Morgan Morel
Video Lab Supervisor at Library of Congress
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMorgan Morel is a preservation-focused media technologist with 11 years of experience building and managing audiovisual preservation programs for cultural institutions, most recently as Video Lab Supervisor at the Library of Congress. With a master's in Digital Preservation and HCI from the University of Michigan, Morgan has led preservation teams at Bay Area Video Coalition and developed hands-on digitization, workflow automation, and archival database solutions dating back to early roles at George Blood Audio. They blend deep technical skill—scripting, FileMaker/web interfaces, and disaster planning—with practical lab leadership to ensure long-term access to fragile media assets. Based in Virginia, Morgan is driven by a systems-level view of information stewardship, treating preservation as both a technical and societal imperative.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science in Information, Digital Preservation & Human Computer Interaction, Masters of Science in Information, Digital Preservation & Human Computer Interaction at University of Michigan - School of InformationBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Performing Arts Technology, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Performing Arts Technology at University of Michigan - School of Music
Spanish
Github Skills (71)
audio10
id310
artifact10
id3v210
audio-files10
signal10
atlas9
aac9
metadata9
mediainfo9
ogg9
transcoding8
converting8
mpeg8
mp48
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
PBCore-AV-Metadata/PBCore_2.1
May 2016 - May 2018
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 1 year 11 months
dictionaryupdatemetadatabroadcasting
bavc/videomachine
Nov 2017 - Jan 2023
Contributions:46 commits, 147 pushes in 5 years 3 months
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