Get involved​ as a volunteer intern.

Are you interested in creativity, analogue photography and archives? Do you have time to contribute to a meaningful creative and educational  initiative?

The Slow Camera Exchange within Cork City Library in partnership with MTU CCAD,  and UCC Library’s Photographic archive are recruiting a team of volunteer interns. The interns will work on creating a digital archive of images that will be used in education, research and in creative processes. The internship will involve cataloguing and scanning images and uploading a wide variety of analogue photographs taken between 2000 and 2018 by Hermann Marbe. This is a legacy project, which will allow his creative vision, his curiosity, and his commitment to exchange and values around inclusive learning to live on.

 

About the Slow Camera Exchange

The Slow Camera Exchange is an initiative that commenced in 2022 with the development of a borrowing library of analogue cameras that belonged to Hermann Marbe. The cameras are used in community education programmes and by artists and students.

The digital archive is the next stage of the project.

www.theslowcameraexchange.com .

 

About the Archiving project

MTU are supporting the archiving project through SATLE funding for the development of reusable learning resources. These are envisioned for use in MTU, other primary, secondary and third level education settings and also in community education settings in Ireland and beyond.  The aim is to create a complete archive and then to develop collections of curated images to be used in different creative, learning and research settings.  The project brings together the skills of the partners and interested individuals to create the archive.

 

Where will the internship work be carried out?

Cork City centre, MTU CCAD Grand Parade campus.

 

When?

An induction will take place in January with the work taking place between January and June 2025

Time commitment can be discussed but a suggested commitment would be one day / week.

 

What will I learn, and gain from the project?

You will learn about:

• The process of cataloguing

• How to work with and apply metadata to digital images

• the field and value of digital archiving.

You will gain

• Insight and connection to the field of digital archiving through connection with partners.

• Direct training in the processes involved.

• Sense of community through contribution to a valuable project

 

Compensation

This is a volunteer internship, but you will be offered a small thank you for your time. This will be given in the format of a gift voucher.

 

What skills competencies will I need to bring?

• Good ICT competency

• Ability to plan and organise work

• Ability to manage time

• Ability to take initiative  

• Ability to work with patience precision and attention to detail

• Motivation to contribute time to a meaningful project

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How to apply:

Please apply by Dec 15th using the following linkhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdf-QkZf76EEI0HnisCmU9daAUhSgHKv6TOd2XUgn5RhXId5g/viewform?usp=pp_url

 

Application closing date: Jan 6th