Digital Camera Scanning Assist

Working Title: Digital Camera Scanning Assistant

Job Classification & Code: Temporary and Casual- 67 Days appointment

Department/Unit: Cataloging, Metadata and Digitization Services

Service Area: Collections & Content Strategy
Reports to: Digital Library Services Librarian

Location: Twin Cities

Work Hours: M-F, hours TBD

Pay Rate: $17.50/hour

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
This position provides advanced digitization services for the Digital Library Services unit working on a number of digitization projects. This work is done under the direction and supervision of DLS staff.

Typical Duties:

• Prepare various physical formats for digitization including cross-referencing, correcting and/or creating inventory spreadsheets with particular emphasis on oversized and overhead camera materials.
• Digitize print and text-based materials using various scanning equipment, assisting senior photographer with capture projects as needed.
• Handle post-scan administrative processes such as quality control review, editing, renaming, and file delivery.
• Assist with basic metadata clean-up projects: cross-reference, edit, or correct basic descriptive metadata using supplied spreadsheets.
• Document / track edits, maintaining constant communication with supervisor.

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to make independent decisions and also collaborate as part of a team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience handling archival, special collections, and other fragile materials, particularly large oversized and art-based materials.
• Experience updating or creating descriptive metadata for archival and special collections according to national and local best practices.
• Experience with ContentDM collections management system.
• Experience or familiarity working with different types of scanning equipment in a production environment.
• Experience or familiarity with photo editing software.
• Background in history, art history, or information science.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to the benefits of diversity and inclusion throughout an organization.

Service Area Overview

The Collections & Content Strategy service area provides leadership in the development, discovery, and long term stewardship of the University of Minnesota Libraries' wide-ranging collections. With over 7.7 million print volumes, and millions of electronic resources, the University of Minnesota Libraries' research collections address all current and emerging areas of study at the University. Our collections are amongst the largest in the country. C&CS directs and oversees the acquisition, licensing, description, and discovery of content to meet the needs of the University community and all those interested in our collections. We also facilitate access to resources held at our extensive network of partner libraries throughout the world. The C&CS service area also develops and stewards the technologies and systems that support the metadata, fulfillment, and discovery of our robust resources for both the Twin Cities campus and the system campus libraries. We provide digitization, management, and preservation of the Libraries' physical collections to ensure long-term, broad access to those resources in our possession. Our aim is to increase access to, and awareness of, unique resources for scholars throughout the world. We also provide services and expertise to campus content creators on our collections, intellectual property rights, and copyright information while advocating for sustainable models for scholarly communication and information sharing. We work collaboratively with Libraries staff across the University of Minnesota system, campus partners, and external partners to advance the mission of the Libraries and the University.

No benefits available for this position.

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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC)

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