the implementation guidelines for IDNs.[4]

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