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About The Position

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from, a master's program in Library and Information Science (MLIS), Archival Studies, Museum Studies, Digital Humanities, or a related field.
• Demonstrated interest in digital preservation, audiovisual archiving, commercial or studio photography, metadata, or library technology operations.
• Basic familiarity with physical handling of archival, library, or museum collections.
• Familiarity with project management tools.
• Strong organizational skills and keen attention to detail.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across diverse, specialized teams.
• Curiosity and demonstrated interest in digital collections, preservation, archives, libraries, museums, or related fields.
• Ability to adapt to different teams, projects, and work environments throughout a rotational internship.
• Eagerness to learn new tools, technologies, professional practices, and ways of working.
• Ability to follow established workflows and procedures, document work accurately, and ask questions or escalate issues when appropriate.
• Ability to lift and/or move items up to 30 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Gain exposure to digitization and reformatting approaches across DCO production labs and vendor services; participate in project-cycle deep dives and practice material handling, camera setups, and lighting concepts using test materials.
• Assist with physical inspection, preparation, and reformatting of audio, video, and film formats, and learn vendor digitization workflows and coordination.
• Assist with forensic imaging and reformatting of physical born-digital media, including floppy disks, optical media, and mass storage drives; assist with preservation packages in Preservica and quality control and troubleshooting on legacy digital collection assets.
• Learn how the Metadata Services Unit reuses archival description and catalog records to create item-level metadata; complete a metadata-remediation mini-project and research URIs and name variants across library systems.
• Monitor permissions intake and route public orders; coordinate with collection divisions to confirm physical item availability before digitization; gain exposure to administrative setups in ClickUp, preliminary invoicing in Freshbooks, and public documentation audits.
• Participate in rights reviews for digitized NYPL collection items, assist with copyright or other intellectual-property designations in NYPL systems, and participate in rights-holder research.
• Shadow Digital Asset Management staff to observe repository operations, asset-ingest workflows, system go-live protocols, access permissions, and digital preservation infrastructure.
• Support operational documentation and process mapping, project tracking and follow-up coordination, and leadership meeting materials.
• Support change management and system rollout logistics by synthesizing user feedback and drafting adoption resources.
• Handle archival, library, museum, and other historical physical materials with appropriate care and dexterity; travel between NYC library locations as needed.

Benefits

• Paid internship at $25.00 per hour.