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Job Description:
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Position: Digitization Technician Location: Ireland House Museum, Burlington ON Start and End Dates: May 27 – August 16, 2019 Wage: 35 hours/week, $14.50/hour Positions Available: 1
The Museums of Burlington are currently hiring a Digitization Technician to join the Curatorial team. The Digitization Technician’s primary duties will be to inventory, digitize, re-house and input artifact information into the collection management database.
The successful candidate will:
- Complete inventories on the backlog portions of the museums artifact collection. - Participate in the museums preventive conservation program through handling and re-housing portions of the collection. - Digitize artifacts in the museums artifact collection. - Use the collection management system Past Perfect to update and upload images and information to create a complete electronic records for artifacts.
Requirements:
- Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program with an emphasis on museum studies, records management, conservation, archives and/or history. - Must be computer literate, with a basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Familiarity with database applications would be an asset. - Excellent attention to detail. - Familiarity with artifact handling would be an asset. - Candidates must provide proof of enrollment in a college or university program in order to be eligible through Young Canada Works. - The Museums of Burlington is an equal opportunity employer.
Application Deadline: May 6, 2019
Applications can be submitted to:
Kimberly Watson, Curator Ireland House Museum 2168 Guelph Line Burlington, ON L7P 5A8
Kimberly.watson@burlington.ca
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