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Position Overview
About the Award
The Sanders Scholars program supports undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Kansas who wish to learn about librarianship through hands-on, mentored project work. The program provides up to 300 paid hours and emphasizes professional development, public scholarship, and career exploration in libraries and cultural institutions.
About the Project
This position supports Phase 3 of the Ngäbe Digital Project, a cultural preservation and digital access initiative focused on Panama’s largest Indigenous group, the Ngäbe. Earlier project phases completed field digitization in Panama and prepared a digital corpus of Indigenous publications and related materials. Phase 3 focuses on transforming these digitized materials into a public-facing digital repository and exhibition.
The Sanders Scholar will contribute to the project Preserving Indigenous Panamanian Voices: A Digital Exhibit of Ngäbe Cultural Publications. The student will help curate and interpret two pioneering Ngäbe publications produced by Acción Cultural Ngäbe (ACUN), a cultural action initiative dedicated to preserving, promoting, and projecting Ngäbe culture.
The Sanders Scholars program supports undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Kansas who wish to learn about librarianship through hands-on, mentored project work. The program provides up to 300 paid hours and emphasizes professional development, public scholarship, and career exploration in libraries and cultural institutions.
About the Project
This position supports Phase 3 of the Ngäbe Digital Project, a cultural preservation and digital access initiative focused on Panama’s largest Indigenous group, the Ngäbe. Earlier project phases completed field digitization in Panama and prepared a digital corpus of Indigenous publications and related materials. Phase 3 focuses on transforming these digitized materials into a public-facing digital repository and exhibition.
The Sanders Scholar will contribute to the project Preserving Indigenous Panamanian Voices: A Digital Exhibit of Ngäbe Cultural Publications. The student will help curate and interpret two pioneering Ngäbe publications produced by Acción Cultural Ngäbe (ACUN), a cultural action initiative dedicated to preserving, promoting, and projecting Ngäbe culture.
Job Description
20% - Work with digitized Ngäbe publications.
20% - Create bilingual metadata in English and Spanish.20% - Research themes such as Indigenous identity, literacy, social justice, land rights, and cultural preservation.
20% - Write short interpretive essays for the digital exhibit.
20% - Assist in building and launching a digital exhibition using Omeka S.
Required Qualifications
1. Interest in libraries, digital humanities, Indigenous studies, Latin American studies, or related fields, as evidenced by application materials.
2. Reading knowledge of Spanish or willingness to learn, as evidenced by application materials.
3. Experience learning new skills and accepting intellectual and technical challenges, as evidenced by application materials.
4. Ownership, organization, and follow-through skills, as evidenced by application materials.
2. Reading knowledge of Spanish or willingness to learn, as evidenced by application materials.
3. Experience learning new skills and accepting intellectual and technical challenges, as evidenced by application materials.
4. Ownership, organization, and follow-through skills, as evidenced by application materials.
Preferred Qualifications
1. Experience with digital tools such as Omeka, HTML, CSS, Git, or Photoshop, as evidenced by application materials.
2. Experience with structured data formats such as CSV, JSON, or XML, as evidenced by application materials.
3. Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively, as evidenced by application materials.
2. Experience with structured data formats such as CSV, JSON, or XML, as evidenced by application materials.
3. Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively, as evidenced by application materials.
Position Requirements
During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).
Employment Conditions
(1) Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.
(2) This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.
(2) This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.
Additional Candidate Instructions
Submit a resume and a brief statement of interest with your application.
To ensure consideration, apply before the application review starts on Wednesday, 4/15/2026. A review of applications will continue and is ongoing until a pool of qualified candidates is identified.
To ensure consideration, apply before the application review starts on Wednesday, 4/15/2026. A review of applications will continue and is ongoing until a pool of qualified candidates is identified.
Contact Information to Applicants
Milton Machuca-Gálvez
mmachuca2@ku.edu
mmachuca2@ku.edu
Advertised Salary Range
$15.00 - $20.00 per hour (up to 300 hours)
Anticipated Start Date
Friday May 15, 2026
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Posting Information
- Posting ID: 32429BR
- Department: Libraries-General
- Primary Campus: University of Kansas Lawrence Campus
- Reg/Temp: Temporary
- Employee Class: S-Student
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