Audio Visual Metadata and Training Data Internship -Spring 2027

Public Media•Boston, MA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

GBH Archives is offering a paid, part-time internship for a student currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program. The intern will work with the GBH Archives team on preserving archival CDs for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), a national effort coordinated with the Library of Congress to preserve and provide access to historically significant public radio and television programming. The intern will test and implement CD preservation workflows, catalog audio items, work with the PBCore metadata schema, and create or correct automatically generated transcripts. The internship also provides exposure to basic machine learning concepts and workflows, mentorship from GBH Archives staff, and the opportunity to write a capstone blog post. Applicants must submit a short cover letter explaining their interest in archives and metadata, and may describe related interests or experience in libraries, audiovisual materials, public media, or data science. The internship runs from January 25 to April 16, 2027. The intern must work at least 15 hours per week between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; regular hours will be arranged with the manager. The position is onsite at 1 Guest Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Candidates must provide their own computer, have Wi-Fi access, be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, and have authorization to work in the United States. The position pays $17 per hour.

Requirements

Be a current student in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program.
Have work authorization in the United States.
Be willing to work a minimum of 15 hours per week between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Have access to a computer and Wi-Fi.
Experience working with optical media.
Working knowledge of basic archival principles for arrangement, description, and access.
Strong attention to detail.
Submit a short cover letter explaining interest in archives and metadata.

Nice To Haves

Graduate coursework in Library Science and/or Archives.
Interest in data processing or software development.
Interest or experience with libraries, audiovisual materials, public media, and/or data science.

Responsibilities

Test and implement workflows for preserving CDs in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Perform item-level cataloging of audio in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Create and correct automatically generated transcripts from public media programs.
Learn about basic machine learning concepts and workflows.
Meet with and receive mentorship from GBH Archives staff.
Write a capstone blog post.