Anne Loos

ABOUT ME

I am the audiovisual archivist at the State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND) State Archives, where I oversee the accessioning, processing, cataloging, digitization, conservation, digital preservation, reference requests, and development of policies and procedures for film, video, and audio materials. The SHSND audiovisual holdings I manage consist of local television, state agency, home movie, and amateur and professional film collections, as well as oral histories. Thus I work with a range of formats, including motion picture film, open reel audio, and broadcast video formats like U-matic, Betacam, MII and DVCPRO. 

I hold my Masters of Science in Information Studies from University of Texas at Austin School of Information (iSchool). While completing my MSIS degree, I volunteered at Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC) digitizing 16mm film, interned at the Disney Lucasfilm film archive for a summer, and worked as the audiovisual archives intern at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at UT. 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 collection.
 

EXPERIENCE

Audiovisual Archives Intern

@ Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Fall 2019 - Spring 2020

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At the Briscoe Center's audiovisual archives, I conducted digitization, timed text, and metadata entry for 1/4-inch open reel, video tapes, and audio cassettes from collections such as Abbie Hoffman Papers, Molly Ivins Papers, and White South Project Archive. Additionally, I inspected video and audio tapes for signs of deterioration and damage to confirm viability for digitization. I often added leader, spliced broken tape, and re-housed tape if its reel or shell was damaged in order to ensure long term preservation.

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Knowledge & Skills Gained:​​

• Magnetic media digitization

• Magnetic media preservation

• Metadata for magnetic & digital media

• 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 freezer vaults (which we lovingly referred to as Hoth).

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Knowledge & Skills Gained:​​​​

• Cataloging AV materials

• Collection moves

• FilemakerPro

• Handling and splicing 35mm

• 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 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 of 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 projects were completed according to deadline.

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Knowledge & Skills Gained:​​

• Quality control

• Digital media file formats

• 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:

• Archival Enterprise I

• Digital Archiving & Preservation

• Digital Asset Management

• Data Wrangling

• Materials in Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Media, Memory, and the Archive

• Organizing Information

• Survey of Digitization

• 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:

• Advanced Multimedia Web Design

• Digital Audio

• Digital Entertainment

• Digital Filmmaking

• Horror Film

• Legal Issues in Music Industry Studies

• Video Editing

• Women in Film Noir