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Position: Digitization Technician
Location: Ireland House Museum, Burlington ON
Start and End Dates: June 4 – August 24, 2018
Wage: 35 hours/week, $14.50/hour
Job Description
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 archival photograph and negative collection
- Participate in the museums’ preventative conservation program through handling and re-housing portions of the collection
- Digitize artifacts in the museums’ archival and artifact collections
- Use the collection management system PastPerfect 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, archival studies, conservation, 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: April 30, 2018
Applications can be submitted to:
Kimberly Watson, Curator
Ireland House Museum
1240 North Shore Boulevard
Burlington, ON
L7S 1C5
Kimberly.watson@burlington.ca
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