+ Contracted employee will input weekly timesheet not to exceed 37.50 hours – monthly total not to exceed 150. + Reporting hours M-F 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Yes + Screening, Assessment, Interview process 1st interview Zoom ;possibly a 2nd round interview F2F depending on the manager if they feel it's needed . Project Scope: Cogent Infotech is to provide Information Resources Specialist 1 staff to perform the following: Duties include activities that involve the acquisition, research, analysis, arrangement, description, preservation, digitization, reference delivery, and servicing of archival records, along with public programming related to the material. This role supports the agency guidelines to manage and control all records within the agency. The successful candidates will work within the Public or Record Services section as an Information Resources Special 1/Archivist 1 under the supervisor of a Supervisor and Manager. Essential Functions : + Familiar with the use of historic records to conduct research and establish fact. + Examines, identifies, arranges and classifies books/documents/electronic tapes/media/publications/records according to a pre-determined classification system. + Develops item descriptions noting content, format/media, arrangement and relation to provenance/origin. + Assists patrons/researchers by explaining the facility's resources, gathering available information/materials and demonstrating equipment operation. + Applies conservation and preservation techniques to aged or damaged books/ documents/electronic tapes/records by unfolding, cleaning, repairing tears, removing tape, placing in acid free containers, filming, refilming, media/technological migration. + Attends workshops, conferences and seminars to receive training related to the identification, care and maintenance of books/documents/records held by public agencies and accessible to the general public. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required: + Knowledge of standard practices, procedures and techniques used in analyzing, identifying, arranging and describing books/documents/electronic tapes/publications/records. + Knowledge of in-house collection and outside information resources. + Knowledge of Delaware history and/or government. + Knowledge of basic conservation and preservation techniques. + Knowledge of research techniques regarding literature/documents. + Ability to operate equipment such as audio-visual, electronic data storage/processing and talking books.