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The Water Resources Center Archives
(WRCA), located on the UC Berkeley campus, is seeking a library assistant
III to work on a grant funded project. This project might be of interest
to Archivists who would like to work on a survey of historical material
and use email, internet forms and possibly create a searchable
database.
TITLE: Survey of active California Water Districts and Irrigation
Districts
SALARY RANGE: Minimum wage ($13.13-$14.61/hr, depending upon
experience)
STATUS: Part-time, 16 hours/week, no benefits.
DURATION: 8 months
LOCATION: Water Resources Center Archives,
410 O?Brien Hall, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720-1718.
SUPERVISED BY: Linda Vida, Library
Director and Randal Brandt, Associate Librarian
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Water Resources Center Archives (WRCA)
will build on the concept of the publication ACWA?s 75-year History:
1910-1985 by creating a comprehensive list of active water and
irrigation districts in California, with their contact information.
The survey will also identify summary information about the historical
legal and technical information pertaining to the district, and the
construction and operation of their water delivery systems. This
information may include minutes of meetings, annual reports, technical
documents, photographs, maps, newsletters, report series, oral histories,
newspaper clippings and other significant documents. This information
will gathered by sending out one survey form requesting basic information
about the district and their holdings. Since access to technology varies
widely among districts, the form will be sent by mail or email.
To facilitate data gathering, the form will contain standardized lists of
terms for the holdings information with specific fields that can be
checked or circled by the respondent. Districts returning incomplete
forms or not returning forms will be contacted. The results will be
compiled and organized in a searchable database that will be available
via WRCA?s Web site
(www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/).
The Districts will be contacted regularly and asked to review, verify and
update their information. An update form will be available on the Web
site to enable project participants to submit new information easily and
quickly. All project participants will be notified of the availability of
the database. Press Releases will be sent to ACWA, WEF, DWR and the
CSL to help publicize the availability of the Web directory
database.
The survey results will be analyzed, and if warranted, a print,
web-based, or CD-ROM publication will be investigated and additional
funding sought to formally publish the information. Separate
additional funding for a follow-up project to make selected districts?
historical material accessible by creating finding aids or scanning
documents will be investigated at a later date.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- 1) Contact pertinent organizations and create an electronic database
of active water and
- irrigation districts in California.
- 2) Send the survey form via mail or email to the districts and
follow-up as needed.
3)
Design and update a searchable database of respondents information.
Establish a system
of entering or transferring data into the database.
4) Mount
the database on WRCA?s home page.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Technical
expertise using online databases, email and Web databases.
Experience
using or designing a Microsoft ACCESS database.
Knowledge of library or archival practice and procedures.
Organizational skills.
Ability to perform detail-oriented tasks and maintain accurate paper and
electronic files.
Good
communication and interpersonal skills, and a desire to increase public
knowledge of
water issues.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
- Student clerks will be available to assist with some of the tasks.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- Please send resumes to Linda Vida, 510-642-2666, Fax 510-642-9143,
410 O?Brien Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1718.
E-mail: lvida@library.berkeley.edu.
DEADLINE: Open until filled.
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Linda Vida, Director
Water Resources Center Archives
410 O'Brien Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1718
(510) 642-2666; (510) 642-9143 FAX
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