Digital Preservation Archivist

Code4lib; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Potential tuition assistance for advanced degrees

Job summary

A leading academic institution in Atlanta seeks a Digital Preservation Archivist to provide innovative leadership in the digital preservation of archival materials. The successful candidate will collaborate with faculty and staff to establish best practices, manage preservation systems, and offer training on preservation processes. This position serves as a library faculty member, with a commitment to ongoing professional development and potential tuition assistance for further education.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Library Science or a related field is preferred.
• Ability to establish policies and best practices for digital preservation.
• Experience in training staff on digital preservation tools and processes.

Responsibilities

• Establish policies for digital preservation.
• Train faculty and staff on digital preservation practices.
• Manage the digital preservation system and web archiving account.
• Collaborate on capturing web and social media content.
• Advise on digital content lifecycle issues.

Skills

Digital content preservation

Training and support

Policy development

Collaboration with faculty

Digital preservation systems

Education

Master's degree in Library Science or related field

Tools

Archive It

Job description

TheUniversity Library seeks a motivated, collaborative, and service-oriented Digital Preservation Archivist (open rank, non-tenure track faculty: options are: Librarian Instructor, Librarian Assistant Professor, Librarian Associate Professor see below for details) to provide leadership and expertise in digital preservation. This includes working with the archivists, librarians, and staff across the University to manage the long-term preservation of digital materials for all collecting areas and handling materials in all formats.

Responsibilities

• Establish and refine policies, procedures, and best practices for the acquisition and long‑term preservation of permanent digital materials.
• Train faculty and staff around processes and procedures around acquisition, appraisal, arrangement and description of permanent digital records.
• Train faculty and staff on the use of the digital preservation system and offer ongoing support.
• Manage and maintain the digital preservation system and Archive It web archiving account.
• Collaborate with archivists to identify, capture, and revise web and social media content in accordance with the collection development policy.
• Work with the University and University Archivist to implement procedures to capture permanent born digital archival content across the University as per the University System of Georgia’s records retention schedule.
• Advise faculty archivists, librarians and content creators on digital content lifecycle issues, strategies and tools for digital content preservation, preservation implications of using innovative tools and processes for record development, and other initiatives related to collections and data.
• Work with archivists to identify digital materials on physical media for selection, extraction, and transfer to the digital preservation system.
• Supervise students and/or temporary employees as needed.
• The position serves as a member of the library faculty (12‑month, non‑tenure track), holds faculty rank, and is expected to participate in service activities as outlined in the University Library’s faculty guidelines. The library is committed to providing excellent professional development opportunities for its employees. While not required, employees are welcome to further their careers by earning an additional advanced degree, and, in some cases, tuition assistance is available.

How to apply

https://facultycareers.gsu.edu/postings/6601

Digital preservation