Digital Archivist Hoover Institution Stanford The Hoover Institution Archives is seeking a Digital Archivist to carry out full range of archival functions on born-digital materials according to archival standards and best practices. The full-time position is for a career track with a limited term of two years.
JOB PURPOSE: Reporting to the Digital Materials Manager, the Digital Archivist processes born-digital archival materials, helps develop a variety of digital workflows according to archival standards and methods, and supports the full range of functions of the digital curation and imaging lab. CORE DUTIES: * Develop and implement plans to assess, process, describe, preserve, and provide access to born-digital collection materials, coordinating with other units as appropriate. * Assist in determining policies and procedures for the curation of born-digital collection materials according to archival standards and methods that are scalable. * Create metadata and ingest metadata/digital objects into Hoover's digital preservation environment. * Support digital imaging projects, including developing plans and workflows, creating time and cost estimates, coordinating the work of digitization production staff, performing quality assurance, and performing digital imaging work. * Prepare and maintain a variety of documentation of projects, workflows, and procedures. * Disseminate information about newly available digital materials via a variety of communication platforms. * Contribute to the ongoing development and review of technologies and their application to digital archival materials. * Assist in selecting, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting hardware and software used for projects. * Maintain production statistics. * Identify and collaborate with partners within the Library & Archives and beyond. Qualifications: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Education & Experience: M.L.I.S. degree from an A.L.A.-accredited library school, and at least 2 years of experience working in archives or special collections. Demonstrated experience with database systems used for archival work. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: * Demonstrated knowledge of archival description and metadata standards for both physical and digital collection materials. * Competence with current hardware and software used to process and describe born-digital archival materials and digitize paper-based materials. * Excellent technical skills spanning a variety of obsolete, obscure, and non-US hardware and software systems, including Windows, Mac, Wang, etc. * Evidence of strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a wide variety of people. * Effective problem solving, analytical and organizational skills. * Evidence of strong verbal and written communication skills. * Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a production-oriented environment. * Enthusiasm for innovation and change, and interest in keeping abreast of new developments. * Reading knowledge of one or more foreign languages preferred. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/25275/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
