Georgia State University is hiring a Digital Preservation Archivist to continue to improve and expand our digital preservation capabilities. The Georgia State University Library is seeking an innovative, collegial, and service oriented colleague to: develop policies and best practices to ensure long-term protection of and access to digital materials; collaborate on implementation of digital preservation workflows; and provide guidance on the strategies, tools, and processes for digital content preservation. The Digital Preservation Archivist will also have the opportunity to continue building and managing the Social Change Collection by cultivating new donors and working with existing donors. We seek an archivist who is ready to provide leadership in our digital preservation efforts. The Digital Preservation Archivist will play a key role in advising the University community and external content creators on strategies for digital content preservation. This position will work collaboratively towards a preservation strategy for digital objects in the library's collections, including 95,000 digitized and born-digital objects currently available in our digital collections. The position serves as a member of the library faculty (non-tenure track), holds faculty rank, and is expected to participate in service, professional development, and scholarly activities as outlined in the University Library's faculty guidelines. Funding for travel and professional development is available
For more information about this position go to the Digital Preservation Archivist announcement on our website.
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Christina Zamon
Head of Special Collections and Archives
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
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