Archivist

Responsibilities

• Support digital preservation functions including processing and transformation of digital objects, capture of metadata, and utilization of the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model as a standard for digital preservation.
• Enable search and discovery through the creation of archival descriptions using standards-based archival description systems, metadata capture and normalization, and digitization.
• Maintain a thorough and up-to-date understanding of digital file formats, digital preservation, and digital persistence practice and theory.
• Create, document, and follow archival processes, workflows and best practices.
• Perform analog preservation functions.
• Respond to queries from internal and external sources for access to archival material and answer questions from both academic researchers and the public related to archival holdings.
• Generate reports.
• Collaborate with other archivists across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in research and analysis and preservation of documents and materials.
• Master’s degree in library science or library and information science from an ALA-accredited institution with a focus on archival studies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and/or experience with digital archives tools, standards, and/or best practices.
• Familiar with metadata and technical standards relevant to archival collections (e.g., DACS, DublinCore, ISAD(G), etc.).
• Experience with archival technologies and tools related to appraising, accessioning, processing, preserving, describing, and enabling access to born-digital archives (e.g., Access to Memory (AtoM), Webrecorder, BitCurator, ePADD, Archivematica, ArchivesSpace, command-line tools, spreadsheets, etc.).
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.
• US citizen.