Pratt – Digital Archives

Over the past year the Department of the History of Art and Design at Pratt has started digitizing images and slides for its faculty members to use in powerpoint lectures.  Most of these images are then cataloged in the departmental collection within Pratt’s LUNA database.  Recently the departmental collection of nearly 2,300 images was upgraded to an institutional collection, making it available to the entire school through the library’s website.

 

The department is seeking a graduate student for the upcoming Spring 2008 semester to coordinate this effort.  The position involves digitizing images and slides in Adobe Photoshop and cataloging them using LUNA software and guidelines established by the department in cooperation with the library’s visual resource staff.  Though training will be offered for all software used, some degree of experience in scanning and/or cataloging is desirable but not required.  Likewise a general knowledge of art is helpful but not necessary.  Good verbal communication skills are essential as the job relies on interaction with other students and faculty.  The student will be working at the Brooklyn Campus for approximately 10 hours a week.  The position is a graduate assistantship and pays the standard institutional amount of approximately 12 dollars an hour.  It offers students in either the SILS or Art History programs a chance to gain skills applicable to the rapidly expanding field of providing digital, visual information.

 

Please email a resume to the Department of History of Art and Design at ha <at> pratt.edu if interested.