Archives Summer Student - Stratford, Canada - Perth County

Perth County

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Stratford, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Summer Student Employment Opportunity

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-August 30, 2024

Position Summary:

Perth County is hiring two Archives Summer Students to assist Manager of Archives Services and Archives Technicians with creating searchable copies of early local newspapers for public access on website, supervising researchers in reading room and collections management projects such as collection condition assessment and other tasks at Stratford-Perth Archives

Primary Responsibilities:

Assist in cataloguing and digitizing archival records
Assist in providing research and reference services for general public and municipal staff
Ensure that archives holdings are handled properly when on duty in reading room
Retrieve archives holdings from stacks for researchers and reshelve
Maintain statistics of visitors
Maintain internal filing system and administrative records per records retention bylaw and departmental procedures
Maintain tidy office and collection storage areas
Attend staff training as necessary
Perform quality control in all functions, and initiate corrective action for own work as required
Perform duties in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and County of Perth policies and procedures. Employees are to wear any personal protective equipment required to ensure personal safety and report any known hazards or incidents in the workplace to their supervisor and the Manager of Human Resources. Employees must ensure they do not operate equipment without instruction and are aware of the hazards associated with their job and take all precautions recommended
Other responsibilities as assigned

Additional Information:

Office environment; works with computers and other office equipment
Archives storage environment: works with boxes of records and books using rolling staircases and carts and environmental monitoring equipment
Public reference services environment: routinely interacts with members of the public in reading room, helping them with microfilm reader/scanners, accepting payments for photocopies and using merchant terminal
Extended periods of intense concentration and attention to detail and accuracy of all data entry
Essential functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting or standing for prolonged periods of time and lifting up to 40 pounds
Some lifting is overhead due to height of storage shelves

Qualifications:

Student to be enrolled in an Archival Studies degree program or related discipline (e.g. Conservator or Information Studies degree program) at University or Community College level
Excellent customer services skills with the ability to interact with County staff
Solid organizational and time management skills
Strong problemsolving and decisionmaking skills
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and professional ability to interact with the public
Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision as well as work collaboratively in a team environment

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