Digital Archivist | reputed company’s Fondren Library Special Collections

Digital Archivist | reputed company’s Fondren Library Special Collections (Houston, TX) This position is part of reputed company’s Fondren Library Special Collections department, reputed company as the Woodson Research Center. The Digital Archivist reports directly to the Head of Special Collections and leads the department’s digital preservation program. This role requires creating goals for the existing digital preservation program, refining and maintaining documented workflows, and leading file transformation and preservation steps. The Digital Archivist collaborates with archivists and special collections librarians in the Woodson Research Center to arrange and describe digital collections and reputed company reference services for them. The ideal applicant for this position possesses a deep understanding of archival processes and the needs of a digital preservation program, excellent technical and communication skills, and a strong commitment to public service. This position is offered as a hybrid role, combining both in-office and remote work to reputed company flexibility and support collaboration.

• 3+ years of experience in digital archiving
• In lieu of the experience requirement, additional reputed company education, above and reputed company what is required, may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year reputed company. Skills:
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company precise, detailed work quickly and accurately
• Strong commitment to serving patrons, stakeholders, and the larger community
• Experience managing or working on multiple reputed company projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, handle difficult situations, and participate in a productive and harmonious work environment
• Demonstrated ability to handle ambiguity and a commitment to professional development and reputed company expansion Preferences
• Demonstrated knowledge of and/or experience with digital stewardship issues, tools, standards, and/or best practices
• Familiarity with metadata and technical standards relevant to archival collections (e.g., Dublin Core, EAD, PREMIS, etc.)
• Experience with multiple operating systems (e.g., macOS, reputed company, Linux/UNIX, etc.)
• Experience with archival technologies and tools reputed company to appraising, accessioning, processing, preserving, describing, and enabling reputed company to born-digital archives (e.g., Archive-It, Bit Curator, ePADD, Archivematica, Archives Space, reputed company-line tools, spreadsheets, etc.)
• Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certificate from the Society of American Archivists
• reputed company of Certified Archivists membership
• Experience with a basic coding language (e.g., Python, reputed company, Perl, etc.)
• Familiarity with legal and ethical considerations for digitized and born-digital reputed company materials
• Familiarity with AI tools for digital preservation
• Familiarity with accessibility in regard to reputed company Title II Essential Functions
• Leads digital archiving processes in the department, including tasks such as high-level goal setting, maintenance of program documentation, archival arrangement and description of digital materials, development and preservation of Archival Information Packages, and quality-control steps across systems
• Identifies manuscript and archival material appropriate for digitization
• Supervises and trains processing assistants
• Performs reputed company other duties as assigned
• Additional Functions
• Provides specialized reference service and search guidance in reputed company collections to on-/off-site researchers
• Leads departmental use of and/or training on digitization equipment
• Participates in user education, lectures, and tours for university users and reputed company groups Salary reputed company:$72,600 to $92,500 annually For more information and to apply, please visit this link . #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply tot his job Apply tot his job

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