About me
Jason Evans Groth is the Electronic Technologies Librarian at University of Virginia, where he helps manage the Robertson Media Center (RMC) and is the lead manager of the RMC Audio Studio. He provides instruction in media making, especially audio and video instruction, and consults on the transfer and safe-keeping of legacy media for patrons. He earned his MIS/MLS from the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University in May of 2013. At IU he was the graduate assistant for the Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative from 2012- 2013, an Assistant Archivist at the Indiana University Libraries Film Archive from 2010-2013, the graduate assistant for the Digital Library Program at IU from 2011-2012, and a teaching assistant for the classes "The History of Rock and Roll: 70s and 80s," "History of the Beach Boys," "History of Frank Zappa," "History of the Blues," and "History of Jimi Hendrix." From 2001-2010 he toured the world as a guitar player and with many bands and artists, including Magnolia Electric Co, Jens Lekman, and The Impossible Shapes.