GBH Archives (Metadata and Training Data) Internship - Fall 2024

GBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.

At GBH, we believe in the advantages of coming together to build community, mentor and learn from colleagues, and connect more deeply with our mission. As a result, the majority of our staff are hybrid and work both from home and onsite. Our current hybrid approach requires staff to work onsite a minimum of two days each week, every Tuesday and one other day, to be determined by their business unit. Hybrid staff are also welcome to come in additional days each week or may be asked to come in on other days by their manager.

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

The GBH Archives catalogs, tracks, organizes, and preserves the media used to create GBH productions. The GBH Archives holds physical and digital media and paper records, including materials that need to be retained for production, legal, financial, historical, or administrative purposes. 

GBH Archives also collaborates with the Library of Congress to coordinate the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a national effort to preserve and make accessible historically significant public radio and television programming that has aired over the past 70+ years.

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

The GBH Archives is offering a part-time paid internship for a student in an accredited undergrad or master’s program. This internship will be primarily remote, with an option for hybrid work. The intern will work with the Metadata Operations Specialist and members of the GBH Archives team, focused on creation of training and evaluation data for machine learning tools to support archival description and cataloging.

About half of the intern’s hours will be spent creating data for training and testing machine learning systems that analyze audiovisual materials.  This will involve classifying scenes from old public broadcasting programs according to an established categorization scheme.  It may also include correcting audio transcripts and evaluating auto-generated captions.  The rest of the intern’s hours will provide broader experience in digital archiving of audiovisual materials, especially cataloging and metadata.  Instruction and mentorship will be provided.  The intern will be encouraged to reflect critically on the relationship between humans and computers in data creation processes.

Applicants must provide a short cover letter explaining their interest in archives and metadata.  If applicable, letters should note interest and experience with libraries, audiovisual materials, databases, data science, and/or machine learning.

Applicants must be willing to work a minimum of 15 hours per week, between the hours of 9am and 5pm, Monday through Friday.  Regular working hours will be chosen by the intern and their manager.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

• Categorize still images from videos of public media programs.
• Correct automatically generated transcripts and captions from public media programs.
• Perform item-level cataloging of videos in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
• Become acquainted with the PBCore metadata schema.
• Learn about basic machine learning concepts and workflows.
• Learn about workflows for item-level cataloging of audiovisual materials.
• Meet and receive mentorship from GBH Archives staff.
• Write a capstone blog post with reflections on the roles of humans and computers in archival description.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Working knowledge of the basic archival principles for arrangement, description, preservation, and access.
• Experience with asset management systems, database systems, or cataloging.
• Interest in data processing or software development.
• Strong attention to detail.

EDUCATION

Must be a current student in an accredited undergrad or graduate program

Graduate coursework in Library Science and/or Archives strongly preferred

JOB STATUS

Paid Internship $17/hour (Part-time)

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

GBH internships provide students with valuable work experience and real-world knowledge across many different fields of study, from TV and radio production to web design, accounting, law, and other administrative areas

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

• Internship dates: September 16th through December 6th
• Candidates must have their own computer and access to Wi-Fi
• Candidates must be in an Undergrad or Grad program and have work authorization for the United States

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GBH is an equal opportunity employer. The community and audience we serve are diverse, and we wish to foster that diversity in our workplace. Toward that end, GBH does not discriminate against individuals in hiring, employment, or promotion based on race, religion, color, sex/gender, gender identity and gender expression, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, disability, veteran or military status, political belief, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

Application Process Assistance

GBH will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate an accommodation request, contact the Human Resource department by sending an email to human_resources@wgbh.org or by calling 617-300-2000.