Media Preservation Graduate Assistantship
Position & Title: Pre-professional Graduate Assistant, Preservation Services
FTE and Duration: 45% Appointment (18 hours/week), available August 16, 2024 – May 15, 2025
Organizational Relationship : This position reports to the Media Preservation Coordinator
Major Duties & Responsibilities : Under the direction of the Media Preservation Coordinator, this position assists in the day-to-day operations of the media preservation program in support of the Library’s analog and digital sound and moving image collections.
Major duties will include:
- Tracking and management of media collection items through media preservation workflow
- Collaboration and support of media preservation related projects
- Assisting with preparations for outsourced and in-house media reformatting
- Working collaboratively with Special Collections, Archives, and other library stakeholders
- Hands-on conservation of media collection items
Other duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Digital transfer and reformatting of analog media items
- Documentation of preservation and conservation workflows
- Managing relationships with Library and University staff
- Assistance with project development and grant preparations
- Assisting with preparations for new media productions and exhibitions utilizing audiovisual elements
- Working collaboratively with Digital Preservation Services for ingest of digital media into institutional digital repository
For information on Media Preservation, see: https://www.library.illinois.edu/preservation/media-preservation/
Required Qualifications: Ability to work a set schedule of 18 hours between the operating hours of 9 am and 5 pm. Experience or interest in the field of preservation and/or conservation of library materials, specifically media. Basic computing skills. Ability to work independently.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with audiovisual media production, post-production or preservation. Experience with digital media, digital preservation frameworks, metadata and collection management best practices. Experience with databases.
To Apply: Please send resume and cover letter to Joshua Harris, jsharrs@illinois.edu.