Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Audio Visual Archivist
UT MAIN CAMPUS
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted Yesterday
job requisition id
R_00027484
Job Posting Title:

Audio Visual Archivist
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Hiring Department:

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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Position Open To:

All Applicants
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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40
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FLSA Status:

Exempt
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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately
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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue
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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS
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Job Details:

General Notes

The Briscoe Center for American History is one of the nation’s leading research centers for historical study. The center’s archives, libraries, museums, and historic buildings are part of The University of Texas at Austin’s commitment to collecting, preserving, and making available the evidence of the past.

The center’s exhibit spaces, classrooms, and Reading Room are located on The University of Texas at Austin campus. The center also operates the Briscoe–Garner Museum in Uvalde, Texas; the Sam Rayburn Museum in Bonham, Texas; and Winedale, a research collection of nineteenth-century structures, material culture, and decorative arts located near Round Top, Texas.

The Briscoe Center promotes the university’s teaching and research mission through classes and seminars, academic fellowships, faculty collaborations, and student internships. The center fosters public exploration of history through research services, exhibits, books, public programs, and digital humanities projects inspired by archival holdings.

Purpose

The Briscoe Center for American History seeks a highly collaborative Audiovisual Archivist who will provide leadership and responsibility for the appraisal, processing, preservation, description, digitization of and access to audiovisual materials in a variety of formats.

Responsibilities

Digitize and create metadata for audio and moving image (AV) materials.

Create inventories of AV materials and integrate into ArchivesSpace.

Survey AV materials for preservation issues, and perform repairs or make recommendations for external vendors.

Document and maintain legacy playback and digitization equipment, source replacement equipment, and source vendors for digitization of formats not available in-house.

Meet and communicate with donors to facilitate collection development and acquisition process and assist in transferring archival collections to the Center, with some occasional travel as needed and provide outreach to a variety of stakeholders including visitors and UT classes.

Provide reference support, including service on reference desk in reading room, providing playback for items not viewable in the reading room and answering AV related reference queries.

Recruit, train and supervise interns and volunteers.

Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications
Masters degree in Information Science, Information Studies, History or other closely related field with a concentration in archival enterprise.

1-2 years working with audiovisual material in an archival setting.

Strong technical expertise with audiovisual formats and playback equipment in a library or cultural heritage organization.

Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with audiovisual stewardship issues, tools, standards, and best practices.

Familiarity with metadata standards relevant to archival and audiovisual collections.

Demonstrated commitment to a collaborative work environment.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications
Certified archivist designation.

Demonstrated experience working with aging audiovisual media/equipment and digital media/devices.

Ability to determine preservation priorities and expertly perform preservation best practices for a wide range of analog audiovisual materials.

Experience troubleshooting to solve technical problems.

Strong organizational and project management skills.

Experience designing and managing complex projects.

Experience leading collaborative initiatives in a highly distributed environment.

Experience working in a Drupal and Islandora environment.

Experience working with third party vendors.

Demonstrated ability to create solutions for problems, negotiate difficult situations, motivate staff, and maintain a productive harmonious work environment.

Ability to embrace ambiguity in a changing environment and be committed to continual professional development, improvement and learning.

Supervisory experience.

Driving Required
This job requires a class "C" operator's driver's license. The applicant selected must provide a current three year driving record from the current state of residence. If not currently a Texas resident, a Texas driver's license must be obtained within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Employees who are required to have a CDL are subject to drug and alcohol testing (pre-employment, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, random, return-to-duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol testing).

Salary Range
$50,000

Working Conditions
May work around standard office conditions.

Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

Use of manual dexterity

Climbing of ladders

Lifting and moving up to 50 lbs.

Will be exposed to book dust and book mold.

Non-smoking environment on University property, buildings, and vehicles.

Work Shift
Periodic travel as needed.

Periodic evenings/weekends for special events.

Required Materials
Resume/CV

3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.
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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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