Emma Prince is the principal of Backlog and a Certified Archivist who helps organizations build and manage archives and records programs. She leads a team of archivists and specialists serving governments, universities, museums, nonprofits, and businesses, guiding projects from initial assessment through implementation.

Emma works directly with clients to define priorities, develop practical plans, and coordinate the people and resources needed to carry them out. Her work spans archival assessments, collections processing, records management, policies and procedures, and digital preservation planning. She connects the needs of collections with the realities of staffing, budgets, facilities, and daily operations, helping organizations make informed decisions about what to preserve, how to manage it, and how to make it accessible. Across projects, her focus is on building programs that staff can maintain and use over the long term.

Emma founded Backlog in 2021, drawing on five years as the university archivist at Maryville University. There, she expanded the archives, developed interactive exhibits, and coordinated the digitization of 19,000 photographic slides. That experience continues to inform her approach to consulting: archival work should support an organization’s broader goals, from accountability and institutional memory to education, fundraising, and public engagement.

Emma holds a Master of Science degree from Simmons University, where she studied archival management, and an undergraduate degree in history with a minor in business administration. Her earlier experience includes work in the National Archives’ decontamination lab and reference services at St. Louis County Library. She is based in St. Louis, Missouri.