CLA-OIT is pleased to announce a call for Digital Content Library Fellows for 2011. They offer six graduate student positions who, along with two undergraduate students and three Visual Resources staff, collect, digitize, and catalog image, audio and video files for inclusion in the Digital Content Library. The 50% appointment includes tuition remission for fall and spring semesters. All applicants must be enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and be within their first six years of funding. Application deadline: April 22, 2011.
Call for Applications for CLA-OIT Graduate Student Fellowship, deadline is Friday, April 22
Call for Digital Content Library Fellows 2011-2012
CLA-OIT is pleased to announce the call for Digital Content Library Fellows for 2011. They have six graduate student positions who, along with two undergraduate students and three Visual Resources staff, collect, digitize, and catalog image, audio and video files for inclusion in the Digital Content Library (http://dcl.umn.edu).
Job Description: Digital Content Library Fellows
The Division of Academic Technologies for the College of Liberal Arts Office of Information Technology seeks enterprising, technologically savvy graduate students for the position of Digital Content Library Fellow for a nine or twelve month appointment. The 50% appointment includes tuition remission for fall and spring semesters.
Skills
The successful candidate will be energetic, self-motivated and self-directed, and have an interest in the capture, processing and cataloging of materials from many disciplines and varying formats for inclusion into a library of content that is accessible to all faculty, students and staff from the University of Minnesota. They are seeking students with specific skills in one or more of the following areas: digital photography, imaging software, audio and video capture, and generalized subject knowledge across a variety of disciplines.
Roles and Activities
DC Fellows will be responsible for:
* Assisting faculty and VRC staff in requesting, selecting and organizing materials for processing.
* Using flatbed and slide scanners, and copystand cameras to capture high-resolution images.
* Employing advanced Photoshop techniques to clean, crop, rotate and size these images.
* Converting and capturing audio and video materials from VHS, cassette, CD, DVD and mini DV tapes as necessary.
* Using video editing software to produce high quality masters from which streaming Flash files can be made.
* Creating catalog records in Filemaker database that comply with current standards, are robust and provide access for as many users as possible.
* Assisting in normalizing already existing database records.
* Participating in regular meetings to report on progress and discuss issues.
* Other duties as assigned.
To apply:
All applicants must be enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and be within their first six years of funding.
Please send a résumé/CV and cover letter expressing interest to:
Sarah Knoblauch, CLA-OIT Project Manager, sjk@umn.edu
Applicants must submit materials no later than Friday, April 22, 2011 for consideration.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:
Rebecca Moss
Visual Resources Center
mossx014@umn.edu
612-626-2333
