Digital Humanities Website Graduate Student Assistant

About the role

Auburn University Libraries is seeking a Graduate Student Assistant to assist in the upkeep of the AlabamaMosaic website. AlabamaMosaic is a public repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people, designed to make unique historical treasures electronically accessible to residents, researchers, and the general public. The project aggregates metadata and links from online archives across Alabama to create a single-search site for primary source documents.

The selected student may work up to 10 hours per week, scheduled between 7:45 a.m. and 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. This position is not a graduate assistantship.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining an inventory of active collections
• Regularly checking links to participant collections
• Using Google Analytics to generate AlabamaMosaic usage statistics for quarterly reports
• Ingesting new collections into the AlabamaMosaic index
• Checking on and reporting issues with the AlabamaMosaic website
• Performing regular check-ins with institutional partners to see if they have updates to their collections
• Working with the AU Libraries IT team to develop harvesting scripts for new collections
• Updating metadata standards to improve search experience in the index
• Searching for online collections that could be good candidates for adding to AlabamaMosaic
• Learning to use metadata harvesting tools, write eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT), perform batch file processing, and enforce a Dublin Core XML metadata schema
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Currently enrolled graduate student at Auburn University
• Must include a cover letter
• Must provide detailed availability for each day of the week within library operating hours

Skills

• Demonstrated interest in public service and providing high-quality customer service
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team while interacting professionally with faculty, staff, and students
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Demonstrated dependability with consistent attendance and punctuality
• Ability to multitask and work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with or interest in Computer Science, English, History, Geography, and/or Political Science is a plus

Benefits

• Gain valuable work experience to explore interests, identify strengths, and inform future career goals
• Build your network through interactions with faculty, staff, and fellow students
• Contribute to the premier academic experience at Auburn and life-changing work performed by students and employees