Job Opening Title:
Digital Projects Coordinator
Name of Employer:
The Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Madison
Application Deadline:
First Consideration: July 30
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Bachelor
Years of experience required:
0-2
Salary Range:
Job Opening URL:
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
The Center for Railroad Photography & Art (CRP&A) seeks a Digital Projects Coordinator to assist with our continued implementation of Odyssey, the CRP&A’s new collections management software. In this role, the Digital Projects Coordinator will maintain our online collections portal on Odyssey and contribute to the internal and public adoption of the new system. Further, this position will act as a liaison between the Center’s staff and HistoryIT, Odyssey’s developer. When not working with the portal, the Digital Projects Coordinator will take on archival processing and digital preservation tasks. This is position may be part to full-time (25-40 hrs per week), depending on candidate’s availability. Emerging professionals and recent iSchool graduates are encouraged to apply.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Oversee updates and routine maintenance in Odyssey’s backend
• Manage Odyssey’s controlled vocabulary lists, contributing additional entries from LCSH, TGM, TGN, AAT, and local vocabularies as needed
• Respond to public feedback regarding Odyssey
• Communicate with HistoryIT’s technical staff to troubleshoot issues and advocate for new features
• Advise on staff application of metadata standards and naming authorities as outlined in the Center’s data dictionary
• Work with director of archives and collections and other collections staff to refine cataloging workflows
• Crosswalk the Center’s legacy metadata as needed
• Archival processing and digital preservation responsibilities (depending on availability)
Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree
• Strong sense of independence and work ethic
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of descriptive metadata schemas such as Dublin Core and various subject headings and naming authorities
• Well-developed computer skills, especially in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
• Familiarity with archival concepts and terminology
• Ability to travel when needed
• Ability to occasionally lift 40+ lbs. boxes
Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree in library science or related field
• Experience working in an archives, library, or museum setting
• Experience cataloging within and/or administering archival or museum collection management systems or databases such as ArchivesSpace, PastPerfect, ContentDM, ArchivEra ect.
• Experience working in the backend of content management systems such as WordPress
• Experience with digital photography and image editing software such as Adobe Photoshop
• Experience devising Excel formulas and macros
• Interest in digital preservation and digital asset management
• Knowledge of, or willingness to learn, railroad and North American history, and terminology related to railroading
Benefits
• Flexible schedule
• Hybrid work environment
• Competitive hourly wage, commensurate with experience
To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to adrienne@railphoto-art.org. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. For first consideration, please apply by July 30, 2024. The start date for this position is early to mid-September.
About the Center for Railroad Photography & Art (CRP&A):
Railroads helped build the United States—and the world—as we know it, uniting people across vast distances while redefining concepts of space and time. Railroads and photography grew up together, and the visual arts are particularly well suited to portraying and interpreting the enormous impact of the railroad on history, society, and culture. Since its founding in 1997, the CRP&A has been passionately committed to telling railroading’s stories through imagery: interpreting the past creatively, and connecting it to the present while looking to the future.
The CRP&A, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit arts and education organization, achieves its mission through exhibitions, conferences, and publications that spring from its core commitment to collect, preserve, and then make widely available imagery that portrays the nearly 200-year history of railroads. While based in Madison, Wisconsin, the CRP&A does not maintain a museum space or large facilities, but instead collaborates on its many projects with individuals and institutions ranging from museums and universities to libraries and historical societies. The Center’s modest footprint allows it to focus its expertise on railroad imagery and the profound and moving stories it can tell.
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