Archives Intern

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Job Location (Full Address)

601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14642

Opening

Worker Subtype

Temporary

Time Type

Time as Reported / Per Diem

Scheduled Weekly Hours

As Scheduled

Department

400159 Institute for Innovative Educ

Work Shift

UR - Day (United States of America)

Range

UR URG 102 H

Compensation Range

$17.50 - $22.79 The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Responsibilities

This semester long internship offers experiential learning within the special collections and archives field. The intern will recieve hands-on archival processing experience by arranging and describing a collection from beginning (assessment) to end (finding aid creation in ArchivesSpace), as well as experience in creating a digital collection by curating, digitizing and creating metadata. In addition, the intern will also gain experience with collection promotion activities via social media and external avenues.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Process the Visiting Nurses Association of Rochester, NY papers according to national archival standards: rehouse the collection for preservation, arrange and describe the collection, and create a DACS-compliant finding aid in ArchivesSpace. Curate a digital collection from History of Medicine’s Atwater American Popular Medicine Collec