Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative: Student Information

Calling all Wisconsin information graduate students!

We’re partnering with Wisconsin local history organizations around the state to digitize new collections. We’re looking for information school graduate students (that’s YOU!) to complete scanning and metadata work. Completed projects will be publicly accessible in Recollection Wisconsin (that’s US!). It’s a hands-on opportunity to put theory into practice!

Student participants will:

  • be enrolled as a graduate student in either the UW-Madison iSchool or UW-Milwaukee SOIS
  • receive practicum or independent study credit depending on your program’s requirements,
  • earn a generous stipend and reimbursement for travel expenses,
  • gain training and experience related to digitization best practices, digital preservation, collection development, and metadata,  
  • attend a virtual program launch meeting and meet regularly with the Initiative coordinator, 
  • receive an orientation to their host site’s organization and collections, 
  • write a few basic digitization workflows for their host site, and 
  • write at least one blog post about their experience, published on the Recollection Wisconsin website. 

Ideal participants will have had at least one course or some experience in digital curation or preservation, archives work, collection development or project management. Some students will likely travel to their host site to complete this project work. We welcome Wisconsin-based students enrolled in either in-person or online programs.

Interested? Let’s chat. This experience will be available in Fall 2024 and Spring and Summer 2025 semesters, and we expect to have 2-3 placements each semester.

APPLICATION FOR FALL 2024 SEMESTER AVAILABLE NOW!

  • Fill out this brief application. We’ll be in touch to schedule an informal (virtual) interview.
    • Application period (Fall 2024 placements) open through June 14.
    • Virtual interviews between June 14-July 1.
    • Student selection and host site matching by July 15.
    • Virtual training session early September.
  • Information for students [printable PDF]

For additional program information, contact vicki@wils.org. JOIN US!