Archives Intern

Strong National Museum • Rochester, NY

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About The Position

The Strong seeks a current graduate or undergraduate student intern to process, arrange, and describe the Michael Shorrock papers and digitize VHS cassettes from the 1UP collection. The intern will gain a better understanding of professional archival work, through hands-on experience in archival processing, preservation techniques, and familiarization with archival management software. There is a paid stipend associated with this internship, made possible through a grant from the Rochester Regional Library Council.

The archival processing intern will process 3.0 linear feet of audiovisual materials, game design documentation, and artwork of Michael Shorrock, a video game producer and executive who has worked at Broderbund Software, Sega of America, Leap Frog, Sony Computer Entertainment America. Shorrock also ran Interactive Game Studios for IGT and currently consults on game development and educational technology. The intern will also digitize 15 VHS cassettes of video game event coverage such as the Gaming Summit, E3 conference, Computer Gaming World Awards, and more. The intern will perform an initial inventory of the Michael Shorrock papers; create a processing plan; physically arrange and re-house materials; perform preservation tasks; and describe the collection using ArchivesSpace. The intern will digitize, create metadata, and upload the 15 cassettes to Preservica.

Requirements

• Candidate must be enrolled in an accredited university graduate or undergraduate program and in an associated internship/practicum.
• Candidate must fully adhere to all requirements for credit-bearing internships, including specific procedures which may be required by the intern’s college/university.
• Candidate must work well in a team setting, be reliable, flexible, organized, and self-motivated.
• Candidate must have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Candidate must consent to a criminal background check and a drug screen.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with basic archival theory.
• Demonstrated interest in archives, public history, or museum studies.
• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.
• Prior experience with archival processing.

Responsibilities

• Process, arrange, and describe the Michael Shorrock papers.
• Digitize VHS cassettes from the 1UP collection.
• Perform an initial inventory of the Michael Shorrock papers.
• Create a processing plan.
• Physically arrange and re-house materials.
• Perform preservation tasks.
• Describe the collection using ArchivesSpace.
• Digitize, create metadata, and upload the 15 cassettes to Preservica.

Benefits

• Paid stipend

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed