Job Opening Title: Digitization Intern – Unpaid
Institution/Organization Name: George Mason University – Special Collections Research Center
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): Fairfax, VA
Application Deadline: December 20, 2017
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Years of experience required: 0 – 1
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George Mason University’s Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is offering an unpaid, for-credit digitization internship during the Spring of 2018. Located on Mason’s Fairfax, VA campus in Fenwick Library, SCRC houses thousands of linear feet of archival collections and rare books, including manuscript collections and the University Archives, with the following collecting strengths: Virginia, Northern Virginia, and Washington DC history, the performing arts, transportation and planning, conflict analysis resolution, and US politics and government among others. SCRC is also home to a robust Oral History Program, dedicated to documenting the histories of individuals from the George Mason community and beyond.
In an effort to expand our digital assets and further our digitization program, SCRC seeks an intern to undertake a digitization project. Under the supervision of the Manuscript and Archives Librarian, the intern will digitize the Edith Ker collection of travel and wildlife photography. As a deliverable, the intern will upload the digital images so that they will be available in SCRC’s online digital repository, LUNA. Specific tasks include: using hi-res scanners to digitize records, handling rare and delicate materials, creating appropriate metadata to accompany digital records, digital asset management, including quality control and minor photo editing, updating the project’s progress through blog posts on SCRC’s Vault 217 blog, and other tasks.
Qualifications
Graduate students currently enrolled in an MLS/MLIS or Public History Program with an interest in archives, special collections, and/or digitization may apply.
Learning Objectives
The Digitization Intern will gain hands-on experience in the following: technical aspects of digitizing archival records, digital preservation, digital curation, appropriate handling of archival records, archival digitization standards, project management, the ongoing functions of an active archival repository, and using social media to promote the repository’s archival endeavors.
Application Deadline
December 20, 2017
Start Date
January 2018
Project Timeline and Location
The internship is located at the Special Collections Research Center, Fenwick Library, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA, 22030. The internship is planned for 16 weeks, 15 hours a week. Start and end date are flexible based on the intern’s schedule and availability.
To apply, please submit a cover letter addressing the following questions:
1. Describe a project you have worked on that required completing repetitive tasks and careful attention to detail. How did you approach the project and what was the outcome?
2. How will experience digitizing an archival collection serve your career goals?
as well as a resume, and contact information for three references to Elizabeth Beckman at ebeckman@gmu.edu
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