The Archival Collections Management Department at New York University seeks a skilled and knowledgeable professional for a Processing Archivist position. The position is based in the Archival Collections Management Department (ACM) of Knowledge Access and Resource Management Services (KARMS), a unified archival technical services department supporting NYU's archival repositories. The Processing Archivist will accession, process, and describe new and existing collections in NYU Special Collections. 

Under the general supervision of the Accessioning Archivist, the successful candidate will:   

• Arrange or oversee the arrangement of archival records in accordance with accepted archival standards. Describe or oversee the description of archival collections according to archival standards in the repository's collections management database and publish EAD-encoded finding aids on the web. Prepare records for export in MARC format to the library's online public access catalog.
• Accession new collection materials. Faithfully and independently represent administrative, legal, and descriptive information about new materials in collection management systems according to documented standard practices. Provide professional judgment for appraising the ongoing research value of new collections. Assign routine accessioning tasks to graduate students and supervise their work. Stabilize materials and provide description in a timely manner.
• Ensure completion of collections management and control activities, including collections assessment, stacks maintenance, coordinating preservation and reformatting activities with appropriate library departments, and collecting workflow, use, and other statistics about the collections.
• Participate in unit-wide meetings and planning; other duties as assigned. Provide expert research assistance to faculty, students, external visitors, and library staff (e.g. present archival materials to scholars; provide information on holdings) in-person and via email, telephone, and mail.