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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
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/
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