Research Assistant

Monday, February 12th from 12:00am to Sunday, April 1st, 2018 12:00am (ET)
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About

This position includes cataloguing and indexing digital materials that relate to the Pond Street neighborhood. The research assistant will work with Taylor Polites to develop an online index using Dublin Core standards that describe the artifact and attach keywords that will create a context in relation to the other artifacts. This index will become the foundation of a web-based archive of documents and images related to the Pond Street area and will be used to support the community arts engagement projects. The research assistant will also have the opportunity to pursue research topics within the focus area, to build histories/stories of historic individuals/places/events related to the focus area, and will be asked to build a Powerpoint presentation on the project in collaboration with Polites.
Supervisor(s)
Hiring Manager
Paid
Paid
Timeframe
Spring
Credit
No