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Edmon Low Library

Digital Curation and Machine Learning Internship

  • Category: Internships
  • Posted: Thu May 2, 2019
  • Closes:
  • Salary: $11.50/hour
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The Edmon Low Library has an opening for one DIGITAL CURATION and MACHINE LEARNING INTERN to work in the summer 2019. Hours will be scheduled Monday-Friday between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

Employment as an intern is on a semester-by-semester basis. Continued employment is contingent on funding and performance. This position may be eligible for internship credit for some majors. Filing for credit is the responsibility of the student.

Applications will be accepted until filled.

What You'll Do

In this role, the Digital Curation and Machine Learning intern will be responsible for preparing large sets of photographs and other associated materials to apply machine learning and train neural networks to enhance the discovery and access of digital collections held in the University Archives.

This internship will be highly collaborative. Communication, documentation of work and attention to detail will be essential.  

Required Qualifications

  • OSU student enrolled at least part-time (6 hours undergraduate/ 4 hours graduate).
  • Experience with Unix command line, Python, and Excel
  • Knowledge of relational database, Java and other programs would be an asset, as well as having the ability to learn new programs

Required Documents

  • Resume
  • Letter of interest addressing how your skills and background are applicable

Benefits for the Employee

  • The student will learn how to develop an understanding of information organization
  • The student will learn how to develop processes and/or programming to streamline operational workflow
  • The student will work with API and GitHub
  • The student will have responsibility for a project from start to finish

Benefits for the Library

  • The Library will enhance and/or explore the use of programming, software, and services that may benefit other departments to enhance public access to more resources
  • The Library will have a system that can be used universally across the organization to track and promote any collection
  • The library will be able to manage archival information to support the preservation and access of resources

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Required Documents

  • Resume
  • Letter of interest addressing how your skills and background are applicable

Contact Information

Jamie Autry
216 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
P: 405.744.9725
E: jamie.autry@okstate.edu

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