Geospatial Research Lab Assistant; Student

This position is available only to enrolled American University students.

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Digital Research & Inquiry Lab

Part time

Non-Exempt

The Student Geospatial Assistant will primarily be responsible for digitizing and georeferencing historical maps and data for use in academic research. Working with the Program Director for Geospatial Research Support in the University Library, the Student Geospatial Assistant will also help plan and run a creative mapping workshop and a community mapping event. No prior GIS experience is required;the Assistant will be trained in the core digitization skills the position uses and will gain hands-on experience with GIS software,data creation, metadata, and open-data publishing.

• Georeferencing and digitizing historical maps.
• Extracting geographic features and building GIS datalayers.
• Writing and publishing metadata.
• Assisting with the design and facilitation of a creativemapping workshop.
• Helping organize and run a Humanitarian Open Street Map  (HOT) map-a-thon.
• Documenting digitization workflows for future use.

• Part-time.
• 10 hours per week.

• $18.40 per hour.

• High school diploma or its equivalent.
• Must be a current AU Student.
• Attention to detail and the ability to work independently oncetrained.
• An interest in maps, geography, history, data, or GIS.

• Helpful but not required: familiarity with ArcGIS or QGIS,Git Hub, coding, graphic design, or cartography.
• No prior GIS or mapping experience is required; training is provided.
• Approximately 10 hours per week, scheduled flexibly around the student's class schedule.

• This position is available only to enrolled American University students.
• Please note this job announcement is not designed to cover orcontain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
  
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