Digital Preservation & Digitization Specialist

University of Alabama at Birmingham; University (FL); Vor Ort; USD 52.000 - 78.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

University of Alabama at Birmingham is seeking a Digital Services Specialist to support digitization, migration, metadata, and preservation of digital collections. You will work in the Digital Services Lab on projects involving scanning, born-digital processing, and long-term access strategies.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, collaboration, and learning emerging technologies within a library environment. Onsite work with regular day shifts is expected.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree and three years of related experience required.
• ALA-accredited MLIS, or enrollment in MLIS program, preferred.
• Related experience: digitization, audiovisual migration, born-digital processing, metadata work, digital collections maintenance, archival/library processing, media editing, data manipulation, troubleshooting, workflow documentation.

Aufgaben

• Performs digitization and digital migration services including scanning, data extraction, and AV format migration.
• Extracts, prepares, and organizes born-digital materials.
• Packages print and audiovisual materials for online access and preservation storage.
• Contributes to metadata creation and enhancement for digital/web archives.

Kenntnisse

Digital imaging

Audiovisual digitization

Audio/video editing

Digital file management

Metadata creation & enhancement

Data manipulation

Library systems familiarity

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

ALA-accredited MLIS preferred

Jobbeschreibung

University of Alabama at Birmingham is seeking a Digital Services Specialist to support digitization, migration, metadata, and preservation of digital collections. You will work in the Digital Services Lab on projects involving scanning, born-digital processing, and long-term access strategies.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, collaboration, and learning emerging technologies within a library environment. Onsite work with regular day shifts is expected.