Extra Help - Accessibility Assistant, Digitization Center

🇺🇸 Normal, IL 🕑 Temporary 💰 $20 per Hour 💻 Other 🗓️ February 19th, 2026

WCAG WCAG 2.1

Edtech.com's Summary

Milner Library's Digitization Center is hiring an Extra Help Accessibility Assistant. The assistant will remediate documents and add alt-text to images to meet digital accessibility standards and manage a crowdsourcing platform for transcribing handwritten materials.

Highlights

Remediate documents for digital accessibility compliance using Adobe Acrobat and ABBYY FineReader.
Develop and apply alternative text to images in digital collections.
Administer a crowdsourcing platform for manual transcription of handwritten documents.
Apply metadata and upload files to online platforms, name and securely store files.
May use Adobe Photoshop for image processing.
Requires familiarity with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and experience with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.
Must be able to read handwritten cursive documents and possess good communication and time management skills.
High school diploma or equivalent required.
Salary is $20.00 per hour for up to 28 hours per week during Spring/Summer 2026.
Works within the Academic Affairs division, Milner Library department, supporting university researchers via digital collections.