Metadata Volunteer/Intern, Congregational Library and Archives, Boston MA

Posted May 16, 2014

The Congregational Library and Archives has a project, New England Hidden Histories (http://www.congregationallibrary.org/nehh/main) requiring the creation of metadata for digitized Colonial era church records, manuscripts, and papers.  We are interested in students who desire experience with a metadata project. The volunteer will apply appropriate metadata to provide description and access to the digital records. Each scanned page must be viewed for content and the data points listed in an Excel spreadsheet.

An interest in history is essential. Course work or interest in religion/theology/history is desirable. Ability to work independently and excellent attention to detail are required. Volunteers will be reading hand-written documents and acquiring skills for historical research, digital projects, and indexing/cataloging.  A commitment of 2-3 hours weekly for the one semester is required.   

Email Resume to Robin Duckworth, Digital Projects Specialist ([email protected])