Salary Range: $55,000 - $62,000

The Mary and Jeff Bell Library at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) is seeking a Digital Archivist to create access to digital research resources and employs professional standards to continue the development of the Archives’ digital program. This is a non-tenure track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Librarian. Rank will be determined upon qualifications. The Archivist processes digital collections, provides leadership to ensure the organization and long-term preservation of digitized and born-digital materials, including university records and manuscript collections, and works closely with the Special Collections and Archives Director to provide access to these materials.  The ideal candidate will have a passion for history, digital archival processing and project management experience, strong organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.

The successful candidate will display an understanding of how to implement principles of good web design and identify emerging web-based technologies that promote user engagement with the library’s website. This librarian will provide advice, training, and support for archive staff involved in the creation of web content and collaborate with the appropriate Library Technology Services staff in designing and maintaining a functional, attractive, and usable website and mobile platform. This librarian will provide batch uploading of archival records, collaborate with Texas Digital Library (TDL) digital collections program and provide and preserve access to web-based content using ArchivesSpace, D-Space, and Omeka.

Responsibilities Include:

·         Leads the development of digital asset projects

·         Develops, implements, and executes processes enabling appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, and preservation of born-digital, and hybrid archive collections using best standards and practices

·         Creates and encodes finding aids using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS), ArchivesSpace, and Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

·         Manages online public access and web dissemination platforms including website, DSpace repository, and Omeka

·         Partners with and works alongside information technology staff from the library, campus, and Texas Digital Library (TDL) to support the digital collections program; digital collections software and hardware; and library digital initiatives

·         Manages the Special Collections department’s web archiving program, including creating and monitoring web crawls with Archive-It, performs quality control checks, and creates descriptive metadata for web content that accords with professional standards

·         Works with the Scholarly Communications Librarian to grow and manage scholarly digital collections in the TAMU-CC Repository

·         Serves as a subject liaison and participates in subject area collection development, information literacy instruction, student research consultations, and subject guide maintenance

·         Increases professional competence through formal or informal study and professional development activities

For additional information and a link to apply, see the attached document.