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Digital Conversion Technician

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$52K/yr - $68K/yr

The Library of Congress is seeking a Digital Conversion Technician to work in the Digital Reformatting Section of the Collections Digitization Division. The role involves performing arrangement and description work for digitized materials, conducting searches to locate materials, and preparing collection materials for digitization.

ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Performs arrangement and description work in a limited body of records that describe digitized materials

Assesses the correctness of item entries in different fields and makes corrections as needed

Identifies duplicate entries

Copies records when needed

Creates new records or modifies existing records as appropriate

Consults with senior staff on a regular basis when correcting or significantly altering database entries

Performs initial searching functions to locate and identify materials

Conducts searches on a limited variety of bibliographic files to identify and locate titles, editions, pages, serial volumes and issues, and reformatted versions in the Library and in other institutions

Applies knowledge of a limited range of library rules, procedures, and operations to respond to a more routine range of standard library collection maintenance issues

Prepares, organizes, and collates collection materials as necessary for digitization and processes the digital files produced as needed so that they may be included in digital projects

May physically transport collection materials between custodial divisions, conservation offices, scanning operations, and/or contractors

As required, digitizes library materials using scanners or digital cameras according to specifications provided

Receives computer files representing digitized items and files containing associated metadata and places in appropriate locations on servers

Checks files representing digitized items against established quality standards prior to acceptance

Where files fail to meet such standards, documents problems and works with senior staff to request rework

Completes a sequence of detailed routines in searching online databases

Uses search tools in a variety of online databases that have different search interfaces and protocols

Follows a limited number of applicable instructions concerning the recognition and comparison of dates, authors, titles, filenames, directory structures, and other conventions

Determines whether records describe items in hand or items represented by digital files

Assists in the implementation of digital projects as assigned by senior staff

Creates and updates data in in-house databases for digital project production

Regularly consults senior staff when record inconsistencies are noted