Plans and supervises the preservation of historical documents by use of microfilming or document restoration processes; prepares and processes historical documents following conservation procedures, treatments and techniques; performs conservation treatments and procedures on selected archival materials.
Supervises, trains and assists microfilm technicians with filming, editing and splicing microfilm. Determines the best planatrol setting for each camera to achieve the best density and resolution using CMD readings.Supervises, trains and assists document restorers with restoration of unique historical records.Performs general research in published and unpublished sources on the history of South Carolina's government to determine how records should be arranged.Repairs books from public and state collections by established procedures such as hinge tightening and spine replacement.Performs a variety of conservation tasks including surface cleaning, humidification, flattening, mending with heat-set tissue, solubility testing, washing, lamination, deacidification and buffering and encapsulation.Tests ink for feathering and/or coloring on documents before deacidification.Constructs custom protective enclosures for rare/fragile materials.Participates in disaster recovery activities.Assists in researching records and documents.Retrieves and reshelves records and documents.
Knowledge of conservation techniques and treatment proposals and/or microfilming processes.Knowledge of records management principles.Knowledge of principles and procedures of archives administration or library science.Skill in documentation research.Ability to make sound judgments on treatment proposals.Ability to perform duties requiring superior manual dexterity.Ability to perform simple book repair techniques.
A high school diploma and professional experience in restoration of manuscripts and documents or photographic experience in restoration of manuscripts and documents.