I am a moving image archivist with a passion for preserving born digital content. I work for the Library of Congress preserving and cataloging our nation’s moving image heritage. I also curate and preserve video games for the Library of Congress and have given several talks on video game preservation at such places as PAX East, the Smithsonian and the Digital Preservation 2014 conference. When I’m not archiving, I can be found playing music and recording with my band, Weird Mob, and creating and editing video content with my wife for our production company, Hibernator Gigs.
Masters in Moving Image Archive Studies • May 2006
Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies • May 1999
Society of American Archivists DAS Certificate program • 2014
Coursera online course • 2013
Library of Congress • 2013
Library of Congress • 2013
Rare Book School at the University of Virginia • 2012
Processing Technician, Moving Image Section • 2006 - Present
Web Designer, Gish Film Theater • 2004 - 2006
Intern • 2004
Research Assistant • 2003 - 2004
Laboratory Assistant • 2003
Intern • 2003
Volunteer • 2002
Stacks Manager • 2000 - 2002
Lightning Talk • Stanford University • July 2015
Attendee • Washington, D.C. • August 2014
Advisor • Stanford University • July 2014
Lightning Talk on Video Game Source Preservation• Washington, D.C. • July 2014
Panel Presenter • Richmond, VA • November 2013
Presenter • Washington, D.C. • 2013
Advisor • Washington, D.C. •2012
Attendee • Massachusettes Institute of Technology •2010
Attendee • MOMA • 2008
Presenter • 2007
Attendee • 2002, 2003, 2005
Essay commemorating inclusion of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial on the National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board Website
The Signal. Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). 6 Aug. 2014.
Written with Brian Taves for Animation Journal. 2011: 78-87.
Review for The Moving Image. Fall 2008: 86.
The Moving Image Spring 2006: 128.
"Read This: It’s a struggle to get video games into the Library Of Congress"
A.V. Club
"Meet The Men Trying To Immortalize Video Games"
BuzzFeedNews
"Unreleased Duke Nukem Game Winds Up at Library of Congress"
Kotaku
"Library of Congress discovers unreleased Duke Nukem game"
Gamasutra
"Yes, The Library of Congress Has Video Games: An Interview with David Gibson"
The Signal
"Cartoon Brew TV #22: Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat (1953)"
Cartoon Brew
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