Archival Scanning Technician
Library Systems & Services
Washington, district of columbia
LAC Federal is seeking a Scanner Operator/Digitization Specialist to support an archival program by preparing and digitizing materials for inclusion in a digital archives. You will work under the direction of an Archivist to prepare materials by removing fasteners and dis-binding material for bulk digitization. Materials will include archival and other rare materials that require careful and delicate handling. Formats include paper, drawings, posters, marketing collateral, photographs and visual media, etc. The Scanner Operator will apply file names in accordance with a strict schema before saving the materials for quality control review. The scanner reviews all digitized files rescanning as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare text and image based materials for scanning
- Calibrate scanning/digitization equipment and select appropriate settings
- Scan and review materials for quality
- Apply naming schema and save...