Positions at New York State Archives

Historic Conservation Technician (2 positions)
New York State Archives
Office of Cultural Education
State Education Department
Albany

Salary: $40,172
SG-12 (CSEA-OPERATIONAL)

Application closing date: July 6, 2016

The New York State Archives is seeking to fill a Historic
Conservation Technician (HCT) 2 position in the Office of Cultural
Education.  The focus of the position is the digitization of
selected records in the Archives holdings for online delivery and in
response to research requests.  Under the direction of an Archives
and Records Management Specialist (ARMS) 2 in the Collections
Management Unit, duties of this position will include, but are not
limited to, the following:

    Participate in the digitization of selected collections

    Conduct review processes to ensure the quality of resulting
    digital images and corresponding metadata

    Participate in preservation reformatting activities such as
    original microfilming and microforms duplication

    Participate in collections management activities such as stacks
    maintenance, monitoring environmental conditions in the Cultural
    Education Center, and disaster preparedness and response and

    Carry out other tasks as assigned

Minimum qualifications: For provisional appointment candidates must
have three years of conservation or preservation or historic
collections-related experience in the discipline to which assigned.
A bachelor's or master's degree in history, public history, art
history, museum studies, photographic preservation, collections
management, conservation, or fine arts may be substituted for two
years of experience.

For full job announcement, qualifications, and application process
please see:

    <URL:http://www.oms.nysed.gov/hr/flyers/OCE_952_26365.htm>


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