DIGITIZATION & DIGITAL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATE

University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Birmingham, AL
  • $43,890–$46,800 Per Year
3 days ago

Job Description

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The Digital Services Specialist supports the creation, management, preservation, and accessibility of digital collections by providing a variety of digitization, digital migration, metadata, and digital preservation services. Working within the Digital Services Lab, this position contributes to projects involving the digitization of physical materials, migration of legacy audiovisual formats, processing of born-digital content, and enhancement of metadata that supports discovery and long-term access to digital resources. This position is ideal for an individual with strong technical aptitude, attention to detail, and an interest in digital libraries, archives, cultural heritage collections, or digital preservation. This position offers an opportunity to contribute directly to the preservation and accessibility of unique digital collections that support teaching, learning, research, and community engagement. The successful candidate will gain experience with emerging technologies, digital preservation workflows, metadata standards, and large-scale digital collection initiatives while working in a collaborative and innovative environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Performs a variety of digitization and digital migration services including physical scanning, data extraction, and AV format migration.

  • Extracts, prepares, processes, and organizes born-digital materials.

  • Processes and packages print and audiovisual materials for online digital access and long-term preservation storage.

  • Contributes to the creation, enhancement, and maintenance of metadata for digital and web archives collections, ensuring adherence to established standards and best practices.

  • Assists with digital collections maintenance including updating access links, generating image thumbnails, identifying linking issues, and troubleshooting technical issues.

  • Assist with reporting on digital services activities, including tracking progress and contributing to department documentation.

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

(Annual Salary: $43,890 - $46,800)

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The Digital Services Specialist supports the creation, management, preservation, and accessibility of digital collections by providing a variety of digitization, digital migration, metadata, and digital preservation services. Working within the Digital Services Lab, this position contributes to projects involving the digitization of physical materials, migration of legacy audiovisual formats, processing of born-digital content, and enhancement of metadata that supports discovery and long-term access to digital resources. This position is ideal for an individual with strong technical aptitude, attention to detail, and an interest in digital libraries, archives, cultural heritage collections, or digital preservation. This position offers an opportunity to contribute directly to the preservation and accessibility of unique digital collections that support teaching, learning, research, and community engagement. The successful candidate will gain experience with emerging technologies, digital preservation workflows, metadata standards, and large-scale digital collection initiatives while working in a collaborative and innovative environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Performs a variety of digitization and digital migration services including physical scanning, data extraction, and AV format migration.

  • Extracts, prepares, processes, and organizes born-digital materials.

  • Processes and packages print and audiovisual materials for online digital access and long-term preservation storage.

  • Contributes to the creation, enhancement, and maintenance of metadata for digital and web archives collections, ensuring adherence to established standards and best practices.

  • Assists with digital collections maintenance including updating access links, generating image thumbnails, identifying linking issues, and troubleshooting technical issues.

  • Assist with reporting on digital services activities, including tracking progress and contributing to department documentation.

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

(Annual Salary: $43,890 - $46,800)

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Bachelor''s degree and three (3) years of related experience required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement. Related experience may include library and information science, archival studies, information systems, computer science, history, communications, media production, digital humanities, or related disciplines. An ALA-accredited MLIS, or current enrollment in an ALA-accredited MLIS program, is preferred. Related experience also includes digitization, audiovisual migration, born-digital processing, metadata work, digital collections maintenance, archival or library processing, media editing, data manipulation, technical troubleshooting, workflow documentation, and student employee coordination.

Preferred hard skills include: digital imaging, audiovisual digitization, audio/video editing, digital file management, metadata creation and enhancement, data manipulation, and familiarity with library systems.

Preferred soft skills include: attention to detail, organization, adaptability, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and the ability to learn new technologies and workflows quickly.

UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran''s status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB''s Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.

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Bachelor''s degree and three (3) years of related experience required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement. Related experience may include library and information science, archival studies, information systems, computer science, history, communications, media production, digital humanities, or related disciplines. An ALA-accredited MLIS, or current enrollment in an ALA-accredited MLIS program, is preferred. Related experience also includes digitization, audiovisual migration, born-digital processing, metadata work, digital collections maintenance, archival or library processing, media editing, data manipulation, technical troubleshooting, workflow documentation, and student employee coordination.

Preferred hard skills include: digital imaging, audiovisual digitization, audio/video editing, digital file management, metadata creation and enhancement, data manipulation, and familiarity with library systems.

Preferred soft skills include: attention to detail, organization, adaptability, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and the ability to learn new technologies and workflows quickly.

UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran''s status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB''s Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.

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Numbers & Facts

LocationBirmingham, AL
Salary$43,890–$46,800 Per Year

Skills

  • Audio Editingunmatched
  • Audiovisualunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Digital Photographyunmatched
  • Digital Videounmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Editingunmatched
  • Emerging Technologyunmatched
  • File Managementunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Library and Information Scienceunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Media Productionunmatched
  • Metadataunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Project Trackingunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Training/Teachingunmatched
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