Society of Southwest Archivists

Part-time Digital Imaging Specialist | Couse-Sharp Historic Site (Taos, NM)

  • 05 Sep 2021 4:28 PM
    Message # 10982530
    Hannah Wood (Administrator)

    IMLS Project: Preservation and Access of the E.I. Couse Cellulose Nitrate Negative Collection (Two year grant funded project)

    Salary: $15-$18/hr dependent upon experience, approximately 20 hours/week
     
    Qualifications:
    The ideal candidate for this position will have experience with museum or archival collections, handling fragile materials, operating scanning equipment, photo editing applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, familiarity with photographic processes, and digital file management. Additional desired qualifications include an attention to detail, excellent computer skills, a high level of organization, the ability to work independently and troubleshoot minor technical issues, and familiarity with digital image standards and formats, controlled vocabularies, metadata schema, and online image databases. Previous experience with or knowledge of safe handling practices for cellulose nitrate is highly desirable, but not required. An undergraduate or graduate degree in photography, art history, museum studies, library and information science, or a related field is preferred.
     
    Project Duties:
    Under the general supervision of the Archivist, the Digital Imaging Specialist will be responsible for creating high-resolution digital surrogates of the original cellulose nitrate negatives in the Couse Family Photo Collection using a flatbed scanner and PC workstation. The work area will be equipped with a fume hood to minimize the impact of any potential off-gassing from the materials. All negatives will be stored in a laboratory-grade flammable materials storage freezer and project staff will practice established safety protocols when handling any cellulose nitrate.

    The Digital Imaging Specialist will then generate positive images for public access using a photo editing application such as Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. Each image will have item-level descriptive metadata created for it in the ContentDM Project Client. The project will employ DublinCore metadata standards as well as several different local and standardized controlled vocabularies used to identify the subjects of the photographs and to allow faceted searching in the public user interface.

    This is a part-time grant-funded staff position. The Digital Imaging Specialist will be responsible for tracking progress and meeting weekly and monthly targets to ensure the timely completion of the project by no later than August 2023. Any issues that might affect successful and on-time completion should be communicated to the Archivist in a timely fashion.

    For more information on the position and the project: http://couse-sharp.org/uploads_ed/files/IMLS%20Digitization%20Specialist%20Job%20Description%20FINAL.pdf

    To Apply: Please submit a resume and cover letter to Marissa Hendriks, Archivist/Collections Manager, no later than September 30, 2021, mhendriks@couse-sharp.org.

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