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Digitization and Metadata Specialist
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La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Archive
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66 East 4th Street New York, NY
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Job Opportunity: Digitization and Metadata Specialist at La MaMa Archives, New York, NY
The La MaMa Archives seeks a full-time Digitization and Metadata Specialist for a cataloging project at a community-based performing arts archive.
The Specialist will be responsible for supporting the successful completion of a grant-funded project specifically aimed at providing access to La MaMa’s institutional and production history through item-level cataloging and digitization of the Archives’ existing core collection, also known as La MaMa’s “show files”. The Specialist will catalog a wide-range of cultural objects (photographs, programs, flyers, correspondence and press) using the open-source cataloging platform CollectiveAccess. They must be willing to work in a shared office‐space with the project team; and be able to take direction on a variety of cataloging, processing and arrangement projects. This is a temporary position, ending on September 30, 2023, with the possibility of extension.
Qualifications Required:
Enrollment in or recent completion of graduate program in library science, archives, public history, or a related field;
Familiarity with performing arts/performing arts organizations, and/or an ability to understand and synthesize La MaMa’s place within performing arts history in New York City and abroad, focusing on the full spectrum of La MaMa’s output as a cultural institution;
Exceptional oral and written communication skills;
Familiarity with standard metadata schema and vocabularies;
Strong organization and problem-‐solving skills, and the ability to work independently;
Enthusiasm for delving into technologies that may be unfamiliar.
Preferred:
Working knowledge of databases and/or cataloging platforms, preferably CollectiveAccess;
Working knowledge of national and professional standards pertaining to copyright, intellectual property, and Fair Use.
Familiarity and understanding of digitization best practices and FADGI guidelines.
Hourly rate: $20
Hours/week: 40 hours per week with flexibility to work from home two days a week.
To Apply: Submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information of two professional references to Kylie Goetz and Sophie Glidden-Lyon at sophie@lamama.org. Please cc goetz.kylie@gmail.com.
The La MaMa Archive is dedicated to supporting the work of La MaMa ETC and to promoting inquiry into the history of off-off-Broadway theater. More information about the archive and public access to our catalog is available here: https://catalog.lamama.org/
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