(AGENPARL) – ven 20 gennaio 2023 [Jobs & Internships: Library of Congress]
The Library of Congress is accepting applications for an Archive Technician, GS-05, until February 2, 2023.
Are you interested in working with the world’s largest collection of moving images? Do you get excited at the prospect of inspecting, describing, and rehousing film reels of every conceivable gauge and stock, especially nitrate? Would you enjoy working with videotape, DVDs, Blu-rays, video games, and even the occasional laserdisc? How about doing all this in a facility custom built for the storage and preservation of audiovisual material, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, alongside colleagues who share your passion and enthusiasm? We have the job for you.
This position is located in the Moving Image Section, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Researcher And Collections Services, Culpeper. The Archives Technician works under the administrative supervision of the Moving Image Section Head. The Archives Technician assists in or independently accomplishes the completion of special projects identified by the Moving Image Section Head. He or she implements standards for accuracy and detail while exercising judgment, technical proficiency, and an understanding of the archival principles of arranging, describing, preserving, and securing rare and fragile moving image material. The Technician will work with a range of archival motion picture material such as nitrate, acetate, polyester, fine grain masters, negatives, and prints. The Technician will also work with video formats on a range of physical media.