NYPD
Summer Graduate Intern
Education
Requirements:
Graduate Student – MA/PhD in Motion Picture/Archive/Records Management/Library
Science
Salary: $14.43 - $23.23
(Hourly)
Location: NYPD Video
Production Unit Moving Picture Archive 235 East 20th Street, Manhattan
Description: The NYPD Video
Production Unit (VPU) Archive consists of over 10,000 programs on film, analog
video, and as born digital files. The materials capture the evolution of NYPD
tactics and training, global and international policing initiatives, and
moments of historical and cultural importance to the NYPD and the larger NYC
community over the past eighty years.
Candidates must be a Masters or PhD
student in Motion Pictures/Archives/Records Management or Library Science. The
intern will assist in the ongoing archiving and preservation efforts of the
VPU, including conducting inventories of film and video assets, digitization of
the video collection, and descriptive cataloging of digitized programs. The
intern will be supervised by experienced, highly trained archivists. The goal
of the internship will be to provide hands on experience with the basics of
moving image and digital preservation, including digitization, technical and
descriptive metadata, care and handling, and file migration and monitoring.
To
apply:
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to NYC.gov
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to the Jobs tab
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for NYPD Summer Graduate Intern 285791
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instructions for application
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This
position is listed as: Strategic Communications / Video Production Unit –
Assist in conducting an inventory of films & videos; properly cataloging,
digitizing & archiving visual media
