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Digitization Assistant (part-time) at the Archives and Special Collections Department, Northeastern University

Description:

An anticipated vacancy exists for a part-time digitization assistant to work with two other digitization assistants on a grant project funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to digitize and make accessible via the Web 2,300 photographs from the Freedom House Collection (http://www.library.neu.edu/archives/collect/findaids/m16find.htm) in Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department (http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/)

Duties:

• Scan photographs and negatives
• Conduct research to identify images as necessary
• Enter metadata into a database template
• erform quality control

Qualifications:

• Enrollment in graduate program with concentration in archives management
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work independently
• Ability and willingness to lift boxes weighing up to 40 lbs.
• Commitment to achieving and maintaining diversity in the workplace

Salary:

• $15 per hour

Hours:

• 10-13 hours per week during business hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 4p.m.

Contact:

Please send résumé and cover letter to:
Marisa Hudspeth, AssistantArchivist
m.hudspeth@neu.edu
(p) 617.373.7656
(f) 617.373.8132

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action Title IX employer. Northeastern University particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.