Media Processing Assistant
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Job No: 509289
Division/Organization: General Library
Department: Archives
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Partially Remote
Location: STEENBOCK MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $15
Job Categories: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Digital Technology, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Honoring Context and Culture, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
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Department Overview:
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives and Records Management collects, preserves, and provides access to our University's documented history. We connect the campus community, scholars, and the public with UW-Madison's past to support an inclusive understanding of its present and potential futures. We provide expert guidance and ethical stewardship of collections that encourage engagement with the University's rich and diverse stories and cultural heritage. For more information about the Archives, visit https://www.library.wisc.edu/archives. |
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Anticipated Start Date:
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summer or fall (flexible) |
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Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):
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Remote Work Eligibility Detail:
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Partially Remote
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Anticipated Hours Per Week:
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Minimum:6 Maximum: 8 |
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Schedule:
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Shifts must be during Archives' open business hours, M-F, 9-4 pm but otherwise students can set their own schedules. |
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Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:
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Minimum: $15 |
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Number of Positions:
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1-2 |
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Qualifications:
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WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
--Prefer minimum of academic year commitment
--Commitment to contributing to an inclusive work environment
--A desire to learn, an attention to detail and accuracy, the ability to work both independently and on a team, and meet scheduled commitments |
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Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
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--Experience, knowledge, and/or interest in archives, public history, and/or campus history
--Experience in and/or interest in learning archival arrangement, description, and preservation practices, particularly for image and audiovisual materials
--Experience or willingness to learn software, such as ArchivesSpace, Aeon, FileMaker Pro, and Google Apps
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Position Summary/Job Duties:
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RESPONSIBILITIES may include:
--Processing media collections which may include inspecting, re-housing and creating descriptions for archival media materials such as photographs, videotapes, and film
--Prepping and tracking media materials to be sent out for digitization
--Completing quality control tasks for digitized media materials from the collections
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Physical Demands:
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N/A
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Institutional Statements:
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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu
Accommodation Statement:
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
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