The James A. Lindner Digital Archive Summer Fellowship
The HistoryMakers is pleased to announce
The James A. Lindner Digital Archive Summer Fellowship, in honor of James A. Lindner, for his leadership role in the moving image archival profession, as well as his role in having the Library of Congress serve as the permanent repository for
The HistoryMakers Collection. The James A. Lindner Digital Archive Summer Fellow should exhibit a passion and commitment to working with digital moving image archives.
The purpose of
The James A. Lindner Digital Archive Summer Fellowship is to provide hands-on experience working with a one-of-a-kind digital video oral history archive, and a professional and focused experience in archival work, structured around processing and preservation
of moving image archival collections, migration and digitization, cataloging and archival descriptive practices and standards.
The James A. Lindner Digital Archive Summer Fellowship is open to any individual who is interested in working with collections of African American and/or video oral history materials and is a recent graduate of a master’s program in archival science,
archival management, digital archives, special collections, library science, information management, computer science, or a related program prior to the start date of the fellowship. Further application eligibility and guidelines are outlined below.
The HistoryMakers is a growing and dynamic 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating an unprecedented national
video oral history archival institution recording the stories of both well-known and unsung African American HistoryMakers. The goal is to record at least 5,000 oral history interviews and to expose this material to the public through strategic media, technology,
academic and community partnerships. In June 2014, the nation’s foremost repository—the Library of Congress—announced that it will serve as the
permanent repository of The HistoryMakers collection. In 2015, Harvard University, Yale University, Boston University, Howard University, and Emory University all licensed
The HistoryMakers Digital Archive for use on their campuses, and in the classroom.
STIPEND:
$5,000.00
FELLOWSHIP DURATION:
10 weeks – (Monday, May 30, 2016 - Friday, August 5, 2016)
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The James A. Lindner Digital Archive Summer Fellow’s primary tasks will include the arrangement, description and preservation of
The HistoryMakers Collection. The Fellow will help migrate digital footage, enter metadata into
The HistoryMakers FileMaker Pro database, and process The HistoryMakers video oral history interviews, both analog and born-digital, as well as captioning photographs and multimedia submissions. The Fellow will gain valuable experience working
with The HistoryMakers unique Digital Archive and creating finding aids. The Fellow’s duties will also include assisting in digital curation and preparing descriptive, technical, and other metadata. The Fellow will learn about employing best practices
to ensure the long-term availability and discoverability of the digital content in
The HistoryMakers Collection. The Fellow will work with FileMaker Pro as an electronic resource for tracking and indexing collection materials online or through other media. This includes managing the care and handling of born-digital and analog collection
materials yet to be digitized.
ELIGIBILITY
The requirements for consideration are:
LODGING
Lodging arrangements are the responsibility of the fellow. Applicants will be provided with information on local housing options upon acceptance as
The James A. Lindner Digital Archive Summer Fellow.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Submit the following for consideration:
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Friday, April 15, 2016
Submit application material to:
The James A. Lindner Digital Archive Summer Fellowship
The HistoryMakers
1900 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616
For further information contact
The HistoryMakers at: [log in to unmask]
Dionti Davis
Special Assistant to the Executive Director
The HistoryMakers
1900 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 674-1900
(312) 674-1915 (fax)