Kära nätverket,
IHRS, Sveriges museum om Förintelsen och USC Shoah Foundation kommer att genomföra en
indexering av de ca 200 svenska vittnesmål som finns i Visual History Archives. Till projektet utlyser nu USC Shoah Foundation en deltidstjänst som ledare för indexerarna. Arbetet sker på distans. Läs mer nedan och skicka din ansökan till
sandrajl@usc.edu
Vänliga hälsningar Karin
USC Shoah Foundation Swedish Holocaust Indexing Project
USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education is seeking a Swedish indexing supervisor
for the Institute's Swedish Holocaust indexing project. The project involves indexing Swedish language interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust. This is an opportunity for bilingual speakers of Swedish and English. The project will start immediately
and run through May 2025.
Candidates with an MA-level or higher degree in European History, Political Science, Judaic Studies, Holocaust
Studies, Genocide Studies, or related fields are preferred.
Indexing allows the audiovisual testimonies in the Institute’s Visual History Archive to be highly searchable.
Indexers assign subject terms to one-minute segments of testimony in the Visual History Archive, matching what the interviewee is talking about at that increment of time with thesaurus terms. The Swedish indexing supervisor will first complete a training
course on how to index testimonies and then remotely oversee approximately four other indexers in Sweden.
The indexing training takes up to 8 weeks to complete. Upon successful completion, the Swedish indexing supervisor
will train other indexers and manage the project. Indexing work created by the Swedish indexers will be included in the Visual History Archive. The Swedish indexing supervisor must be available to work for 20 hours per week. A computer with internet access
is required. After the training period, work hours are flexible. Work is 100% remote.
Job Description
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education is seeking Swedish indexing supervisor
to oversee indexing of Swedish Holocaust testimonies for the Visual History Archive.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Using judgment and discretion, the Swedish indexing supervisor will index and train others to index the audiovisual
interviews of Holocaust survivors and witnesses in English and Swedish using the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s proprietary cataloging software and methodology:
Indexing work includes the following duties: transcribe information taken from pre-interview questionnaires,
watch the audiovisual testimonies and assign keywords from VHA Thesaurus, conduct research to resolve specific indexing issues, complete the cataloging and indexing of the testimonies and any associated research
Successfully complete online Holocaust indexing training with a grade of 70% or higher
Oversee the project, indexers, and meet deadlines
QUALIFICATIONS
We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications:
• Fluency in English
• Fluency in Swedish
• Preferably MA-level or higher degree in European history, Political Science, or Judaic Studies with coursework
in Holocaust history and/or genocide studies, or equivalent knowledge
• Project management experience
• Supervisory skills
• Excellent research skills
• Attention to detail
• Computer proficiency
• Ability to take constructive criticism
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to view and work with Holocaust-related material on a sustained basis
• Library science background and/or cataloging or indexing experience
• Familiarity with relevant names (geographic and proper) and Judaic cultures
Please e-mail your application to sandrajl@usc.edu
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Karin Kvist Geverts
Docent i historia och föreståndare/Associate professor and Director
Svenska institutet för Förintelseforskning
The Institute for Holocaust Research in Sweden (IHRS)
Phone: +46708990014
E-mail: karin.kvist.geverts@ihrs.se
Website:
www.ihrs.se
