Audiovisual Preservation Professional - Santa Barbara, United States - University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Santa Barbara
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Description

Job Code: 004445


Job Open Date:
May 7, 2024


Application Review Begins:
May 22, 2024; open until filled


Department Code (Name): LIBR (Library)


Percentage of Time: 100%


Union Code (Name): CX (Clerical)


Employee Class (Appointment Type): 2-Staff (Career)


FLSA Status:
Exempt


Classified Indicator Description (Personnel Program): PSS


Salary Grade:

STEPS

Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range:
$67, $83,801.92/yr.


Work Location:
Davidson Library


Working Days and Hours:
Monday - Friday; 8am - 5pm


Benefits Eligibility:
Full Benefits


Special Instructions

Department Marketing Statement
UCSB Library empowers researchers and students to create and adapt knowledge for the benefit of society.

Situated at the interdisciplinary crossroads of campus, the Library embodies scholarship and advances UCSB as a world-class research and learning institution.

With a staff of 240 employees and student workers, the Library manages more than 3.6 million unique print and digital resources, including world-renowned special research collections, and provides a wide range of innovative research, teaching and learning services to more than 2 1/2 million physical and virtual visitors per year.


Benefits of Belonging
Working at UC means being part of this vibrant institution that shines a light on what is possible. People make UC great, and UC recognizes your contributions by making this a great place to work. Excellent retirement and health are just one of the rewards. Learn more about the benefits of working at UC and why You Belong at UC.


Brief Summary of Job Duties


The Library of the University of California, Santa Barbara, seeks an innovative, forward-looking, service-oriented, and collaborative professional for an exciting opportunity to serve as the Audiovisual Preservation Specialist at the UCSB Library's Henri Temianka Audiovisual Preservation Lab.

Under the direction of the Performing Arts Curator and in coordination with the Directors of Resource Acquisition and Discovery Services (ReADS), Special Research Collections (SRC), and Digital Library Development (DLD), and working very closely and collaboratively with curators and staff in SRC and ReADS, the Audiovisual Preservation Specialist serves as the Library's expert in audiovisual preservation and digitization for materials handled by the Temianka Lab.

The incumbent performs highly complex specialized procedures addressing audiovisual preservation needs.


AV activities in the Temianka Lab include: Selecting and preparing AV formats for digitization in the Lab, including audio, video, and film; Producing professional-quality digitized archival sound and moving image recordings and performing format migration on audio and video materials for access and preservation purposes.

The incumbent performs and supervises the digitization of media according to established procedures; creates digital images of disc labels; manages file naming and technical metadata generation and creation of digital surrogates for online and patron access.

Manages the operation of the Henri Temianka Audiovisual Preservation Lab; supervises and trains students; performs basic equipment maintenance; identifies equipment needs; develops and implements workflows for digitization of obsolete formats; and monitors current best practices in AV preservation.


Coordinates with the staff in the Division of Digital Strategies the development of scripts and software tools used in the Temianka Lab to manage, validate, QC, make derivatives, and post-process digital objects.

Contributes to Library-wide planning in digital repository best practices for audiovisual materials and assists in planning for long-term preservation of digitized audiovisual content.

Manages special projects and adapts workflows, staffing, hardware, and software/scripts used in the Temianka Lab as necessary while also setting goals; providing training and production oversight; evaluating staff and system performance; and generating reports, statistics, and documentation.


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent training and/or experience.
  • Thorough knowledge of current and legacy professional audio and video equipment formats and operation including digital audio workstations & software, grooved media formats and playback, magnetic media formats and playback, cartridgebased video formats (Betacam, Umatic and VHS), signal flow, digital audio workstations and interfaces, signal processors, noise reduction hardware and software, players and recorders, and studio monitors.
  • Strong knowledge of video postproduction equipment, including broadcast video decks, audio/video routers and matrix switchers, analog to digital conversion hardware and software, audio and video effects, signal analysis, vectorscopes, and waveform monitors.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong knowledge of computer systems hardware and software operations, including digi
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