Anne Loos

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.

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:​​

• Audio and video digitization

• Audio and video preservation

• Metadata for 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 cold 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 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:​

• 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