Duties
• Digitize historic preservation collections including building survey photographs, state historic tax credit projects (blueprints and site plans), USGS and plat maps, site files (newspaper articles, letters, photographs), historical marker files and other related historic preservation materials.
• Use and learn how to digitize materials using specialized scanner equipment.
• Learn number tracking and name filing systems in order to organize final digitized images on the computer.
Preferred Skills
• Basic understanding of Nebraska history and geography
• Knowledge of and use of scanning equipment
• Knowledge of and use of Windows operating system
• An interest in history or architecture would be helpful as this work study involves digitizing historic preservation collections
10 hours per week, weekdays only. Flexible schedule to fit with student’s class schedule. This position is based at History Nebraska headquarters, located on campus, at 1500 R Street, immediately east of the student union. Pay is $10/hour.
Must be a full or part-time student at UNL and be awarded work study for the 2019-2020 academic year.
To apply, submit your resume to History Nebraska Human Resources department – Kylie Hatten – kylie.hatten@nebraska.gov. Resumes must be received by September 30, 2019.
History Nebraska is a statewide educational institution that connects people to the past through our library and research center, conservation facility, interpretive sites, and the state archeology and historic preservation offices. History Nebraska preserves and interprets our state’s past, contributes to the education of its citizens, and uses the tools of history to shape a better future for all Nebraskans.