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Digitization Assistant

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 507993
Division/Organization: Community Partners
Department: Wisconsin Historical Society
Job Type: Local Work Study Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: HISTORICAL SOCIETY, STATE
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $14.00
Job Categories: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Digital Technology, Teamwork/Collaboration, Government and Public Administration, Information Technology and Computers, Local Work-Study Required Student Jobs, Honoring Context and Culture, Federal Work-Study Preferred

Department Overview:

 Digital Services is responsible for the digitization and provision of access to the Wisconsin Historical Society's online collections.

Anticipated Start Date:

 10/18/2024

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 8

Schedule:

 8-20 hours a week

Help is needed during normal business hours: 8AM-5 PM Monday-Friday. Schedules are flexible.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $14.00

Number of Positions:

 2

Qualifications:

 Work-study award for 2024-2025 is required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Attention to detail.
Experience with digitization equipment
Experience with MS Excel

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Task include, but are not limited to the following:
Digitizing collection materials using flatbed scanner
Create metadata for digitized materials and prepare them for online access

Physical Demands:

Ability to life up to 40 pounds and/or push a wheeled cart full of collections materials.

Most task require regular use of computers and digitization equipment, so the ability to sit for long periods of times is required.

Institutional Statements:

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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