Digital Resources and Coordination Intern at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Description

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a federally chartered, nonpartisan institution that was created by the US Congress to serve as America’s national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an educational institution dedicated to the history and lessons of the Holocaust. The Museum seeks to educate Americans from all 50 states and all walks of life as well as international audiences. The Museum has three areas of expertise: Holocaust remembrance, Holocaust scholarship and education, and genocide prevention.

In carrying out its important memorial and educational mission, the Museum is guided by its institutional values for our workplace: Honor the memory of the victims; carry out our work with dignity, humility, integrity and respect for others; and strive for excellence through teamwork, rigor, and a culture of continuous learning. Consistent respect for others is the foundation for trust, collegiality and inclusion.

Overview of Internship
Title: Digital Resources and Coordination Intern	Session Dates: January 9, 2023 – May 12, 2023
Job Type: Paid Internship	Hourly Rate of Pay: $16.00
Work Location: Bowie, Maryland	Work Schedule: 16 -20 hours per week
Student Type: Graduate	Application Deadline: October 30, 2022

Information about the Office/Division:

The Digital Access Division is responsible for managing a growing collection of digital historical collections comprising oral history, film, sound, photos, objects, archival documents, and metadata. Its mandate includes ensuring the millions of digital assets in the Museum’s collection are made accessible to all users, whether remote, local, or staff, and preserving them for future generations. This work includes collaborating with staff across the Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation to digitize the collection, receive digital acquisitions, and integrate metadata from various databases, and to create the best user experience possible in its online Collections Search. The Division works closely with partners across the Museum to develop and implement the access, management and preservation system architecture that will secure our collections long into the future.

This position will be a part of the Digital Resources and Coordination Branch of the Digital Access Division. The goal for the role is to be immersed in the tools, theory, and practice of digitization and digital asset management and preservation.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Become familiar with the Museum’s digital assessment management and preservation systems
  • Intern will be given an overview of the digital asset management and preservation systems at USHMM
  • Intern will be trained on the ingestion and organization of digital assets

• Introduction to tools and concepts related to digitizing, preserving, and making accessible personal paper archival collections
  • Intern will be introduced to the workflow of the Archival Paper Digitization Program
  • Intern will be introduced to the imaging process for personal paper collections
  • Intern will be provided with additional resources to further their own learning

• Perform quality control on approximately 350-400 images per week produced through the Archival Paper Digitization Program
  • Intern will be trained on performing quality control on digital images with physical reconciliation
  • Intern will be training on object handling
  • Intern will review the quality of the digital images, crop, deskew, assess for reshoots, and physical reconcile. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing an advanced degree in one of the following fields
  • Library and Information Science
  • Museum Studies
  • History
• Interest in the accessibility, management, and preservation of digital collections
• Interest in learning new tools and technologies
• Comfortable performing repetitive tasks
• Organized and detail oriented

Requirements:

• Attach your Resume and Cover Letter in one Word or PDF document, titled by your first and last name, when applying
• Must be able to pass a background check

To be eligible to participate in the Internship Program, students must meet the three following enrollment criteria:

• The student must be 18 years or older currently enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited college or university
• The student must have completed at least the first semester of their freshman year (At least at the time of application)
• Provide proof of legal right to work in the United States

The Museum is committed to cultivating and maintaining a culture of diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion (DEAI). Please click here to view the Museum Statement on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (PDF).