Student Newspaper Digital Archives Assistant

The Student Newspaper Digital Archives Assistant will help preserve and expand access to Pace University’s Pleasantville student newspaper archives. Working with faculty and Mortola Library staff, the student will digitize historic newspaper issues and help prepare them for publication in the University Library’s Digital Commons.

The student will gain hands-on experience with digital archiving, metadata creation, digital asset management, and media production while helping make an important collection of Pace history more accessible to students, researchers, alumni, and the broader community.

Responsibilities

• Use specialized scanning equipment to create high-quality digital images of student newspaper issues housed in Mortola Library.
• Handle archival newspaper materials carefully and follow procedures established by library staff.
• Work with library staff to quality check, format, organize, and prepare digitized newspaper files for publication through the University’s Digital Commons.
• Create and enter metadata for individual newspaper issues according to guidelines established by library staff to improve the collection’s organization, searchability, and accessibility.
• Maintain organized digital files and track progress as newspaper issues move through the digitization and publication process.
• Identify interesting archival material that may be appropriate for promotion to contemporary audiences.
• Communicate regularly with the faculty supervisor and library staff about progress, questions, and technical or archival issues.

Requirements

• Current Pace University student.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to perform careful, accuracy-oriented work.
• Strong organizational and file-management skills.
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating with faculty and library staff.
• Interest in journalism, media, history, libraries, archives, digital humanities, or related areas.