Student Library Assistant – Volunteer Voices Project

Digitization/ Processing/ Transcription

Locations statewide (Nashville, Murfreesboro, Knoxville)

 

The Volunteer Voices Project, a statewide collaborative digitization project, seeks qualified students to assist in processing and providing access to the contributed historic materials.

 

Hours: 10-15 hours per week; schedule is negotiable within our business hours.

 

Required Qualifications:

            • College student (undergraduate or graduate) in liberal arts or information science

            • Strong attention to detail

            • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

            • Comfortable working with computers and learning new software programs

            • Must be able to work independently

            • Punctual and reliable

            • Interest in Tennessee history, manuscripts, or librarianship

 

Preferred:

            • Prior library work experience

            • Ability to read 19^th Century handwriting

            • Prior experience using a flat-bed scanner

            • Prior experience handling rare or fragile materials

            • Research experience in a special collections library

 

Duties/Responsibilities:

            • Under limited supervision, scan selected archival materials, including letters, diaries, photographs and other historic items

            • Complete XML records for historic manuscripts and archival materials

            • Perform Quality Control tasks on incoming records and files

            • Create full-text transcriptions of items scanned for the Volunteer Voices Project

            • Other duties as assigned

 

Application Procedure:

To apply for this position, email a cover letter explaining your interest in the position and a current resume to Tiffani Conner at [log in to unmask].