Photo Archives Intern: Research, Metadata & Preservation

University of Texas at Austin; United States; On-site; USD 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Texas at Austin’s Dolph Briscoe Center for American History seeks a Senior Student Associate intern for the Photography Archives. The role processes collections, answers reference questions, and helps create archival digital files for finding aids, integrating metadata into the database.

You will receive training in preservation, arrangement, description, and finding aids creation, with opportunities for special projects.

Qualifications

• University of Texas student status and enrolled in at least six semester credit hours
• High school graduation or GED and two years full-time equivalent library experience; OR 60 hours college credit and one year full-time equivalent library experience; OR twelve hours of graduate coursework in library and information science
• Excellent organizational skills
• Regular and punctual attendance
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Ability to work under supervision
• Ability to lift up to 50-pound boxes during a three- to four-hour period of time
• Please upload your resume with a letter of interest and the names of three (3) work references with their contact information either as one pdf or all separate but in this same section. Your application cannot be considered without all required materials.

Responsibilities

• Process collections and answer reference questions.
• Train to create archival quality digital files for EAD finding aids and integrate into an existing database with metadata.
• Gain training related to preservation, arrangement, description, and creation of finding aids for archival collections of photographic materials.
• Participate in special projects such as web exhibits and learn other archival tasks as available.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Punctual attendance

Education

High school diploma or GED

60 hours college credit

Graduate coursework in library science

Tools

Photoshop

FileMaker Pro

Database software

Job description

University of Texas at Austin’s Dolph Briscoe Center for American History seeks a Senior Student Associate intern for the Photography Archives. The role processes collections, answers reference questions, and helps create archival digital files for finding aids, integrating metadata into the database.

You will receive training in preservation, arrangement, description, and finding aids creation, with opportunities for special projects.