Digital Projects’ Snow Fellow, UMKC Libraries

Job Description

Reporting to the Head of Digital Projects, the Digital Projects’ Snow Fellow works closely with the both the Digital Projects team and University Archives team to perform large-scale digitization and description of the Edgar Snow collection. This Missouri State Library’s Library Services and Technology Act’s grant funded position will run from August 2026 to March 2027. The Digital Projects Fellow is a term-limited, part-time, non-benefit eligible, senior academic fellow and has no supervisory responsibilities.

• Trains on best practices in digitization and digitizes roughly 10% of the Edgar Snow collection for digital publication.
• Trains on best practices in metadata and describes roughly 5-10% of the Edgar Snow collection for digital publication.
• Trains on digital publication and publishes digital Snow objects in Digital Project’s Omeka S platform.
• Provides regular promotional contributions for grant updates in the form of blog posts and social media all coordinated with the Head of Digital Projects, the Head of Outreach and Engagement, and the Metadata Librarian.
• Professionally engages with best practices in digital collections, in order to create good user experience for library users and the UMKC community.

Minimum qualifications:

• Must be a currently enrolled graduate student or recently graduated from a graduate program (within 6 months) to apply.
• Adept at using computer and various applications; ability to learn new software and programs.
• Dependable, professional, and flexible work philosophy.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

• Some previous experience in digital collections and/or archives; internships, coursework, jobs, etc.
• Some experience with any type of content management systems; internships, coursework, jobs, etc.
• Comfortable with writing procedural and technical documentation.
• Demonstrably good teamwork in past professional environments.
• Clear and candid communicator.

The anticipated hiring range for this position has been established as $20.00 per hour.

This position is not eligible for University benefits. Individuals in non benefit eligible positions may choose to participate in the Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (403b). For information about this plan, please visit the Faculty & Staff Benefits website at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

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