SLIS Jobline Your Source for Professional, Pre-Professional, and Internship Positions

Processing Archivist Librarian, Towson University, Towson, MD

Posted October 8, 2019

The Albert S. Cook Library invites applications for a 12-month Librarian I position on the permanent status track beginning January 2020.

 

Responsibilities include:

  • Analyze the existing arrangement and description of physical and born-digital materials and make decisions about any further arrangement and description that may be necessary, sometimes in consultation with donors.

  • Design and implement descriptive plans to identify and explain the structure, context and content of records and papers to promote their accessibility using archival software, including ArchivesSpace, Archive-It, and CONTENTdm, and other applications.

  • Appraise university records in all formats for their long term retention.

  • Establish, maintain, and keep a record of communication(s) with creators and/or potential donors of records.

  • Identify and evaluate record characteristics to determine the acquisition of university records.

  • Create and implement policies and procedures for managing born-digital materials for ingest, storage, preservation, organization, description, and access.

  • Analyze the current condition of physical and digital material and determine appropriate preservation priorities and actions.

  • Develop and implement preservation, migration, and reformatting plans for digital collections.

 

Qualifications: 

  • MLS or equivalent from an ALA-accredited institution. 

  • Demonstrated work or school experience with basic preservation and conservation standards for physical and born-digital archival and manuscript collections.

  • Demonstrated knowledge of current national data content and structure standards related to the archival control of collection materials.

  • Demonstrated knowledge of archival and library software applications.  

  • Demonstrated initiative and ability to work independently and collaboratively on a variety of projects simultaneously.

  • Demonstrated excellent organizational, analytical, time management, and project management skills.

 

Apply at: https://www.towson.edu/provost/prospective/processing-archivist-librarian-lib-3323.html

Academic Positions Archive Positions Professional Jobs Outside of New England