Digital Humanities Student Intern

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Detalles del trabajo

Area del puesto: Tecnología

Publicación: hace 14 horas
Ubicacion del puesto: Florida - Estados Unidos
Trabajo remoto: No
Descripción

Job Summary

Florida International University Libraries Digital Collections Center (DCC) invites applications for a dynamic and challenging undergraduate internship position for the Fall 2025 semester. 

The mission of the DCC is to build online collections of enduring value for the university and broader user community by identifying, digitizing, and preserving information resources of scholarly, educational, and civic interest. The Center's digital collections focus on local and regional content of historical, cultural, and educational importance. This includes materials such as unique and rare books; photographs; maps; oral histories; FIU scholarly and creative works; reports, and ephemera. 

Responsibilities: 

  • Acquiring hands-on experience in digital collections workflows, standards, and technologies.  
  • Applying training to scanning; the creation and quality assurance of metadata; use of digital library system software for online dissemination; and digital preservation of born digital and digitized materials.  

Interns will work closely with Digital Collections Center faculty and staff on current departmental projects to digitize and preserve content. Projects may also require research and project documentation. 

Minimum Qualifications

Open to Humanities majors only (Art, Art History, English, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Modern Languages, etc.) 

  • Requires prior completion of FIU Service Excellence training or completion within first 30 days.
  • Interest in history and/or library collections.
  • Interest and ability to learn new technologies and platforms.
  • Ability to work in a team setting.
  • Ability to take direction and work independently as needed.

Job Category

Student Assistant

Student Disclosure

  • Applicants must be currently enrolled as a student at FIU with a minimum of six (6) credits as an Undergraduate student or three (3) credits as a Graduate student during the Fall and Spring semesters. 
  • During the Summer semesters, Students need only remain enrolled and are not required to take credit hours, but cannot have graduated.
  • Upon decreasing credit hours or graduating, student employment must end.

Work Schedule

  • Flexible 
  • Hybrid 
  • This is a one semester internship. 
  • 10 to 12 weeks not to exceed 144 hours per semester 

Advertised Salary

$18.00/hour 

Pre-Employment Requirements

Criminal Background Check

This student appointment may be subjected to a pre-employment background check.

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