Recently embarking on a historic $2.1 billion comprehensive campaign, the University of Kentucky set an ambitious path to be a destination for students, scholars, and healthcare providers to forge new discoveries and arrive at world-class outcomes. University of Kentucky Libraries is vital to fulfilling the goals of enhancing and expanding the university's research enterprise, and we are looking for a faculty librarian to lead efforts and provide expertise on digital collection management. Reporting to the Director for Manuscript Collections in the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), the Digital Archivist Librarian will oversee digital curation efforts, especially with regard to born-digital accessioning and digital preservation. The position will also lead web and social media archiving initiatives using Archive-It and other tools. The Digital Archivist will participate in description initiatives, establish internal workflows and policies, maintain documentation, and ensure adherence to national standards and best practices. There is potential growth for the position to explore, test, and implement new technologies to improve access and use of digital primary resources, including artificial intelligence tools.
As a member of the UKL faculty, the Digital Archivist Librarian participates in planning, shared governance, and UK Libraries-wide faculty activities. This is a full-time, 12-month, tenure eligible position in the Librarian Title Series (open rank) which requires scholarship, professional development, and service that contributes to the effectiveness of UK Libraries, the university, and the profession as outlined in Administrative Regulation 2:7 (www.uky.edu/regs/ar2-7). Your Distribution of Effort (DOE) range: Primary assignment: 70-80%, Service/Prof. development and scholarship 20-30% and is reviewed at minimum annually each year. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. The minimum salary for a Librarian IV is $57,000 and for a Librarian III is $62,500. Applications will be reviewed beginning January 31st, 2023.
For more details: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/438446
Ruth Bryan, CA, MA, MA (she/her/ella)
University Archivist and Professor
Special Collections Research Center
Margaret I. King Library
Lexington, KY 40506-0039
(859) 257-1466
(859) 257-6311 FAX
ruth.bryan@uky.edu
http://exploreuk.uky.edu
http://www.ukyarchives.blogspot.com/
Support UK Libraries @ http://libraries.uky.edu/Giving
Note: My working day may not be your working day. Please don't feel obliged to respond to this email outside of your regular working hours.