Temple University Libraries
Job Description
Digital Associate Archivist - Charles Library - (23000986)
Description
Grade: T25
A variety of important factors are reviewed by HR when considering salary, including job duties, the applicant’s education and experience, all relevant internal equity considerations, department budget, and funding source.
Reporting to the Director of Special Collections, the Associate Archivist is responsible for the management and preservation of digital records from ingest of newborn-digital collections to delivery. Serves as department lead on assessment-related activities and liaises with the coordinators of public and technical services, gathering and analyzing statistics for reporting purposes. Processes, preserves, and creates finding aids, cataloging records, and other access tools, with assistance from student workers. Works with the director on collection development including accessioning new acquisitions. Provides advanced reference and research services to a range of user communities including university students, faculty, and staff. Conducts class instruction sessions to university classes, surrounding schools, and other groups. Performs other duties as assigned.
Temple University Libraries serves the Temple community and beyond, including more than 35,000 students; over 2,000 full-time faculty; and researchers and visitors on Main, Center City, and Health Sciences Center campuses in Philadelphia and on our Ambler and Harrisburg campuses. We are committed to providing research and learning services, offering open access to our facilities and information resources, and fostering innovation and experimentation. Our collections total more than four million physical and digital titles, over 260,000 print and electronic journal subscriptions, and more than 700 research databases. We also collect, preserve, and provide access to a broad universe of special collections, including rare books, manuscripts, archives, photographs, and more. As part of our library enterprise, the award-winning Temple University Press supports our mission to advance learning and scholarship.
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This position requires a background check.
This position is assigned a hybrid work arrangement (on-campus and remote). The duration of this hybrid work arrangement is at the discretion of Temple University and the hiring department.
Required Education & Experience:
MA/MLS or equivalent, with coursework in archival theory and methodology. Three years of archival experience and two (2) years of archival reference and research experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Required Skills & Abilities:
*Demonstrated knowledge of archival organization and descriptive standards (such as MARC, RDA, DACS, Dublin Core, EAD, LCSH, AAT); and collection management and digital content management systems (such as ArchivesSpace and CONTENTdm).
*Knowledge of digital forensics and preservation tools (such as BitCurator) and standards and software used to capture, manage, and deliver born-digital records. Familiarity with OAIS and preservation management systems such as Archivematica, Preservica, or Fedora.
*Knowledge of systems and software needed to process archives and manuscript collections, create digital finding aids, and digitize and make collections accessible digitally.
*Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with archival arrangement and processing techniques for archives, manuscript and audio/visual collections.
*Basic knowledge of Philadelphia history.
*Exhibition and outreach programming experience.
Preferred:
*A concentration in history.
*Certified Archivist and Digital Archives Specialist.
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Compliance Statement: In the performance of their functions as detailed in the position description employees have an obligation to avoid ethical, legal, financial and other conflicts of interest to ensure that their actions and outside activities do not conflict with their primary employment responsibilities at the institution. Employees are also expected to understand and be in compliance with applicable laws, University and employment policies and regulations, including NCAA regulations for areas and departments which their essential functions cause them to interact.
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Primary Location: Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Main Campus-Charles Library
Job: Staff
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular
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