Digital Collection Development Intern (Unpaid), Watertown Free Public Library, Watertown, MA

Posted January 25, 2017

Description

The Watertown Free Public Library is actively engaged in selecting, preserving, and digitizing materials from our extensive local history holdings to curate digital collections on our large, interactive touchscreen displays. Our goal is to make these materials visible to our community and encourage exploration.

The intern will work with our Digital Librarian to create a collection on “Industry and Innovation in Watertown” from scratch. This will entail identifying and selecting photos, book passages, letters, and other documents from our collection that pertain to the history of industry and innovation in Watertown, digitizing them, creating metadata for them, and working with our staff members to design and implement an engaging interactive digital display (we use Intuiface software).

Some of our local standouts include Hood Rubber, The US Army Arsenal, the Stanley Steamer Company, Exergen, and more. There’s lots to choose from! This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in local history collections, digitization, digital collections, and metadata.

Qualifications

The candidate must have some understanding of and respect for archival collections, and a passion for curating compelling materials for a general audience. Comfort with technology is a must! You should thrive on working collaboratively, but be comfortable making independent decisions when necessary. Classwork or experience in digital collections would be a plus.

To apply, submit a cover letter and resume to Jill Clements at [email protected].