POSITION FILLED FOR SPRING 2024
Position: Archives Student Worker
Reports to: College Archivist & Special Collections Librarian - Gwen Coddington
Department: Hoover Library
Scope: Assist College Archivist & Special Collections Librarian with the arrangement, care, description, and display of archival materials
Responsibilities:
- Assist in a survey of archival collections, including crosschecking existing finding aids and repositories for accuracy, assessing collections’ preservation needs, and determining further description and arrangement activities
- Operate Zeutschel overhead book scanner to digitize various archival materials, including but not limited to college publications, photographs, and newspapers
- Assist in assembling archival exhibits, including creating exhibit labels and handling and display of materials
- Under the supervision of the College Archivist, process archival collections, arrange materials, and create finding aids
- Help with archive events, activities, and tours as needed
- Complete other duties as assigned by the Archivist & Special Collections Librarian
Schedule:
- 4-8 hours a week, Monday-Friday, must have availability between 8:30 AM-3:30 PM.
Required Qualifications:
- Current sophomore, junior, or senior student at McDaniel (a few exceptions may be made for first-year students)
- Able to engage in a repetitive task requiring extensive use of hands (e.g. cutting, folding, and other miscellaneous tasks requiring dexterity),
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Able to closely follow multi-step workflows
- Comfortable learning new software applications
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Comfortable working around dust and dirt
- Discretion and reliability in handling sensitive and confidential information
Preferred Qualifications:
- History/Art History, Art, or English Major or Minor
- Strong interest in archives, museum studies, or other cultural heritage institutions
- Familiarity with archival principals and proper handling/storage of historic materials
- Demonstrated experience in historical research
- Background in art and craft skills preferred
Physical Characteristics:
- This position requires sitting or standing for long periods of time, as well as some bending and stooping.
- This position does have some limited lifting involved but not more than 15-25 pounds at a time.
Quite a bit of finger/hand dexterity and steadiness is involved handling archival materials. The ability to use a keyboard and mouse is required. The overall setting of the job is in an area conducive to a normal office environment with minimal exposure to adverse conditions.
