Project Technician, JDC Archives Oral History Project (NYC)

See the listing below for a part-time, limited-term opening at the JDC Archives in New York, assisting with an oral history digitization and access project. If you have any questions about the position before applying, feel free to contact me off-list.

Best,
Aaron Rosenblum
Processing Archivist
JDC Archives
[Business e-mail:] Aaron.Rosenblum@jdcny.org

Website: http://archives.jdc.org/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/jdcarchives

INSTITUTION: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives
POSITION TITLE: Project Technician
DEPARTMENT: Archives
REPORTS TO: Aaron Rosenblum, Processing Archivist
DATE: April, 2013

As part of a collaborative venture between JDC and the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris to preserve and provide access to the JDC Oral History Collection, the JDC Archives seeks a project technician to join the New York archives staff for a 6-to-12 month, half-time position.

I. RESPONSIBILITIES
- ingest of files from digitization vendor,
- quality assurance of the audio material received from the vendor,
- edit audio recordings and audio recording excerpts,
- prepare materials for resource sharing,
- aid the project archivist in cataloging items in archival database,
- aid the project archivist in preparing item-level metadata.

II. JOB SPECIFICATIONS

SKILLS NEEDED:
- digital audio editing experience required (WaveLab, Logic, ProTools, Cubase)
- library or archival cataloging experience preferred
- database data entry experience preferred
- experience with MS Office required

EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
- MLS/MLIS with archival concentration preferred
- advanced training in audio engineering preferred
- database management training preferred
- interest in and knowledge of Jewish history preferred

All inquiries and referrals are to be directed to Robin Salsberg, robin.salsberg@jdcny.org