The University of the South, located in beautiful Sewanee, Tennessee, is hiring for the newly-created position of Digital Archivist.
Full details and application link: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/sewanee/jobs/4315575/digital-archivist-archives-and-special-collections
Position Summary:
Discover, collect, preserve, and provide access to born-digital and digitized archival materials in the Archives from University and external sources. Help shape strategies, initiatives, and methodologies for University digital archives and digital curation. Identify digital content and execute a range of archival functions on born-digital and digitized archival material according to archival standards and best practices. Collaborate with other members of the Library and Information Technology Services division and the University community to help facilitate and support digital scholarship at the University. Actively participate in general Archives support activities.
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Education:
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Master's degree in Library and Information Science, or related graduate degree.
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Experience:
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3-5 years of digital archives management within an archives, library, or other similar organization.
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Job Related Skills:
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Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Knowledge of and experience with professional archival standards, best practices, and technologies for accessing, arranging, describing, and preserving digital archival materials.
Experience with tools and software to ingest, curate, and deliver born-digital archival material, as well as transfer content from media such as hard drives, flash drives, floppy disks, servers, etc.
Experience with institutional repository and digital collection platforms, such as Dspace, Omeka, Digital Commons, etc.
Working knowledge of standards-based metadata schema.
Knowledge of intellectual property rights, copyright, rights management, patron and donor privacy, and other legal issues, especially as they apply to primary materials in digital formats.
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Career Band:
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2D ($52,000 - 91,000)
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Work Schedule:
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Full Year
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Full Time vs Part Time:
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Full Time
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Appointment:
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Regular
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Mandi D. Johnson
Director, William R. Laurie University Archives and Special Collections
The University of the South
Sewanee, TN
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