From Andrea Vasquez
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The CUNY Digital History Archive (CDHA) — http://cdha.cuny.edu/ — is an
open, participatory digital archive and portal that gives the CUNY
community and the broader public online access to a range of materials
related to the history of the City University of New York. The CDHA will
conduct and collect oral history interviews as well as accept historical
materials and records contributed by individuals whose lives, in diverse
ways, have shaped, and been shaped, by CUNY. Faculty, staff, and students
have fought to sustain CUNY’s democratic mission and one of the goals
of the CUNY Digital History Archive is to document and preserve the stories
of those efforts. This project also involves coordination and collaboration
with CUNY college libraries and archives that house significant historical
collections and records related to CUNY’s history.
The CUNY Digital History Archive is conducted under the auspices of
the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at the
CUNY Graduate Center with the support of the Arthur P. Sloan Foundation. We
currently have openings for part-time positions (5-12 hours/week) for
Graduate Center students as well as student
internships/residencies/fellowships.
Applicants should have experience working collaboratively and be
self-motivated, highly organized and detail oriented. We encourage students
in history, political science, English, library sciences, urban education
or other relevant disciplines to apply. It may be particularly beneficial
if your own research relates, in any way, to the history of the university
or public education. Must have good research and writing skills
and/or strong technical/media skills. CDHA is programmed in Omeka and uses
the Solr search engine.
Skills and Responsibilities may include:
history/writing/arcival:
• proof-read oral history transcriptions
• write introductory descriptions for historical documents
• research and enter metadata (sources, tags, subjects, etc.) for archival
records
• organize and evaluate newly contributed items to the Archive and build
collections
technical/media
• scan images
• enhance CDHA website as needed
• digitize audio and video files from source tapes
• edit video and audio contributions to the CUNY Digital History Archive
project
Salary range is $17 – $20/hour.
*Contact:* Please email a cover letter and resume to Andrea Vásquez —
avasquez1@gc.cuny.edu. No phone calls please.
*Posting will remain open until positions are filled.Graduate Center
students are encouraged to apply.*
ASHP/CML/CUNY is an equal opportunity/affirmative action/Americans with
Disabilities Act employer.
