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Any experience working with databases or digital imaging software such as Adobe Photoshop will be considered an asset.
The ideal candidate for the Archives Intern at the JMABC will have: Select items from each fonds may be digitized to enhance the JMABC's AtoM digital assets. Upon the completion of this project finding aids will greatly enhance the public accessibility of these collections, as well as improving the internal ability to prioritize collections for digitization and exhibition. The archival collections that the Archives Interns may select from include personal and institutional fonds specifically family fonds from a number of prominent philanthropists and community leaders, and volunteer groups in the performing arts sector. The Archives Intern will also be responsible for digitizing, including scanning and using Photoshop, archival documents, and creating item-level entries on AtoM for each document. The Archives Interns will be responsible for processing these collections, including appraisal, arrangement, description, and the creation of finding aids, which will then be made available through the JMABC's online database, AtoM (Access to Memory). Research requests for these materials are ever mounting, and having digitally accessible records available to researchers worldwide is of great importance to the JMABC in the coming years. Located in downtown Victoria, Congregation Emanu-El was founded in 1862 as immigrants flooded the city on their way to follow the Gold Rush. Secondly, the project will also include the digitization of approximately 37.5 cm of material from Congregation Emanu-El. This project will focus on processing and providing collection-level access to approximately two to four medium sized fonds in the JMABC holdings (to be selected by the intern and archivist to suit mutual goals), thereby building towards a goal of improving the discoverability and accessibility of the JMABC archival holdings.
This project is currently expected to be a split of remote and in-person work, pending provincial health guideline changes. The Jewish Museum and Archives of BC is administered by The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia (JHSBC) and is located in the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture in Vancouver, BC. As the JMABC's work place and visitor base is largely English speaking, the language for the project is English. As part of the mandate of the JMABC, the archives documents, acquires and preserves archival records, thereby safeguarding the history of the Jewish community of British Columbia. This contract position will commence December 2021 and end approximately April 2022 (approximately (20 paid work weeks, including Jewish and statutory holidays). The Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia (JMABC), administered by The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia (JHSBC), is seeking two Archives Interns, working to process archival holdings and digitize documents of great importance.
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