Minnesota Council of Nonprofits is hiring: Audio-Visual Archive Project Speciali

Job Title: Audio-Visual Archive Project Specialist – Recordings at Risk Grant

Reports to: Archivist

Classification: Part-time, hourly; grant funded

Pay: $22/hour

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Hours: 20-30 hours/week not to exceed 675 hours total. Onsite position with the option for some remote work hours. Working hours are between 9am and 5pm, Monday through Friday, starting in January 2025 and ending by August 31, 2025.

About the American Craft Council

The American Craft Council is a nationwide, membership-based nonprofit working to foster livelihoods and ways of living grounded in the artful work of the human hand, creating a more joyful, humane, and regenerative world. Building upon an 80+ year legacy of tradition and innovation, ACC is part of a growing coalition of organizations, makers, and advocates at the forefront of a movement that supports craft-centered livelihoods and ways of living—an American craft renaissance.

Background

As a program of the American Craft Council, the Archives is the repository of the Council archives, including those of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts/American Craft Museum (1956-1990). The Audio-Visual collection contains recordings of interviews and panel discussions with major craft artists, craft artist demonstrations, conference and symposia proceedings, and visual recordings produced in conjunction with exhibitions from the Museum of Contemporary Crafts/American Craft Museum. The collection supports research in the field of contemporary American craft and design. The ACC Archives is located in NE Minneapolis, and is open to the public for research by appointment.

Position Summary

The American Craft Council (ACC) Library is currently seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated intern to work on a grant-funded digitization project under the supervision of the ACC librarian.

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) under the Recordings at Risk grant program is funding the digitization and processing of digital assets of the Audio-Visual archives of the American Craft Council currently in analog format.

The primary responsibility of the project specialist will be receiving, organizing, and describing a collection of Audio-Visual recordings that have been digitized by an outside vendor. The project specialist will be responsible for checking for quality and fixity of digital files, organizing files in ACC’s digital archive, and describing the collection by creating a finding aid. The project specialist will upload and write descriptive metadata for select recordings into the ACC Digital Collections using the library's content management tool (CONTENTdm). The project is a great opportunity to experience working with digital collections within an art research library.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Receive digital assets from digitization vendor and check for quality. Create checksums on digital files.
2. Ingest and organize digital assets into ACC Digital Archive folders.
3. Record technical metadata along with digital assets. Correct transcriptions of recordings as needed.
4. Create finding aid for digitized Audio-Visual Archive.
5. Upload select digital assets into the ACC instance of CONTENTdm.
6. Prescribe descriptive metadata and manage content in the ACC's CONTENTdm digital repository.
7. Make use of controlled vocabulary resources to enter data into the important subject data fields.
8. Perform fixity checks on archived digital assets.

Qualifications

1. Junior or senior in an undergraduate or graduate level library science, museum studies or art history program, or a recent graduate.
2. Experience using controlled vocabularies and/or tagging in data creation.
3. Preferred coursework in archival studies and/or experience working in an archives or library setting.
4. Familiarity or experience with CONTENTdm or other digital asset management system.
5. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
6. Careful attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
7. Ability to take initiative and work independently.
8. Preferred interest or background in contemporary craft and craft history.

TO APPLY:

Please send your cover letter and resume to employment@craftcouncil.org with the subject heading: Audio-Visual Archive Project Specialist.

ACC will begin reviewing applications on January 2nd, 2025.

The American Craft Council is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We value diversity, inclusiveness, and equity and welcome candidates from all walks of life.

This grant-funded opportunity is made possible through the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).