Contracted employee will input weekly timesheet not to exceed 12.00 hours per week - monthly total not to exceed 48.00 hours. Project Scope: Cogent Infotech is to provide Information Resources Specialist 1 staff to perform the following: The successful candidate will work within the Government Services section as an Information Resources Special 1/Archivist 1 under the supervisor of a Manager. Duties include activities that involve the maintenance and oversite of the Off-Site Records program. Work is performed in support of archival operations with responsibility for creating and implementing systematic controls for records and information activities for all records within the agency. Essential Functions :

• 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.