Company description
Open Data Rescue (ODR) is a non-profit organization engaged in bringing together the fields of historical climatology, information technology and archives. ODR seeks to preserve and make accessible historical weather observations held in various archival institutions. It does so by capturing images of the historical documents and transcribing the data into a publicly accessible database for researchers and the general public.
Job description
Project Description: Historical weather and climate data is important for us to understand how the climate is changing over the past decades and centuries, and how today’s climate is different from that of the past. Past weather observations were recorded on paper records, and need to be made machine readable in order to be analyzed scientifically. In partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), 19th century records from across Canada have been located in archives and are ready to be transcribed.
Job Description: Transcribing historical weather observations into a database using a custom designed web-based transcription app. Training sessions and support on historical weather data and the transcription process will be organized.
Location: Remote (Work from home)
Hours: 20hrs/week
Pay: $15.50/hr plus $2.50/1000 data points transcribed
Term: until March 31st 2023
The ideal candidate will:
Applicants must be Canadian residents and/or eligible to work in Canada.
If you have any questions or to apply with your CV, please contact by email.
Position open until filled
Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 2 months
Part-time hours: 20 per week
Salary: $15.50 per hour
Benefits:
Supplemental pay types:
Work Location: Remote
Application deadline: 2023-01-23
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