Anne Loos
AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVIST
ABOUT ME
I am an audiovisual archivist and recently earned my Masters of Science in Information Studies from University of Texas at Austin School of Information (iSchool). In my first year as an MSIS candidate, I volunteered at Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC) where I digitized 16mm film. The film handling experience I gained at TSLAC led to a summer internship at Lucasfilm, Ltd. (Walt Disney Studios). I spent three glorious summer months in the Post-Production Film Archive at Skywalker Ranch in Nicasio, CA, assisting with a collection move, gaining firsthand knowledge of the operations of a major corporate film studio, and handling a variety of of audiovisual formats.
In my second and final year at the iSchool, I continued digitizing film at TSLAC, and also became the Audiovisual Archives Intern at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. There, I had the joy of digitizing and describing 1/4"open reels, and video and audio tapes from collections such as White South Project archive and Molly Ivins papers. The Briscoe Center is also where I conducted my Capstone project, for which I developed a digitization selection plan for over 600 audiovisual materials in the Abbie Hoffman papers.
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EXPERIENCE
Audiovisual Archives Intern
@ Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Fall 2019 - Present
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At the Briscoe Center's audiovisual archives, I conduct digitization, timed text, and metadata entry for 1/4-inch open reels, video tapes, and audio cassettes from collections such as Abbie Hoffman Papers, Molly Ivins Papers, and White South Project Archive. Additionally, I inspect video and audio tapes for signs of deterioration and damage to confirm viability for digitization. Often I will add leader, splice broken tape, and re-house or re-shell tape if its reel or shell is damaged in order to ensure long term preservation.
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Knowledge & Skills Gained:​​
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Audio and video digitization
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Audio and video preservation
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Metadata for digital media
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Research
Post-Production Film Archive, Graduate Intern
@ Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Summer 2019
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While interning at the post-production film archive on Skywalker Ranch in Nicasio, CA, I assisted with a collection move, experienced the operations of a major corporate film studio, and conducted a shelf-reading in the cold vaults (which we lovingly referred to as Hoth).
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Knowledge & Skills Gained:​​​​
- Cataloging AV materials
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Collection moves
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FilemakerPro
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Handling and splicing 35mm
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Moving image preservation
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GRA
@ UT Libraries, Captioning & Transcription Services
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
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Captioning & Transcription Services is a division of UT Libraries which is responsible for improving accessibility to video and audio recordings of classes, lectures, and seminars through high quality captions and transcriptions. As a graduate research assistant (GRA), I was responsible for: conducting quality control on captions/transcriptions done by undergraduate student workers to ensure formatting standards were upheld; packaging completed SRT or VTT caption files for client delivery; and ensuring files were completed according to deadline.
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Knowledge & Skills Gained:​
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Quality control
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Digital media file formats
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Client services
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin
School of Information
2018 - 2020
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Masters of Science, Information Studies
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Relevant Coursework:
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Archival Enterprise I
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Digital Archiving & Preservation
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Digital Asset Management
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Data Wrangling
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Materials in Libraries, Archives & Museums
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Media, Memory, and the Archive
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Organizing Information
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Survey of Digitization
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Theories & Applications of Metadata
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Loyola University New Orleans
College of Music & Fine Arts
2009 - 2013
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Bachelors of Science, Music Industry Studies
Minors: Film Studies, Business Administration
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Relevant Coursework:
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Advanced Multimedia Web Design
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Digital Audio
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Digital Entertainment
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Digital Filmmaking
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Horror Film
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Legal Issues in Music Industry Studies
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Video Editing
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Women in Film Noir
PROJECTS
SKILLS
Audiovisual Archiving
Cataloging & Metadata
Digital Asset Management
Digitization
Preservation
Research
Rights Management
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SOFTWARE & PLATFORMS
Adobe Creative Cloud
Command Line
FilemakerPro
FFmpeg
Google Suite
Mac OS & Windows
Microsoft Office Suite
Pivot Tables
LANGUAGES
HTML
SQL
PYTHON
