Utah State University Libraries invites applications for a full-time, 12-month, tenure-track position of Digital Assets/Accessioning Librarian. Information and qualifications are below. Please apply at: https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/2087/assistant-librarian-%28digital-assets-accessioning%29/job
Questions may be addressed to the search committee via Jennifer Duncan, (Jennifer.Duncan@usu.edu).
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Title: Assistant Librarian (Digital Assets/Accessioning Librarian)
Requisition ID: 2019-2087
Open Date: 10/25/2019
Review Date: 11/25/2019
Job Category: Faculty
Department: Special Collections, Digital, & Cataloging
College/Unit: University Libraries
Location: Logan Campus
Posting Duration: Open Until Filled
Position Summary:
Utah State University (USU) Libraries seek a collaborative, innovative, flexible thinking, and service-minded librarian to contribute to the Libraries' digital preservation efforts. The Digital Assets/Accessioning Librarian serves on the newly-formed Digital Stewardship Team, comprised of members from the Cataloging and Metadata, Digital Initiatives, Special Collections, and Information Technology units. The Team is responsible for the development and implementation of digital preservation procedures, processes, and workflows for born digital and digitized information created by or donated to Utah State University. The Digital Assets/Accessioning Librarian is primarily responsible for providing technical guidance and support to curators and librarians on the development and implementation of workflows, best practices, and policies associated with the onboarding, appraisal, and ingestion of born digital information, including electronic records, digital objects (text, image, audiovisual), web pages, and datasets. This position will liaise with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including curators, catalogers, systems analysts, vendors, and donors to establish sustainable and cohesive onboarding, evaluating, and ingesting processes for digital file appraisal.
The Library is especially interested in promoting an environment of diversity and excellence throughout the institution and welcomes candidates committed to fostering diverse and inclusive environments.
Reporting to Head of Digital Initiatives, the position is a 12-month, tenure track faculty appointment with rank as Assistant Librarian. The anticipated start date is February 1, 2020.
Review of applications will begin on November 25, 2019 and continue until the position has been filled.
Responsibilities:
- Investigate and implement scalable processes for onboarding, ingesting, and storing born digital material.
- Work with the Library's Digital Stewardship Team and Information Technology unit to evaluate and recommend platforms for ingesting, storing, and managing digital assets.
- Work with the Library's Digital Stewardship Team and Information Technology unit to evaluate and recommend platforms for archiving the University's electronic information, with particular emphasis on University websites, email, and digital records.
- Contributes to the development of digital preservation workflows including ingesting, managing, file naming, preserving, and storing digital materials.
- Provide documentation and training for library staff, student workers, and interns for how to successfully follow these processes.
- Document policies, procedures, and processes for establishing quality control measures to ensure compliance with national and institutional specifications.
- Provide support to curators and members of the Digital Stewardship Team to identify and prioritize collections for risk, obsolescence, or discoverability, including existing backlogs and imminent digital acquisitions.
- Participate as part of the professional community to stay up to date on new programs, standards, and developments within the rapidly-growing digital archives field.
- Serves as a member of the Library's Digital Stewardship Team.
- Serves as a member of the Library's Digital Preservation Committee.
- Serves as a member of the Library's Disaster Preparedness and Response Team.
Dept/College Highlights:
Utah State University is a multi-campus land-grant institution serving a student population of 29,000. The main campus is situated in the beautiful Cache Valley 80 miles north of Salt Lake City and offers an affordable cost of living. USU is just minutes from two mountain ranges and within a half-day’s drive of six national parks, providing a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities. The University benefits from the Merrill-Cazier Library, a beautiful, recently constructed building with an automatic retrieval system, allowing for creative and student-centered uses of space.
Utah State University offers a competitive benefits package including medical and dental with a 14.2% retirement contribution by the University, and 22 days/year vacation.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- ALA-accredited Master's degree in Library Science, Archival Science, or related field (awarded or near complete).
- Must possess excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, including effectively communicating technical issues to non-technical staff.
- Must possess ability to work creatively, flexibly, independently, and collaboratively in a service-oriented, dynamic environment.
- Demonstrated problem solving skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency working with a variety of digital formats (i.e. image, audio, video, text).
- Knowledge of archival theory and methodology.
- Knowledge of current digital preservation strategies, standards, and best practices.
- Familiarity with national metadata standards and best practices.
- Familiarity with new and emerging technologies in digital preservation.
- Familiarity with digital asset management systems.
- Interest in pursuing ongoing continuing education and certification and working with professional groups in the library and archival field.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and time management skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to set and follow through on both individual and team priorities.
- Ability to meet the university's requirements for promotion and tenure.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Project management experience.
- Experience in an academic library setting.
- Experience working with digital asset management systems (such as CONTENTdm or DigitalCommons), archival collection management systems (such as ArchivesSpace), digital preservation platforms (such as Archivematica, Preservica), or web archiving systems (such as Archive-It).
- Experience working with a digital forensic workstation, including using a forensic writeblocker, creating disk images, operating the BitCurator software and file system and metadata utilities to analyze digital files.
- Experience evaluating digital files for integrity, authenticity, and possible obsolescence.
- Experience writing technical and procedural documentation.
- Member of the Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA).
- Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Certificate from the Society of American Archivists.
Opportunity Type: Full-Time w/benefits package
Advertised Salary: Salary commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits, including an additional annual retirement contribution of 14.2% of salary.
Required Documents: Cover Letter, Resume/CV
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Jennifer Duncan
Special Collections Librarian
Utah State University Special Collections and Archives
Logan UT
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