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Hiring Unit: Digitization (Library Technologies)
Building: Redpath Library building, Digitization lab. Work done on site.
Hour of work: 10 hours per week
Duration: September 6, 2026 to December 23, 2026
Position Summary:
The Student Project Assistant for the Blacker-Wood Correspondence Collection Digitization project (archival letter series), under the supervision of the Digitization administrator, provides assistance with digitization of Archival material and ensures the completeness and accuracy of digitized materials. This collection consists primarily of correspondence on natural history topics between scientists and natural historians. Letters are sometimes accompanied by journal articles. The assistant position will: Use a variety of scanning equipment; perform quality control on scanned items; handle rare material; enter data and maintain a project spreadsheet. This is the final portion of the archival boxes to be scanned and will be completed by the end of Winter 2026.
Other Qualifying Skills and/or Abilities:
The Student Project Assistant, under the supervision of the Digitization administrator, provides assistance with digitization of Special Collections and Archives material and ensures the completeness and accuracy of digitized materials. The assistant position will: Use a variety of scanning equipment; perform quality control on scanned pages; handle rare material; enter data and maintain project spreadsheets.
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Knowledge of English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing. The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level # (4) on a scale of 0-4.
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This position is covered by the AMUSE collective agreement.
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