Graduate Internship in Digital Preservation
AMIA | Assn of Moving Image Archivists
Los Angeles, CAFresher15h agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
The Graduate Internship in Digital Preservation (paid) offers intensive experience in preserving Getty’s unique digital collections and assets. These include archives of artists, galleries, and art historians, audio/video artworks and documentation, websites, institutional born-digital records, and research data.
Key Responsibilities
- Troubleshooting and testing workflows for ingesting content of all types into a managed system.
- Developing creative ways to archive complex web experiences.
- Other projects assigned according to the intern’s particular skills and interests.
- Developing preservation plans for file characterization, migration, and normalization.
- Performing quality assurance on web archives and troubleshooting technical issues.
- Assessing technical metadata for digital assets.
- Participating in the drafting of policies and procedures related to digital preservation.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Currently enrolled in a graduate program in a field relevant to the internship, OR
- Completed a relevant graduate degree on or after January 1, 2024, with postgraduate experience in their field (paid or unpaid).
Qualifications
- Experience preserving digital collections and assets.
- Experience with archiving complex web experiences.
- Familiarity with file characterization, migration, and normalization.
- Experience with web archives and troubleshooting technical issues.
- Experience assessing technical metadata for digital assets.
- Experience in drafting policies and procedures related to digital preservation.