Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Institution/Company Organization Type - Academic
Position TItle - Digital Archivist, Visiting Assistant Professor
Position Type - Full-Time, Temporary
Benefits - Yes
Salary Range - $45, 000-$55,000
Is ACA Certification required or preferred? - Preferred
Able to apply if a provisional CA or agree to take CA exam within 1 year of hire - Yes
Library & Information Services (LIS) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)
seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor, Digital Archivist (three-year appointment) with
knowledge and experience in acquiring, preserving, and providing public access to
born-digital and digitized archival and unique collections holdings.
The Digital Archivist will have primary responsibility for identifying, accessioning,
processing, describing, and making discoverable the university’s born-digital,
digitized, and digitally-reformatted archival resources. Working in collaboration with
faculty and staff in the University Archives & Unique Collections (UAUC) unit, across
LIS, and throughout the university, the Digital Archivist will provide expertise for the
initiation, implementation, and assessment of policies, systems, and processes for the
long-term preservation of born-digital and digitally-reformatted university records,
publications, manuscripts and rare books. This position will participate in collaborative
initiatives to facilitate high-impact teaching practices across the curriculum by
integrating LIS and its rich archival and unique collections into a variety of academic
courses and programs.
SIUE has a robust cross-disciplinary and collaborative digital humanities community.
LIS UAUC has extensive manuscript holdings, among them are the John Francis
McDermott Collection (Illinois Country and French Louisiana), the Harold Gibbons
Collection (organized labor), the Hap Meyer Collection (American soccer), the Etienne
Cabet Collection (Icarian utopian community), the Noverr Collection (Walt Whitman
journalism), the Eugene B. Redmond Collection (Black Arts movement), and rich
holdings in music (for example, Ruth Slenczynska Collection).
Responsibilities:
Working cooperatively with colleagues in the University Archives & Unique Collections
(UAUC) unit and under the direction of the Dean of LIS, the Digital Archivist will:
•Identify, accession, process, describe, and make accessible university born-digital and
digitally-reformatted content of enduring legal, historical, evidential, administrative, or
research value;
•Initiate, implement, and assess policies, systems, and processes for the long-term
preservation of born-digital and digitally-reformatted university records, publications,
manuscripts, and rare books;
•Develop internal workflows and policies, maintain documentation, and ensure
adherence to national standards and best practices for digital preservation and digital
archives;
•Inventory all LIS’ digital collections, digital asset storage, and develop a prioritized
plan for managing and making them accessible;
•Consult physical archival collections, assessing intellectual and artifactual value, to
determine audience, scope, and unmet research need when planning new digital
projects;
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
•Master’s degree in Library Science or Information Science from an ALA-accredited
institution, or;
•Equivalent combination of a relevant advanced degree and library or digital archives/
humanities experience, or;
•Nearing completion of a Master’s degree in Library Science or Information Science with
experience prior to the date of employment.
•Commitment to and support for a culture of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both oral and written.
Submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcripts, contact information for
three professional references (to be contacted before finalist interviews), a brief (one or two
page) DEIA statement describing how you envision the role of Digital Archivist in furthering
DEIA initiatives in one file in PDF format tp kdurnan@siue.edu