Valeria Dávila Gronros
Oregon State University Libraries and Press
Valeria Dávila Gronros is a graduate student at the University of Alabama, where she is pursuing a Master of Library and Information Studies degree with a focus on audiovisual archiving. In addition to her BA in Cinematography from Fundación Universidad del Cine, Valeria earned a Certificate from the FIAF Film Preservation and Restoration School Latin America. She is currently working at Oregon State University Libraries and Press (OSULP), where she is re-assessing a collection of film production elements and developing guidelines for the retention and deaccessioning of film holdings. Previously, she worked digitizing photographic and paper archival materials at OSULP and was an intern at Yale University Film Study Center, inspecting, inventorying, and cataloging films. Prior to moving to the US, she worked for several years in digital film restoration at Cinecolor Digital Argentina.