We are looking for a web developer / system admin to help us update and maintain our digital archive tech stack.
The QZAP digital archive can be found at https://archive.qzap.org.

The system is a cloud-hosted VM running Debian Linux at Akamai/Linode. The software that we’re running is Collective Access (https://collectiveaccess.org/), a F/OSS digital asset manager.

Immediate needs/goals:

• system maintenance including OS and security updates
• Install latest version of Collective Access (Providence, currently 2.0.9) and configure it to use correct metadata profile
• develop / theme front end to ensure that PDF files (our main assets) are available and displayable on both desktop and mobile devices (Pawtucket, currently 2.0.9)
• migrate existing data / metadata from current CA instance (1.3), deployed in 2014
• test, test, test!
• help block AI bots while maintaining some degree of SEO

Longer term goals:

• ongoing system maintenance
• develop maintainable backup plan for off-server DB backups
• ongoing CA maintenance and upgrade paths
• implement Homosaurus vocabulary into our metadata schema
• building a public repository (GIT?) so that other projects can benefit from our tools

About us and the opportunity:

We are a 23 year old community-based digital archive of LGBTQ+ zines and ephemera. We are not a registered non-profit, nor do we have any formal affiliations with other archives, institutions or government entities. We are collectively run and utilize consensus-based decision making wherever possible. This is an ongoing labor-of-love project with no funding stream. We are all volunteer member/workers on this project.

About you (or your skill set):

• interested in some aspects of queer history, punk publishing culture and zines, DIY, ethics, collectivism, metadata, storytelling and digital preservation, consensus-based organizing and development, community building, collaboration and sharing, etc.
• able to commit time and energy to seeing the project though milestones
• good with written and verbal communication and documentation
• know your way around:
  • Cloud-based VPSs
  • Debian Linux
  • Apache2
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • Redmine Project Management
  • DAMs / digital archives
  • Collective Access (can be learned – well documented) and dependencies
  • metadata schemas like DublinCore (in our case xZINECOREx – can be learned)

If this sounds like you, please get in touch with us at by filling out the form below. The right fit in temperament and vision is as important to us as having all the skills.

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