Ringling Archives Spring Internship (remote)

Thank you for your interest in The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the state art museum of Florida. The Ringling Archives seeks a student with a background or a strong interest in digital archives or information sciences. The student would indicate their interests through the application process. Familiarity in working in Excel is advantageous.

The Ringling Archives hosts their digital collections on Florida State University Libraries’ online catalog, DigiNole. The digital surrogates for the Tibbals Circus Collection of Trade Cards and the Manuscript Collection of Dr. Harris are the two collections this internship will be working with. A MODS metadata sheets is completed and uploaded with the digital files to DigiNole.

 

Working with a specialist in the field of digital archives, the intern will gain and understanding of:

1) how to host collection materials on-line

2) importance and use of metadata when working with digital files

3) controlled vocabularies

4) zipping and uploading digital files

 

The process of working with digital files and uploading them into a digital asset management system is a skill that can be applied to in many applications and fields of study.