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Digital Archivist

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Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Digital Archivist to join our team at the University of Texas at Austin. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the appraisal, processing, preservation, description of, and access to born digital and digitized archival materials.

Key Responsibilities
  • Appraisal and Preservation: Appraise, preserve, describe, and provide access to primary source digital materials, both born digital and digital content created in-house.
  • Policy Development: Develop and document policies and procedures for the stewardship of digital materials, including email, websites, social media, as well as material residing on current or legacy formats.
  • Collaboration and Communication: Participate in center-wide activities, collaborative working groups, and other center committees as assigned. Keep abreast of current trends in digital preservation theory, standards, and technologies and lead evaluation and implementation of tools, standards, and systems related to digital stewardship and metadata management.
  • Leadership and Management: Manage the staff in the Digital Archives Unit. Represent the Briscoe Center and University Archive in collaborative campus-wide digital stewardship efforts.
  • Collection Development and Acquisition: Meet and communicate with donors to facilitate collection development and acquisition processes and assist in transferring archival collections to the Center, with some occasional travel as needed.
  • Reference Services: Work in the reading room regularly and respond to reference inquiries from a wide variety of individuals and entities.
Requirements
  • Education: Masters degree in Information Science, Information Studies, History, or other closely related field with a concentration in archival enterprise.
  • Experience: 1-2 years working with digital material in an archival setting. Strong technical expertise with digital objects in a library or cultural heritage organization.
  • Skills: Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with digital stewardship issues, tools, standards, and best practices. Familiarity with metadata standards relevant to archival collections. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Certification: Certified Archivist designation. Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certificate from the Society of American Archivists.
  • Experience: Experience planning and managing a digital preservation program. Supervisory experience. Strong organizational and project management skills.
Working Conditions
  • Physical Demands: 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 50lbs.
Required Materials
  • Resume/CV: Resume/CV.
  • References: 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor.
  • Letter of Interest: Letter of interest.