About me
Charlie Hosale is an archivist at the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress, where he processes multi-format archival collections. He has participated in the Federal Agency Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) since 2018. He regularly contributes to the Library’s AV and digital preservation initiatives such as the Recommended Formats Statement. Charlie has worked in academic and corporate archives, including the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library Archives, MillerCoors, Robert W. Baird and Company, and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a collaborative project of the Boston public media station GBH and the Library of Congress. He holds a Masters of Library and Information Science and a B.A. in Comparative Literature, both from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has taught classes and given presentations on audiovisual preservation, archive access platforms, automation, and project management. His research interests include audiovisual archives, digital preservation, digitization best practices, music history, and foodways.
