Project Digitization Archivist
Project Digitization Archivist
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Job Description
Position Title: Project Digitization Archivist.
Department: Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA).
Classification: Non-Exempt.
FTE: 1.0.
Work Schedule: 40 hours per week hours to be worked between the hours of MondayFriday during college business hours
Hourly Rate: $20.76
Position Overview:
The Project Imaging Archivist is a full-time project-based position working with the Norwegian American Historical Association (NAHA) archivist to digitize and describe the materials of Jacob Stefferud. The three-month project is funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund a component of the Minnesota Clean Water Land and Legacy constitutional amendment.
Essential Job Duties:
- Arrange and describe archival material following DACS standards.
- Assess basic preservation needs and make note of materials in need of further conservation.
- Digitize selected archival material following NAHA guidelines.
- Edit images of archival materials as needed in Adobe Photoshop.
- Create a detailed and complete metadata entry with descriptive structural and administrative metadata.
- Assist in the management of digital assets for long-term preservation including exporting digital assets to Omeka and reviewing digital collections to ensure accuracy.
Supervision Received and Exercised:
- Reports to the NAHA Archivist.
- This position does not supervise staff or students.
Required Qualifications:
- Masters degree from a library program accredited by the American Library Association from an archives program meeting the guidelines of the Society of American Archivists or an equivalent advanced degree with relevant experience.
- Familiarity with standard metadata schema and vocabularies.
- Strong organization and problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
- Enthusiasm for delving into technologies that may be unfamiliar.
- Experience in digitization and metadata creation hands-on experience in calibrating scanning equipment to ensure best capture of images and experience in quality control procedures.
- Knowledge of processing collections and archival standards and practices for preservation of documents photographs and artifacts.
- Ability and willingness to support respect and commit to embracing diverse backgrounds values and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community including faculty staff students and constituents.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Omeka content management system.
- Working knowledge of national and professional standards on copyright intellectual property and Fair Use.
- Knowledge of and interest in the Norwegian-American immigrant experience including historiography/history geography language and literature.
Prerequisites:
- Employment in this position is conditioned upon successful completion of a background check which may include: criminal background checks reference checks verification of work history verification of any required academic credentials licenses and/or certifications a motor vehicle check verification of DOT certification a credit check employment eligibility verification and/or a pre-employment physical. Whether a background check is deemed successfully completed will be at the sole discretion of St. Olaf College. Please note St. Olaf College reserves the right to conduct periodic background checks at its sole discretion.
Disclaimer:
- This position may require you to report early stay late or work different shifts depending on staffing levels. It may also require you to perform all essential job functions whenever needed and during campus emergencies when necessary.
- This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College with or without prior notice.
- Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the hire is complete. We accept only online applications.
Employment Type
Full-Time
