Excited about unique resources in women's history? Want to help Smith College Special Collections shine a light on underutilized materials? If so, come join us!
The Project Archivist for Enhanced Description is a Mellon funded three-year position focused on appraisal, description, and access work. Focused on the evaluation of artificial subject collections in the Sophia Smith Collection of women's history, the successful candidate will work with other technical services staff to surface extraordinary primary source manuscripts and single item artifacts related to gender justice in the US.
The aim of this position is in keeping with the mission, vision and values of Smith College Special Collections - to improve discoverability and accessibility of un-or-under described primary source documents. The ability to understand the historical and evidentiary value of materials long removed from their archival context is a substantial part of the work. Topics are broad and include women's rights, slavery and anti-slavery, suffrage, education, music, and abortion. This position reports to the Head of Technical Services for Special Collections.
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Expected salary hiring range: $56,000-$79,000 depending on experience. Information on staff benefits can be found on the Smith College website. For additional details about the position or to apply, please visit the Smith College HR portal.
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Kit Messick (she/her)
Head of Technical Services for Special Collections
Smith College
kmessick@smith.eduNeilson Library 106C
413.585.2996
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