Media Preservation Student Assistant
Position Overview
Do you pride yourself on your attention to details, dexterity and organizational skills? Are you interested in interacting with KU Libraries' audiovisual materials, both analog and digital? Do you enjoy investigating and describing unknown content? If so, why not consider applying for a student position with Conservation Services.
Job Description
Students will be involved in activities, such as:
Conservation Services employs student workers who are good at following complex directions, able to adapt to changing workflows and appreciate repetitive tasks. If you don't mind some heavy lifting and getting a bit dirty, enjoy a job where you are often in motion, and have a positive, can-do attitude, please apply!
- the cleaning and caring for a variety of audiovisual formats.
- film winding and inspection.
- labeling and re-housing analog materials.
- creating digital files.
- keeping track of audiovisual materials in spreadsheets.
Conservation Services employs student workers who are good at following complex directions, able to adapt to changing workflows and appreciate repetitive tasks. If you don't mind some heavy lifting and getting a bit dirty, enjoy a job where you are often in motion, and have a positive, can-do attitude, please apply!
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated prior work experience with performing detailed and repetitive work with a high degree of accuracy as evidenced on application materials.
- During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: 1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or 2) be pre-enrolled in upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or 3) be enrolled in summer session or 4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).
Preferred Qualifications
- Work-study, library or archive experience.
- Prior experience handling film and legacy audio and video formats.
- Experience creating Word and Excel documents.
- Experience with Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Media Encoder, HandBrake or other media editing programs.
Additional Candidate Instructions
In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:
Review of applications begins on September 23, 2024 and continues until position has been filled.
- A cover letter addressing how required and preferred qualifications are met.
- Resume.
- Contact information for three professional references.
Review of applications begins on September 23, 2024 and continues until position has been filled.
Contact Information to Applicants
Andrew Hansbrough
hansbrough@ku.edu
hansbrough@ku.edu
Advertised Salary Range
$11.00 per hour
Work Schedule
Approximately 15 hours/week; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday between the hours of 9am - 4pm.
Anticipated Start Date
Tuesday October 1, 2024