Digital AV Archivist for Oral History

University of Georgia; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

The Audiovisual and Oral History Technician at University of Georgia Libraries supports the preservation, access, and description of audiovisual materials across the archive's collections, with a particular focus on oral history. This role combines responsibilities in collection coordination, digitization, post-production, archival processing, and backlog reduction.

The technician will manage workflows related to the physical, digital, and intellectual control of audiovisual collections and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to manage oral history collections' access and control.
• Coordinate editing and accessioning of interviews with donors/interviewers.
• Perform post-production editing of oral history recordings.
• Manage video captioning and transcripts.
• Create finding aids and inventories using Collective Access and other platforms.
• Curate collections for online access by managing streaming content on archival and commercial sites.
• Develop an understanding of the interview process to provide context for processing.

Skills

Digitization standards

Oral history

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

FFmpeg

Microsoft Office

Google Drive

OpenRefine

Airtable

Job description

The Audiovisual and Oral History Technician at University of Georgia Libraries supports the preservation, access, and description of audiovisual materials across the archive's collections, with a particular focus on oral history. This role combines responsibilities in collection coordination, digitization, post-production, archival processing, and backlog reduction.

The technician will manage workflows related to the physical, digital, and intellectual control of audiovisual collections and