Join our team in Purdue Archives and Special Collections!
The Purdue University Libraries seeks an experienced archivist to lead and grow the Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives. The Barron Hilton Archivist is a member of the Archives and Special Collections Division. The person in this role is responsible for managing the acquisitions, processing, arrangement, description, preservation, outreach, and promotion of collections relating to flight and space history. This is an endowed, non-tenure track, clinical faculty position to be hired at the assistant or associate professor level, depending on experience. At Purdue, clinical faculty positions focus primarily on learning/teaching as demonstrated through librarianship, which includes archival expertise/practice and information literacy skill building. Archivists teach as guest lecturers, they may teach or co-teach for-credit courses, and they may publish research articles in their discipline.
The minimum salary is $75,000.
Review of applications begins June 21, and the position will remain open until filled. Members of underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply.
The full job posting and information on how to apply are available here: Barron Hilton Archivist for Flight and Space Exploration and Clinical Assistant Professor
If you have questions about the position or the collections, please don't hesitate to contact me directly at morris18@purdue.edu
Sammie Morris
Head of Archives and Special Collections
Director, Virginia Kelly Karnes Research Center
Purdue University Libraries
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Sammie Morris
Director, Archives and Special Collections & University Archivist
Purdue University Libraries
West Lafayette IN
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