Digitization: Collections
The Collections Digitization intern will work with a multidisciplinary team to help enhance public access to our collections data through the MPM Digitization Project. The internship will provide hands-on experience with collections management and materials, the digitization process, and our growing public outreach endeavors. The intern will be paired with another digitization intern whose focus will be museum education and communications. As the Digitization Project is primarily focused on natural history collections, an interest in biology and science communication is preferred.
Duties and Responsibilities
Collections:
Work with the Zoology Collections Manager on pre-digitization curatorial tasks
Digitization:
- Digital capture of collections—photography, data entry, and specimen handling
- Work with collections staff and partner intern to research and develop web content for the digitization project blog
- Assist staff during MPM’s first DataBlitz
Required Competencies
- Strong interest in biology, museum collections work, and science communication
- Prior experience in one or more of the following:
- museum collections
- biology or science
- Attention to detail
- Digital literacy (experience with computers and database programs)
- Good interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to work well on a team
Expected Learned Skills/Experience
- An understanding of how digitization enhances scientific and public access to museum collections
- Experience with handling and digitizing collections materials
- Researching and writing web content for digitization public outreach
- An understanding of how different disciplines and departments work to support collections stewardship and science communication
- Experience with citizen science programming