Senior Student Associate, Digital Collection Services Intern, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

University of Texas at Austin

1d • $16 • Onsite

About The Position

The digital collections services intern will digitize archival material with a range of equipment and participate in all aspects of the digitization workflow. The intern will work in a team environment and receive comprehensive training on established standards, photography and audiovisual equipment, metadata, and material handling. Materials to be digitized may include documents, photographs, negatives, bound materials, newspapers, and maps. The intern will use digitization equipment, including a PhaseOne camera with CaptureOne and Photoshop software and an Epson flatbed scanner. The intern will digitize audiovisual items, including but not limited to 16mm film, videotapes, audiocassettes, and ¼” open reel audiotape, using audiovisual equipment. The intern will gain experience addressing long-term preservation concerns while diagnosing and resolving maintenance issues with obsolete playback machines (e.g. reel to reel, VTR, etc.). The intern will become familiar with RDA, as well as other cataloging principles such as subject analysis and authorized language for the purpose of writing metadata. The intern will participate in selecting items for special projects. The intern will help provide reference support and work in the Reading Room. The intern may have opportunities for networking and professional development possibly including staff presentations and tours.

Requirements

• Enrolled in at least six semester hours in an undergraduate or graduate program
• Excellent organizational skills
• Regular and punctual attendance
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Ability to work under supervision
• Ability to lift up to 50-pound boxes during a three- to four-hour period of time
• High school graduation or GED and two years full-time equivalent library experience; or 60 hours college credit and one year full-time equivalent library experience; or twelve hours of graduate coursework in library and information science
• When applying, in the My Experience section in Workday when asked to upload your Resume/CV, please upload not only your resume but also a letter of interest and the names of 3 work references with their contact information either as one pdf or all separate but in this same section. Your application cannot be considered without all required materials.
• Must not be in another paid position with the University
• Further information regarding Student Non-Academic Employment, including summer employment enrollment requirements and non-UT Students can be at http://www.utexas.edu/hr/student/student_non-acad_employment.html.

Nice To Haves

• Enrolled in at least six semester hours in an graduate program for Information Studies or a relate field.
• Bachelor's degree in the social sciences or humanities
• Knowledge of research methodologies and techniques
• Familiarity with handling fragile library, archival, and museum materials
• Experience with working with digital camera or other digitization equipment and software
• Graduate coursework in history, library science, and/or archives
• Knowledge of preservation materials, practices, and theories
• Experience with preservation methods

Responsibilities

• Digitize archival material with a range of equipment and participate in all aspects of the digitization workflow.
• Work in a team environment and receive comprehensive training on established standards, photography and audiovisual equipment, metadata, and material handling.
• Use digitization equipment, including a PhaseOne camera with CaptureOne and Photoshop software and an Epson flatbed scanner.
• Digitize audiovisual items, including but not limited to 16mm film, videotapes, audiocassettes, and ¼” open reel audiotape, using audiovisual equipment.
• Gain experience addressing long-term preservation concerns while diagnosing and resolving maintenance issues with obsolete playback machines (e.g. reel to reel, VTR, etc.).
• Become familiar with RDA, as well as other cataloging principles such as subject analysis and authorized language for the purpose of writing metadata.
• Participate in selecting items for special projects.
• Help provide reference support and work in the Reading Room.
• Networking and professional development possibly including staff presentations and tours.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: High school or GED