Digital Preservation Intern for Optical and Audio-Visual Media

Position Title &
Grade 

Student Intern – Digital Preservation Intern
for Optical and Audio-Visual Media

Unit 

UCC Library  

Reports to 

Raelene
Casey, Digital Archivist, Digital Systems Team

Contract Type  

Temporary,
short-term contract, 120 hours  

Area of
accountability 

Core
Responsibilities & Typical Activities 

Tasks specific to the project

·        
All optical media and at-risk object
carriers in Special Collections and Archives collections labelled and
registered with location control.

·        
Digital material from optical media
carriers transferred onto digital workstation and registered with technical
and creation metadata recorded.

·        
Inventory of all physical audio-visual
material held in Special Collections and Archives.

·        
Audit of digital audio-visual
material.

·        
Creation of descriptive metadata
records for digital audio-visual material.

·        
Documentation of execution of
procedures and processes

Technical and
Professional Knowledge/Skills which will be enhanced on Internship

·        
Experience
working in a project-based environment.

·        
Practical
application of digital preservation processes and practices using command
line interface.

·        
Practical
application and understanding of digital preservation OAIS (Open Archival
Information System) Model.

·        
Practical
understanding in application of descriptive, creation, preservation, and
technical metadata for digital objects.

·        
Learn
purpose and practical use of a number of FLOSS (Free Libre Open-Source
Software) tools used in digital preservation and access.

·        
Apply
F.A.I.R. principles for data in practice (Findable, Accessible,
Interoperable, Reusable).

·        
Learn
about different formats for digital audio-visual content.

·        
Learn
about core digital preservation concepts and activities such as integrity
control, identity management, content and bit preservation, normalisation,
migration, interoperability, metadata creation and information packaging.

Teamwork  

·        
Work
collaboratively and share knowledge and information with colleagues
to support the delivery of high-quality services to clients. 

·        
Develop own knowledge and skills and
participate in training and development programs. 

Workplace Culture 

·        
Encourage and promote a culture that
embraces change, collaboration, engagement, client service, communication,
continuous improvement and accountability.  

Compassion 

Agility 

Integrity 

Respect 

Discovery 

Equity 

Accountability 

Sustainability