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Job Title: Student Worker - Digital Technician
Job Classification: Business Operations, Student
Department: Institute for Oral History
Hiring Manager: Kaila Mata
Contact: kaila_mata1@baylor.edu
Work Schedule: Minimum of 10 hours per week between the hours of 8am-5pm
Desired Length of Employment: Ongoing
Pay Rate: $10.00/hr
Job Description:
History and Nature of Position
For the past few years, the Baylor University Institute for Oral History (BUIOH) has seen an
increase in the need for students with technical skills to accommodate a number of new
technological endeavors as BUIOH looks to expand its online presence and further curate its
impressive collection of nearly 7,000 oral history interviews.
Among others, these tasks include
the processing of open-reel and video tape digitization provided by the Ray I. Riley Digitization
Center, the inclusion of audio files alongside transcripts on the Baylor Digital Libraries online
content management system, Quartex, and the creation of online curated content portals via
the groundbreaking Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS).
BUIOH has traditionally trained a mix of undergraduate student workers and graduate
assistants formerly tasked with transcription and editing tasks only to handle this additional
workload. Now we employ one to two "Digital Technicians," reporting to the Collection
Manager, who handle these duties expressly. In particular, digital technicians will be asked to:
1. Accession new interviews into the collection
• Prepare raw WAV files for preservation through concatenation into a preservation master
• Create access MP3s for transcription and eventual upload to our online database
(Quartex)
• Enter biographical and interview data into interview process tracking database (FileMaker
Pro)
• Create physical file folders and scan deed of gift contracts
2. Aid in BUIOH digitization project
• Prepare analog media for delivery to Ray I. Riley Digitization Center/return digitized
materials to BUIOH
• Update FileMaker Pro database with digitization progress
• Label and restock analog media after digitization
3. Prepare transcript and audio files for upload to Quartex
• Create metadata profiles for new interviews
• Add access MP3 files to existing objects containing transcripts online
• Update metadata of existing object/create metadata for audio recordings
• Update FileMaker Pro with online access progress
4. Respect the confidentiality of the materials you handle.
• Do not discuss the contents of any in-process transcripts with anyone outside of the faculty
and staff of the Institute for Oral History.
• Do not remove transcripts or recordings in either digital or analog form from the institute
offices without the express permission of a staff or faculty member.
5. Arrive to work on time and submit required reports in a timely manner.
• Establish a work schedule and follow it. If you will be unable to work at a scheduled time,
let Mr. Sielaff (or, in his absence, Ms. Mata) know ahead of time.
• Complete and submit your online payroll time sheet for approval after your last work
session of each two-week pay period. Time sheets must be submitted by noon Sunday after
the end of each pay period at the very latest.
6. Maintain a quiet, clean, and efficient work area.
• Keep your work area free of trash, food and drink, or other unnecessary personal items.
• Log out of any computers you use when you leave.
• Refrain from cell phone calls, phone or Internet messaging or chatting, or personal
Internet browsing during your working hours. If you need to take a personal call, please
step into the hallway.
• Keep personal conversations to a minimum during your work hours in the editorial center.
• Speak softly to avoid disrupting the concentration of others in the editorial center and the
office suite.
Employer: Baylor University
Work Location: Carroll Library
Work Address: 1429 S 5th St, Waco, TX 76706