Archival Processing & Special Projects Manager

The Digital Asset Management Consortium, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Public Library seeks a Manager, Archival Processing and Special Projects to lead a team of archivists within the Special Collections Processing unit. You will oversee archival processing, description remediation, and the creation of finding aids to advance access and preservation across diverse collections.

This role partners with Digital Collections Operations and curatorial teams, directs staff training, manages grant-funded initiatives, and ensures compliance with national

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an archives or manuscripts repository.
• 3+ years supervising staff and managing projects.
• Strong background in archival processing and archival theory, including processing collections in all formats (analog, digital, and audio and moving image).
• Experience with efficient and extensible archival processing.
• Experience developing and conducting staff training in archival systems and standards.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current standards for archival description, cataloging, and archival metadata (DACS, EAD, MARC 21, RDA, DCRM, LCSH, LCNAF, AAT, TGM).
• Familiarity with scripting and querying languages such as SQL and Python.
• Experience managing and versioning documentation, particularly in GitHub.
• Experience with project management tools including Trello, AirTable, and JIRA.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; high integrity, reliability, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff processing new acquisitions and backlog collections, ensuring alignment with national standards and curatorial processing priorities.
• Recruit, hire, and manage processing staff for special projects, managing deliverables and timelines for archival processing grant-funded projects.
• Develop and help to maintain documentation for archival processing, ArchivesSpace, and accessioning on AP's public GitHub documentation site.
• Conduct training on archival processing and descriptive systems for archivists across NYPL research divisions.
• Maintain archival metadata in all descriptive systems, including ArchivesSpace, Archives Portal, and the Research Catalog, ensuring descriptive content is aligned with national standards.
• Perform database queries and produce reports to inform description remediation priorities in support of data migration projects.
• Represent NYPL in committees, professional organizations, and conferences, keeping up-to-date with evolving standards and new developments in archives management
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Staff management

Project management

Communication

Detail orientation

Archivist theory

Documentation

Interpersonal skills

Quality service

Education

ALA-accredited Master's degree in Library and Information Science or archival training

Tools

ArchivesSpace

FTK

OCLC Connexion

Sierra

RDA Toolkit

MARCEdit

SQL

Python

GitHub

Job description

The New York Public Library seeks a Manager, Archival Processing and Special Projects to lead a team of archivists within the Special Collections Processing unit. You will oversee archival processing, description remediation, and the creation of finding aids to advance access and preservation across diverse collections.

This role partners with Digital Collections Operations and curatorial teams, directs staff training, manages grant-funded initiatives, and ensures compliance with national