Digital Production Assistant: Digitization & Metadata

State; Boston (MA); Ibrido; USD 24.000 - 34.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Northeastern University Library's Digital Production Services is seeking a part-time Digital Production Assistant in Boston to support digitization, metadata creation, and caption editing for teaching and research materials. The role emphasizes collaboration with Archives and Special Collections and occasional remote work.

Responsibilities include scanning with Epson Expression 12000XL and Bookeye 4, creating MODS metadata in spreadsheets, reformatting audiovisual media with FFmpeg, quality

Competenze

• Enrollment in or completion of an ALA-accredited MLS or MLIS degree program, or equivalent experience.
• Professional digitization experience with documents, books, artwork, or maps.
• Experience working with archival or special collections materials.
• Experience creating descriptive metadata for library/archival collections.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to learn new technology.

Mansioni

• Digitize archival documents using scanners.
• Create MODS metadata in spreadsheets for digitized items.
• Reformat A/V materials and create access copies with FFmpeg.
• Perform quality control on vendor-digitized materials.
• Edit WhisperAI captions for digitized videos.
• Collaborate with DPS and Archives staff.

Conoscenze

Digitization experience

Archival materials experience

Metadata creation

Captioning with WhisperAI

Strong communication

Independent work

Collaborative

Formazione

MLS/MLIS degree or equivalent

Strumenti

FFmpeg

MODS metadata in spreadsheets

Descrizione del lavoro

Northeastern University Library's Digital Production Services is seeking a part-time Digital Production Assistant in Boston to support digitization, metadata creation, and caption editing for teaching and research materials. The role emphasizes collaboration with Archives and Special Collections and occasional remote work.

Responsibilities include scanning with Epson Expression 12000XL and Bookeye 4, creating MODS metadata in spreadsheets, reformatting audiovisual media with FFmpeg, quality