Michael Gates is the Audiovisual lab manager at the BYU Library in Provo, Utah. He is responsible for the digitization of legacy audio and video media in the library. While at BYU he spent 2 years as a Digital Preservation Specialist for the Library validating, ingesting and monitoring all digital objects submitted to the permanent digital repository. Prior to BYU, Michael spent 2 years in micrographics digitization, 8 years in audio visual digitization, AV born digital validation and normalization for the Church History Library. He holds a master's degree in Sound Recording technology from the University of Massachusetts.
