Born-Digital Archivist

Code4lib; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

The Smithsonian's Archives of American Art in Washington, DC is seeking a Born-Digital Archivist to strengthen its capacity to acquire, preserve, and provide access to born-digital archival collections.

The archivist will perform hands-on work to transfer, accession, preserve, document, process, and prepare complex digital materials for access, including email, databases, audiovisual media, websites, and other emerging formats.

Job description

Description

The Smithsonian's Archives of American Art is seeking a Born-Digital Archivist to help strengthen its capacity to acquire, preserve, and provide access to born-digital archival collections. The Archives holds more than 30 million primary source materials documenting the history of American art and artists and is the largest and most widely used resource of its kind in the world. The archivist will perform hands-on work to transfer, accession, preserve, document, process, and prepare complex digital materials for access, including email, databases, audiovisual media, websites, and other emerging formats. This position offers an opportunity to work with significant archival collections while helping the Archives test and improve its born-digital workflows and practices. Salary: $85,447 to $111,087. This is a full-time, five-year term, non-federal position based in Washington, DC.