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Web Archiving Assistant

Graduate/Academic Hourly – University Archives

 Position available:  Graduate hourly – 20 hours per week - Available in the University Archives. Funding supports approximately 600 hours of work with expected depletion in June, 2013.

Duties:  Under the direction of the Assistant University Archivist assists in activities related to web content harvesting for preservation. This includes but is not limited to: working in consultation with the Assistant University Archivist and the IDEALS Coordinator to identify, organize and seed the web archive interface with targeted content, organizing content, adding various types of metadata, conducting quality assurance testing and troubleshooting failed, incomplete or otherwise unsatisfactory content captures, and working with the web archiving working group to refine policy based on experience.  

Qualifications:

Education:

• Some LIS course work related to digital preservation, data curation and/or archival practice

 Required: 

• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other significant web design technologies
• Familiarity with web site design and architecture concepts including: links, embedded content, web forms, site navigation
• Comfort with quickly learning computing concepts and applications
• Familiarity with computer-based tools such as wikis
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Attention to organization and detail
• Ability to both work independently and with others
• Previous employment experience

 Desirable:

• Basic knowledge of web harvesting technologies and methods
• Familiarity with computer automation methods and/or scripting

 For more information or to apply please email resume or C.V. and brief cover letter to:

 Dr. Christopher Prom, Associate University Archivist

prom@illinois.edu

University Library
19 Library
1408 W Gregory Dr.
M/C 522
Urbana, IL  61801

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