Sponsored by the Evans Library, Florida Institute of Technology

and The Link Foundation

Link Scholar Positions - Link Digitization Project

Application Deadline:     November 15, 2004

Evans Library has four (4) Link Scholar positions available for technically gifted and highly qualified Florida Tech students interested in participating in a grant-funded digitization pilot program. These positions will be active through the Spring 2005 semester. Project outcomes will increase accessibility and awareness of the Library's Edwin A. Link Collection, to the benefit of researchers, students and librarians worldwide. Link Scholars will gain first-hand experience in collection digitization, management and electronic distribution, and will advance their project management skills by working with other qualified Florida Tech students and faculty.

Evans Library maintains this special collection (consisting of print articles, blueprints, books, correspondence, maps, newspapers, pamphlets, photographs, etc.) that reflects the contributions, interests and life of visionary and entrepreneur, Edwin A. Link. Over the years the Link family has donated, and continues to donate, materials that document Edwin Link's career, most notably his work in undersea exploration. These resources complement the Link collections held at SUNY Binghamton, the Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, and the Link aviation collection held by the University of Texas at Dallas .

Student participants will contribute to the development, processing, quality control, and content management of the collection. They will also redesign and edit the contents of the current Edwin Link Bibliography webpage, http://www.lib.fit.edu/pubs/linkbib/index.html. Students will document project outcomes and the digitization process for future endeavors.

Florida Tech undergraduate and graduate students interested in applying for one of these positions should submit a completed Link Scholars Program application form and resume to the Evans Library before the deadline, November 15, 2004. Interviews will be scheduled following the review of applications.

Application form, job description, and project requirements and outcomes, are available on the LINK, http://www.lib.fit.edu , and on the Link Scholars Program webpage. http://www.lib.fit.edu/devprog. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Khan (lkhan@fit.edu or 674-7450) or Rodd Newcombe (newcombe@fit.edu or 674-7335).