Duties/Expectations:

• Create and maintain department best practices and procedures for the appraisal of born-digital materials and their acquisition.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the BYU Web Archive.

• Collaborate with the curators to evaluate existing physical collections for the presence of digital materials in legacy formats.
• Facilitate curators’ efforts to select and prepare collections for digitization.
• Establish department procedures for providing access to born-digital materials, including types and lengths of access and use restrictions.
• Coordinate the development and maintenance of department procedures that curators will use to redact or otherwise restrict access to born-digital materials with sensitive information.
• Participate in the development of processes for deaccessioning digital content and assets.

Required Degree:

• MLS from an ALA-accredited institution and an undergraduate degree, minor, or emphasis in computer science, a related field of technology, or a humanities field with an emphasis in technology.
        OR
• If the applicant does not have an MLS, a master’s or doctoral degree in computer science, a related field of technology, or a humanities field with an emphasis in technology is required.
  • Individuals without an MLS must complete the MLS degree within a specific period of time. They will be provided a minimum of 44 months from date of hire.

The required degree must be completed by the start date.

Salary: Salary: $70,000 per year, DOQ 

Application deadline: March 14, 2025, NOTE: Job postings close at 12:00 AM on posting close date

For more information and to apply, please visit this link.