Part-Time Image Processing Assistant, The Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA [CLOSED]

Posted April 8, 2021

Description:

The Massachusetts Historical Society seeks an Image Processing Assistant to join the Collections
Services department. This is a part-time (17.5 hours per week) temporary, six-month grant-funded
position.

The Imaging Processing Assistant will create digital components for digital projects and web
presentations for a project to digitize collections representing marginalized communities. The work
contributes to the Society’s mission to make its archival and library collections discoverable and useable
by a wide web-based audience. This position is very production-oriented and will require the successful
candidate to be comfortable with repetitive tasks. The Imaging Processing Assistant will be a member of
the digital team and report to the Senior Archivist for Digital Initiatives.

Schedule and logistics: The position will be available in mid-April 2021 and will end in mid-October
2021.

Duties:
– Prepares digital components (digital images, associated metadata) using an image editor, an XML
editor, a web content management system and other in-house web tools and delivery systems.
– Creates master digital images of items from the Society’s collections
– Creates derivative digital images from master images of originals and microfilm
– Creates item metadata and content descriptions
– Contributes to the creation and dissemination of digitized content through web presentations
– Follows existing documentation and guidelines regarding digital imaging and metadata creation
– Participates in digital project team meetings and offers input about current production issues

How to apply:

This position has been filled