UF Hiring Student Research Assistant in Library Science to Digitize Florida Cattleman and Livestock Journal

The University of Florida is seeking applicants for a part-time research assistant in Library Science to assist with digitizing the Florida Cattleman and Livestock Journals.

Duties:

• Working closely with project team to develop and implement a Florida Cattle and Agriculture specific rules-based thesaurus
• Reviewing content of 240 issues of journal to propose relevant subject terms to describe each issue 
• Implement machine-aided indexing by enhancing metadata of digital records for 240 journal issues. 
• Create and distribute publicity for the new digital collection of the historic Florida Cattleman serial
• Maintain logbook to record project progress and decisions

Minimum Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or graduate student status at UF, preferably in IFAS
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrated data management skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, especially Excel
• Does not require Federal Work Study status

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Florida agriculture and animal science
• Experience with information architecture, structural organization of digital information
• Interest in information discovery and open access digital collections

Pay Rate: $15 per hour, up to 10 hours per week for Spring 2018

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM

To Apply: apply in person at Marston Science Library Circulation Desk. Position open until filled.

For inquiries contact Suzanne Stapleton at suzanne@ufl.edu