Senior Student Associate, Massie Project Digitizing Intern, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

University of Texas at Austin

6d • $16 • Onsite

About The Position

Massie Project Digitizing Intern Senior Student Associate, Massie Project Digitizing Intern, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History HOW TO APPLY: 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. AVAILABLE: Available beginning as soon as possible. Appointed on a semester by semester basis. 19 hours per week. Schedule to be arranged with supervisor, Monday through Friday, 8:00-5:00. PURPOSE & RESPONSIBILITIES: The Massie Project Digitizing Intern will write metadata for and digitize the William Massie papers as part of the CLIR grant, Bearing Witness. The link to the finding aid: https://txarchives.org/utcah/finding_aids/00250.xml Materials to be digitized may include correspondence and other documents and bound volumes. The intern will use digitization equipment, including a PhaseOne camera with CaptureOne and Photoshop software and an Epson flatbed scanner. The intern will maintain statistics and meet regularly with digitization staff. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is a special collections library (200,000 volumes), archive (90,000 linear feet) and museum that facilitates research and education by acquiring, preserving, and making accessible research collections and by sponsoring exhibitions, conferences, symposia, oral history projects, publications, fellowships, and grant-funded initiatives. Internships at the Briscoe Center for American History acquaint participants with its resources, services, and operations, and provide experience with specific projects. The knowledge and experience which interns gain enrich their graduate studies and research. In addition to providing general support for the Briscoe Center resources and services, essential functions of interns include arranging, describing, and preserving archival collections, cataloging and preserving books, working at the reference desk, fabricating exhibitions, and enhancing the Briscoe Center's website. Through stewardship and scholarship, we collect, preserve, and make available documentary and material culture evidence encompassing key themes in Texas and U.S. history. Researchers, students, and the public mine our collections for a wide range of academic, professional, and personal uses. Our collections also inspire our own projects, including books, exhibits, programs, films, and educational materials. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is an organized research unit and public service component of the University of Texas at Austin.

Requirements

• University of Texas student status and enrolled in at least six semester credit hours
• 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
• Must not be in another paid position with the University http://www.utexas.edu/hr/student/student_non-acad_employment.html.

Nice To Haves

• 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

• The Massie Project Digitizing Intern will write metadata for and digitize the William Massie papers as part of the CLIR grant, Bearing Witness.
• Materials to be digitized may include correspondence and other documents and bound volumes.
• The intern will use digitization equipment, including a PhaseOne camera with CaptureOne and Photoshop software and an Epson flatbed scanner.
• The intern will maintain statistics and meet regularly with digitization staff.

What This Job Offers

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