Audio Visual Metadata and Training Data Internship -Spring 2027

Publicmedia; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

GBH Archives (Boston) offers a part-time paid internship combining in-person and remote duties. You will test and refine AI-assisted cataloging workflows, review automatically extracted data, and contribute to metadata projects under supervision. Students must commit 15 hours/week, with 9am-5pm weekday availability.

Join a team that explores human-computer data creation dynamics, with mentorship and opportunities to engage with libraries, audiovisual materials, and data science concepts.

Qualifications

• Experience with asset management or cataloging systems.
• Understanding of archival arrangement, description, and access.
• Interest in data processing or software development.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Perform item-level cataloging of videos for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
• Test, compare, and evaluate new cataloging software and workflows.
• Explore large-scale authority control related to TV/radio credits.
• Become acquainted with the PBCore metadata schema.
• Receive mentorship from GBH Archives staff.
• Write a capstone blog post reflecting on humans vs computers in archival description.

Skills

Asset management

Database systems

Cataloging

Name authority control

Data processing

Bash

Python

Education

Undergrad or Grad student

Library Science/Archives coursework preferred

Tools

Bash

Python

Job description

GBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives. At GBH, we believe in the advantages of coming together to build community, mentor and learn from colleagues, and connect more deeply with our mission. As a result, the majority of our staff are hybrid and work both from home and onsite. Our current hybrid approach requires staff to work onsite a minimum of two days each week, every Tuesday and Wednesday, Hybrid staff are also welcome to come in additional days each week or may be asked to come in on other days by their manager.

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

The GBH Archives catalogs, tracks, organizes, and preserves the media used to create GBH productions. The GBH Archives holds physical and digital media and paper records, including materials that need to be retained for production, legal, financial, historical, or administrative purposes. GBH Archives also collaborates with the Library of Congress to coordinate the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a national effort to preserve and make accessible historically significant public radio and television programming that has aired over the past 70+ years.

JOB OVERVIEW

The GBH Archives is offering a part-time paid internship for a student in an accredited undergrad or master's program. This internship will be hybrid work, combining in-person and remote duties. The intern will work with the Metadata Operations Manager and members of the GBH Archives team, to test and carry out new workflows for cataloging of audiovisual items. The new workflows will involve human review and correction of automatically extracted data. The intern will have the opportunity to examine, critique, and help inform new approaches to AI-assisted cataloging. Instruction and mentorship will be provided. The intern will be encouraged to reflect critically on the relationship between humans and computers in data creation processes. Applicants must provide a short cover letter explaining their interest in archives and metadata. If applicable, letters should note interest and experience with libraries, audiovisual materials, databases, data science, and/or machine learning. Applicants must be willing to work a minimum of 15 hours per week, between the hours of 9am and 5pm, Monday through Friday. Regular working hours will be chosen by the intern and their manager.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

• Perform item-level cataloging of videos in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
• Test, compare, and evaluate new iterations of cataloging software and workflows.
• Explore new approaches to large scale authority control, as related to crediting contributors to television and radio productions.
• Become acquainted with the PBCore metadata schema.
• Meet and receive mentorship from GBH Archives staff.
• Write a capstone blog post with reflections on the roles of humans and computers in archival description and/or name authority control.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Experience with asset management systems, database systems, and/or cataloging.
• Working knowledge of the basic archival principles for arrangement, description, and access. Experience with name authority control is a plus.
• Interest in data processing or software development. Working knowledge of the Bash shell and Python are a plus.
• Strong attention to detail.

EDUCATION

Must be a current student in an accredited undergrad or graduate program. Graduate coursework in Library Science and/or Archives strongly preferred.

JOB-STATUS

Paid Internship $17/hour (Part-time, 15hr/wk)

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

GBH internships provide students with valuable work experience and real-world knowledge across many fields of study, from TV and radio production to web design, accounting, law, and other administrative areas.

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

• Dates: January 25th to April 16th
• Candidates must have their own computer and access to Wifi.
• Candidates must be in an Undergrad or Grad program and have work authorization for the United States.

LOCATION

Hybrid - 1 Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135

To learn more about our program, follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbhinterns/

Salary Range

$17.00 - $17.00 Compensation offered within this range is determined by skills, experience and internal pay equity.

GBH is an equal opportunity employer. The community and audience we serve are diverse, and we wish to foster that diversity in our workplace. Toward that end, GBH does not discriminate against individuals in hiring, employment, or promotion based on race, religion, color, sex/gender, gender identity and gender expression, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, disability, veteran or military status, political belief, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

GBH will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate