Part-Time Digital Preservation & Documentation Assistant

University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA); Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is seeking a Preservation Planning and Documentation Project Assistant to support planning and documenting MEAP's digital file management workflows. You will prepare digital collections for long-term preservation, create inventories, map directories, and produce explanatory documentation.

You will review storage spaces, align practices with data management, and help develop sustainable workflows for digital asset management in collaboration with UCLA

Qualifications

• Professional background or experience working with digital collections or supporting digitization projects.

Responsibilities

• Prepare MEAP digital collections content for long-term preservation by creating inventories and organizing files.

Skills

Digital preservation

Command line

Documentation

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Scripting (basic)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related area

Master's Degree in related area

Tools

JHOVE

FITS

ImageMagick

FFmpeg

BagIt

Bagger

Merritt

Job description

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is seeking a Preservation Planning and Documentation Project Assistant to support planning and documenting MEAP's digital file management workflows. You will prepare digital collections for long-term preservation, create inventories, map directories, and produce explanatory documentation.

You will review storage spaces, align practices with data management, and help develop sustainable workflows for digital asset management in collaboration with UCLA