Archive & Photo Collections Specialist.

Collections Stewardship

• Provide high levels of accountability and collections stewardship for entire collection
• Rehouse new archival and photographic acquisitions brought into the collection by curatorial staff
• Work to improve current collections storage conditions and formats
• Conduct regular inventories of collections based on need and project demands
• Work with staff to manage large and small collections projects such as surveys, moves, rehousing, conservation/preservation priorities, etc.
• Work with various equipment to create archival quality scans of documents, maps, photographs, negatives, and other formats
• Provide recommendations and advice on archives management to other staff in the department as well as throughout the organization
• Work closely with History Colorado collections management database, Argus, to improve catalog records and ensure proper tracking of collections
• Periodically help to process new acquisitions of archives and photographs
• Work with Head of Collections Management and Registration to create, implement, and uphold policies and procedures
• Supervise contractors, interns, and volunteers

Outreach and Engagement

• Contribute towards the department’s various outreach and engagement efforts
• Provide behind the scenes collections storage tours
• Periodically travel to destinations across the state for outreach events and programs
• Create programming for any of the department’s established programs, including Museum Connections, How-To, and Meet the Collection

Supervision

• Supervise contractors, interns, and volunteers