Digital Curation Graduate Student Assistant at the Bentley Historical Library

Working under the general supervision of the Archivist for Digital Curation, the Student Assistant will be engaged in tasks associated with digital curation and preservation. 

Digital curation and preservation tasks include: employing digital forensics techniques to transfer content off of removable media, updating records in ArchivesSpace, crawling websites and conducting quality assurance on previously captured sites using Archive-It, and other duties as assigned. This work will enable the Bentley to provide access to digital archival materials.

School of Information students are highly encouraged to apply, particularly those interested in digital preservation, archives, and born-digital curation

This position is open to actively enrolled U-M Graduate Students. The candidate needs to have work availability to schedule work hours within the timeframe of Monday-Friday (9 am-5 pm).

This position requires routinely moving up to 30-40 pounds safely and occasionally ascend/descend ladders and/or stairs. 

Qualifications:

• Experience or interest in legacy computer hardware or storage media, digital curation/preservation, or digital forensics

• Demonstrated organizational skills with excellent attention to detail

• Excellent writing and communication skills

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office / Google Docs; ability to learn new technology