DIGITIZATION & DIGITAL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATE

UAB Medicine; University (FL); On-site; USD 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

UAB Libraries is seeking a Digitization & Digital Preservation Associate to support creation, management, and long-term access of digital collections. The role involves digitization, AV migration, metadata enhancement, and digital preservation within the Digital Services Lab.

The ideal candidate has strong technical aptitude, attention to detail, and interest in digital libraries or heritage collections. A Bachelor's degree and 3 years’ related experience are required; MLIS is preferred and may

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; related library/science fields considered.
• An ALA-accredited MLIS or current MLIS student preferred.
• Experience with digitization, audiovisual migration, metadata and digital preservation workflows is expected.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Digitization

Metadata work

Technical troubleshooting

Workflow documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

MLIS preferred

ALA-accredited MLIS enrollment

Tools

Library systems

Image editing software

Job description

DIGITIZATION & DIGITAL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATE (T240389)

Description

The Digital Services Specialist supports the creation, management, preservation, and accessibility of digital collections by providing a variety of digitization, digital migration, metadata, and digital preservation services. Working within the Digital Services Lab, this position contributes to projects involving the digitization of physical materials, migration of legacy audiovisual formats, processing of born-digital content, and enhancement of metadata that supports discovery and long-term access to digital resources. This position is ideal for an individual with strong technical aptitude, attention to detail, and an interest in digital libraries, archives, cultural heritage collections, or digital preservation. This position offers an opportunity to contribute directly to the preservation and accessibility of unique digital collections that support teaching, learning, research, and community engagement. The successful candidate will gain experience with emerging technologies, digital preservation workflows, metadata standards, and large-scale digital collection initiatives while working in a collaborative and innovative environment.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of digitization and digital migration services including physical scanning, data extraction, and AV format migration.
• Extracts, prepares, processes, and organizes born-digital materials.
• Processes and packages print and audiovisual materials for online digital access and long-term preservation storage.
• Contributes to the creation, enhancement, and maintenance of metadata for digital and web archives collections, ensuring adherence to established standards and best practices.
• Assists with digital collections maintenance including updating access links, generating image thumbnails, identifying linking issues, and troubleshooting technical issues.
• Assist with reporting on digital services activities, including tracking progress and contributing to department documentation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

(Annual Salary: $43,890 - $46,800)

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of related experience required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement. Related experience may include library and information science, archival studies, information systems, computer science, history, communications, media production, digital humanities, or related disciplines. An ALA-accredited MLIS, or current enrollment in an ALA-accredited MLIS program, is preferred. Related experience also includes digitization, audiovisual migration, born-digital processing, metadata work, digital collections maintenance, archival or library processing, media editing, data manipulation, technical troubleshooting, workflow documentation, and student employee coordination.

Preferred hard skills include: digital imaging, audiovisual digitization, audio/video editing, digital file management, metadata creation and enhancement, data manipulation, and familiarity with library systems.

Preferred soft skills include: attention to detail, organization, adaptability, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and the ability to learn new technologies and workflows quickly.

UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran's status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB's Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.

Primary Location

University

Job Category

Professional & Managerial

Organization

230000000 UAB Libraries

Employee Status

Regular

Shift

Day/1st Shift

Work Arrangement (final schedule to be determined by the department/hiring manager)

Onsite