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Digital Archives Intern, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

Posted September 17, 2014

Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections (ASC) and Digital Assets and Preservation Services (DAPS) 

Simmons School of Library and Information Science at Mount Holyoke College (SLIS West) 

Part-time Graduate Student Intern 

Location
Mount Holyoke College, Library and Information Technology Services (LITS)

Date 
Anticipated start date: September 2014 

Department 
Simmons School of Library and Information Science 

Address 
Site: 

Library, Information and Technology Services 
Archives & Special Collections 
Mount Holyoke College 
50 College Street 
South Hadley, MA 01075 

Simmons SLIS West 
19 College Street 
South Hadley, MA 01075 

Job Description 
The Mount Holyoke Digital Archives Intern will support the creation of new workflows to help identify, select, manage, and preserve born-digital materials, especially digital video, and engage in a variety of activities related to processing, managing, and providing access to archival collections, while working closely with Archives and Special Collections (ASC) and the Digital Assets and Preservation Services (DAPS) departments. The intern will be expected to document effective new guidelines and recommendations for our born-digital content that can be implemented with current technology and available resources. The intern will also assist the departments with actual implementation of the new workflow(s) as timing allows. This is a unique, real-world opportunity to gain experience with both born-digital archives practice and to work with digital repository and asset management platforms.

Qualifications 
Required: 

  • Enrollment in the Simmons SLIS West program
  • Completion of one semester in the Simmons SLIS Program
  • Excellent oral and written communication, organization, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently
  • Ability to maintain a professional and tactful approach in all interactions, ensuring confidentiality and an individual’s right to privacy regarding appropriate information.
  • Must demonstrate an enthusiasm for delving into library systems and technologies that may be unfamiliar.

Preferred: 

  • Completion of LIS 438, Introduction to Archives
  • Familiarity with handling archives/special collections/institutional records
  • Knowledge of metadata schemas such as Dublin Core and MODS
  • Knowledge of content standards such as AACR2 and DACS and controlled vocabularies
  • Knowledge of best practices in the management and preservation of digital materials
  • Knowledge of digital repository/digital collections platforms, and/or digital asset management (DAM) systems
  • Should be comfortable working in a variety of image, audio, video, and text files.

Hourly rate 
$11.50/hour. 

Hours/week 
Up to 12 hours per week, hours may be somewhat flexible but must be scheduled in at least 2 hour blocks and during the hours Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. 

End period 
May 2015, contingent upon performance review in January 2015

Application Deadline
September 18, 2014

Please email a letter of interest and resume to both: 
Leslie Fields, Head of Archives and Special Collections (ASC)
Mount Holyoke College 
[email protected]

Sarah Goldstein
Head of Digital Assets and Preservation Services (DAPS)
Mount Holyoke College
[email protected]

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