Academy of Motion Picture Arts Sciences Archivist Salary

This is the sixth mail service in our There's an Archivist for That!  serial, which features examples of archivists working in places you might not await. COPA member Anna Trammell, Academy Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Pacific Lutheran University, brings yous an interview with May Haduong, Public Admission Manager of the University Film Archive.

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May Haduong is the Public Access Manager at the Academy Picture Archive, where she oversees access to the Archive's drove. Prior to serving at the Academy Pic Archive, she was the Projection Manager for the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project for LGBT Moving Image Preservation, a collaboration between the UCLA Film & Television Annal and Outfest, which produces the Los Angeles LGBT Flick Festival. She currently serves on the Legacy Project Advisory Committee and is the chair for the Elections Commission for the Association of Moving Image Archivists.

AT: How did you become your job?

MH: Every bit a UCLA graduate pupil, I interned with the Academy in 2005 and 2006 to help procedure home movies and a collection of Asian American cinema. After receiving my master's caste, I served every bit the Legacy Project Manager for the Outfest/UCLA Legacy Project for LGBT Moving Paradigm Preservation. When a job at the Academy Film Annal opened up in 2008, I jumped at the opportunity to return to the Academy and applied for the position. I firmly believe that my internship experiences at the Academy and the support that I received during that time helped me go hired.

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AT: Tell united states of america about your arrangement.

MH: While many people know of the University for the Oscars, they don't know that the viewership of the awards show helps fund the Academy's philanthropic piece of work, including grants, scholarships, an internship program aimed at bringing more diversity to the field, a world-grade library, and the archiving and preservation work conducted at the Academy Motion-picture show Archive. As a queer adult female of color, it's important to me that my professional work aligns with my own personal beliefs. I'one thousand proud to work for an organization that focuses on all aspects of filmmaking, from supporting underserved communities to preserving rarely seen films.

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AT: Draw your collections.

MH: The Academy Moving picture Archive is dwelling house to 1 of the most diverse and extensive motion pic collections in the earth. With over 200,000 moving image items in our collection, the Archive's collection includes moving images from the advent of cinema to the present day, with significant holdings related to the history of the Academy and the Oscars, experimental movie theatre, studio titles, independent pic, documentaries, early movie house, the history of the motion motion picture industry, domicile movies and amateur documentation, theatrical advertising and brusque films. Since its establishment in 1991, the Archive has completed over a thousand picture preservation and restoration projects.

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AT: What are some challenges unique to your collections?

MH: While the Oscars help fund the great work that nosotros do, it also becomes a focal point for some months of the year before the live broadcast. Because of the unique nature of the organization, some staff in the Archive – including myself and those in the access section – shift from traditional projects and workflow to working with show producers and the printing to deliver archival content from our collections. This shift and the expectations implicit with the University'due south work and reputation set a very high bar for service, speed, and quality. While "Oscar season" can certainly be stressful and busy, it besides helps smoothen a light on the Academy's work to preserve moving paradigm history. As a moving-picture show archive, we have technological considerations that are continually shifting. While nosotros work to preserve moving images in the format in which they were originally seen, we also make choices to assistance provide as much admission as possible through bachelor mediums. The digital transition, while challenging both fiscally and logistically, has helped push the Archive and the Academy towards a more frontwards-thinking arroyo towards conservation and preservation.

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AT: What is your favorite function of your task?

MH: I love finding unique items in our collection and providing access to them. As I've mentioned, we concur a wide range of material and thus we oft come across films that have rarely been seen. Recently, a colleague and I located a family member of a home picture show drove that was filmed by a queer interracial couple in the 1970s. We were able to show the films, with the family's permission, at a conference, discussing concerns around privacy, cultural competency, and archival ethics. The admission section also works with film programmers and scholars from around the world, providing access to the collection online, on-site in Hollywood, and through loans of 16mm and 35mm prints to repertory venues. I became fascinated with film archiving as a queer film developer some many years ago and I see the work that athenaeum practise, including the Academy, as important in helping ensure that films are conserved, preserved, and seen.

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