Overview:

Princeton University Library seeks a candidate to become a part of our digital imaging studio group, working with a variety of cultural heritage materials from our world-class Graphic Arts Collection. This opportunity to democratize access and help support academic pursuits of students and scholars from around the globe provides those with digital imaging skills the chance to work on the preparation and photography of manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, and artwork.

NOTE: This position is a full-time, three-year term position with the possibility of renewal.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will principally use a copy camera system, consisting of a copy stand, lights and specialized camera with an attached medium format digital back. Additional work may include working with a bound material copy system, FX DSLRs, mirrorless camera systems, or flatbed scanners. In addition, as a Digital Imaging Technician, you will have responsibility for image processing, editing, and organizing digital files on Macintosh and Windows systems, as well as photographically documenting conservation treatment, if needed. The successful candidate will use bibliographic data from catalog/finding aid records to develop directory structure and potentially add structural data to items using customized repository tools.

Digital Imaging Technicians are under the direct supervision of the Library Digital Imaging Manager and work both independently and collaboratively depending on projects. The successful candidate will document workflow, from retrieving and securing materials through image capture, processing, repository ingest and return of materials.

Those invited to interview should be prepared to demonstrate general image editing ability and show photographic skill through a small sampling of photographs, in analog or digital form.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with similar digital imaging systems as described above; high-resolution medium format digital backs, DSLRs, mirrorless digital camera systems, copy stands, photographic lighting
• Familiarity with bibliographic systems to sufficiently identify descriptive elements
• Ability to work for extended periods in a low-light, color-managed environment

• Experience handling special collections materials, including bound materials, graphic arts and manuscripts for digital library photography and conservation documentation
• Skill in using Macintosh and Windows computer systems and associated hardware and software, including Capture One, Adobe Creative Suite applications, calibration software, spreadsheet and database software
• Ability to discriminate tonal variations and color fidelity of digital reproductions in relation to original objects
• Ability to work accurately in a detail- and production-oriented environment
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work in an interdisciplinary production team setting as well as independently
• Good decision-making, communication, record-keeping and basic math skills

• Facilitating preservation assessments and photographic documentation with preservation office staff
• Recording, through an online registry, the incoming and outgoing items from the imaging studio
• Assisting in coordinating with curators and other stakeholders on the organization and preparation of original items for delivery to the digital imaging studio
• Assisting in consultation with stakeholders on the feasibility of digital photography of items approved for digitization

Standard Weekly Hours: 36.25 Eligible for Overtime: Yes Benefits Eligible: Yes Probationary Period: 90 days Essential Services Personnel (see policy for detail): No Comments Related to End Date: Possibility of Renewal Physical Capacity Exam Required: No Union Code: LIB-Amer Fed State County Mun Emps Valid Driver’s License Required: No : #LI-CL1