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The Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library is seeking Unit Manager to implement procedures for and coordinate the acquisition, curation, and accessibility of their born-digital archival materials.
Major/Essential Functions
- Developing processes and specifications for collecting, preserving, arranging, describing, and providing access to born digital and hybrid archival collections.
- Creating digital archiving workflows, procedures, and policies.
- Arranging, describing, and providing access to born-digital archival collections and describing them into finding aids.
- Ingesting and migrating digital items from a variety of current and legacy media formats.
- Providing training and guidance to SWC/SCL staff on preserving and migrating born-digital materials.
- Representing unit as a member of committees or teams as assigned by supervisor.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree plus three years supervisory experience; OR a combination of education and/or supervisory experience to equal seven years.
Preferred Qualifications
- ALA-accredited MLS degree or a Masters degree in public history or another humanities field with coursework in digital preservation, digital archives, or related subjects.
- Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certification.
- Knowledge of digital curation and archival metadata standards, including EAD, Dublin Core, and METS.
- Experience with training colleagues, especially on technological tools, in a team-based environment.
Annual salary: $48,000
For more information and to apply, please visit this link.
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