2-Year Archives Fellowship, Clyfford Still Museum, (Denver, CO)

Posted August 16, 2023

Application Deadline: September 25, 2023
Start Date: November 1, 2023
End Date: November 1, 2025
Classification Status: Full-time temporary exempt
Annual Compensation: $50,000
Bonuses, commissions or other compensation: N/A
Benefits include: Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, Vacation and Sick Time, Paid Holidays, Transit, Short- and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance, Retirement, and other additional benefits
Reports to: Digital Archivist
Direct reports: N/A

About the position:

The Clyfford Still Museum is seeking an early career archivist for a two-year Archives Fellowship. The successful candidate will be passionate about physical preservation and access, and has the capacity to organize large, complex, highly interrelated collections. The Archives Fellow will join the wider Clyfford Still Archives and Collections Team to help build the profile of the Museum’s archival collections by making them more accessible through processing. Recent MLIS graduates and current MLIS students are highly encouraged to apply.

The Archives Department manages the complete personal papers of Clyfford Still, in addition to small donations from those who knew Still, and a growing collection of historic documents describing the Museum’s creation and activities. The Archives Fellow position will center around the arrangement, description, and preservation of the Museum’s historical archival collections, with additional responsibility to maintain the Museum’s collections management system QI under the leadership of the Digital Archivist.

Principal Responsibilities

Uphold professional standards in archives, the archival method, physical preservation, and larger LAIS field, in a fine art museum setting
Improve physical and intellectual control of and access to archival collection resources through processing and documentation: inventory, research, arrange, rehouse, and label physical archival collections materials
Maintain and monitor existing cold storage preservation system for film; triage, rehouse, and preserve other vulnerable materials; flag items with the highest preservation risk for treatment by the Conservation department
Catalog aggregate-level and a substantial amount of object-level records in the QI CMS
Aid in reference and research requests to staff and researchers in their efforts to promote the legacy of Clyfford Still in aiding in reference interviews, provide assistance, pull boxes, and monitor patron use of the archival collections during onsite research visits
Provide close assistance to the database administrator and support team of the QI CMS in developing features that enhance the QI CMS’s ease of cataloging and use; work with the administrators of the Museum’s digital asset management system Luna and database and other program developers to maintain existing integration projects
Collaborate with the Director of Collections and Digital Archivist on archival policies and goals for the Clyfford Still Archives; contribute to the Collections team policy and procedures evaluation and development
Work with Contract Digitization Specialist to schedule and queue digitization projects; stage materials for proper handling during digitization
Participate in the exhibition development process: suggest archival materials for inclusion in exhibitions
Assist with ongoing administrative and collections tasks: budget creation, supply purchases, collections tours, and some exhibition installation assistance

How to Apply

For more information and to apply, please go to the following: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/about-us/jobs/2-year-archives-fellowship/