Graduate Student Library Assistant - Digital Production

This Graduate Student Library Assistant position in coordination with the Digital Collections Administrator will have oversight over training other SLAs and providing quality control over digitized work.

This position supports Digital Production by digitizing material for the Libraries’ Digital Collections and assisting in day-to-day operations of the production lab. The GSLA will digitize a variety of material types, such as text publications, photographs, sheet music, theses, drawings, fragile primary source documents, booklets, slides, etc. They will also edit images, transcribe texts, and occasionally create basic metadata.

This position will operate Fujifilm and Phase One cameras, Fujitsu ADF scanners, and all other scanning accessories. They will also provide training and troubleshooting on these systems and update related documentation. Other duties will include quality control of SLA work and advanced file conversion and organization using command-line tools.

We are looking for a student who is detail-oriented, has above-average computer skills, and an interest in learning new technologies. Desired hours and schedule are generally set by the graduate student library assistant based on their availability.

Hours coverage is needed: 8:00am - 5:30pm, Monday - Friday.