Digital Collections Archivist

Clemson University: University Libraries

Location

Cooper Library

Open Date

Sep 25, 2024

Deadline

Jan 06, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

Clemson University Libraries seeks an innovative, collaborative, and service-oriented Digital Collections Archivist. This faculty member will provide leadership and expertise in the collection, transfer, storage, description, and preservation of born-digital and digitized materials, including developing workflows, policies, and procedures that help staff carry out these tasks. The Digital Collections Archivist works across manuscript collections and the university archives on digital archiving projects. The incumbent will contribute to Library wide digital and preservation projects in collaboration with appropriate colleagues.

Library faculty are members of the academic community, with responsibilities in the areas of librarianship, scholarship, and service. This is a 12-month tenure-track position accountable to the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Responsibilities Include

• Collaborates with Special Collections and Archives colleagues to appraise, process, and describe donations that include born-digital and/or digitized materials
• Prioritizes processing for digital materials and creates and updates finding aids for digital and digitized materials to facilitate preservation, retrieval, and access
• Coordinates the transfer of digital and digitized material from current and legacy media formats and uses forensic and other tools to ensure authenticity, fixity, preservation, and access
• Manages departmental digitization work, including creating and monitoring processes and workflows, and liaises with colleagues in the Digitization Lab to coordinate scanning projects
• Develops and implements policies and procedures for the management of born digital and digitized materials held in the department
• Leads the department’s web archiving activities
• In collaboration with Libraries colleagues, maintains the department’s content management system
• Contributes to Library wide digital projects and digital preservation efforts
• Promotes the university’s history through reference, research, publication, and instruction
• Engages in professional development such as attending conferences, workshops, and webinars related to job functions
  
  

Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities

• Develops a focused program of high-quality research and creative accomplishments, consistent with professional responsibilities and the libraries’ missions and goals
  
  

Service

• Actively participates and demonstrates leadership in professional responsibilities that serve Libraries, University, profession, and community.
  
  

Salary And Benefits

Faculty rank and a minimum salary of $70,000 based on the successful candidate's qualifications and experience. Various medical plans, dental plans, and retirement plans are available. 18 days annual leave, 15 days sick leave, 13 paid holidays, and liberal professional development leave are provided. Library faculty receive an individual stipend for travel or other professional development activity.

Location:

Clemson University is an R-1 land grant institution located in upstate South Carolina-a global university with a mission to serve the diverse communities of our state. The recently updated university strategic plan offers a three-tiered strategy to enhance student experience, increase faculty research, and expand the positive impact of the university within communities across South Carolina. Centrally located in the beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Clemson is in one of the fastest-growing areas of South Carolina, and a two-hour drive from Charlotte and Atlanta.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• An ALA-accredited graduate degree in librarianship or other relevant graduate degree in another scholarly field as deemed appropriate by the Libraries
• One year experience working in an archives or special collections environment, including digitization projects and working with digital archives
• Demonstrated experience using archival collection management software
• Knowledge of tools and software that capture, manage, and deliver born-digital and digitized materials
• Evidence of knowledge of current trends in the archival profession, particularly in relation to born digital and digitized content
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Proven ability to work collaboratively within, and across, teams
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in an academic or research library/archives
• Society of American Archivists Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Certificate
• Knowledge of digital archiving tools such as BitCurator, ePadd
• Knowledge of digital preservation tools such as Archivematica, Preservica, Archive-It
• Knowledge of web-publishing platforms such as Omeka
• Experience processing archival collections and creating finding aids
• Knowledge of OAIS and NDSA digital preservation standards
• Excellent organizational, time, and project management skills
• Experience or working knowledge of ArchivesSpace
• Training and/or supervisory experience
  
  

Application Instructions

Applicants should electronically submit all applications and related materials via Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/155557. Required materials include a cover letter, professional curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three (3) professional references. Applications received by October 9 will be guaranteed consideration.