Digitization Assistant
Baker Library Special Collections, Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School
(three-month full-time temp position; 35 hours per week M-F; $18 per hour; no benefits)
Duties:?Baker Library Historical Collections seeks a Digitization Assistant to provide support for a scanning project focused on a contemporary business collection.? As a member of the project team, the assistant will be responsible for the preparation of materials for digitization and quality control, as well as assisting with other aspects of the project.
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Duties will include:
- Generating barcoded coversheets.
- Identifying and photocopying items with preservation and/or privacy concerns.
- Verifying core metadata such as author, date, and page count in a spreadsheet.
- Selecting the best quality copy for digitization.
- Separating and re-housing items selected for digitization.
- Conducting quality control of master and access copies of scanned images and associated metadata.
- Re-integrating original items with the collection.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications:
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
- Strong attention to detail essential.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
- Ability to meet deadlines consistently.
- Familiarity with accepted conservation and preservation methods applied to archival and manuscript collections, and sensitivity to proper care and handling of special collections.
- Demonstrated proficiency with computer applications.
- Must be able to regularly lift and/or move 40 lbs.
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To apply:?Please submit resume and cover letter to Rachel Wise at?[email protected]; Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163.
No phone calls please.
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