Lead Digital Collections Librarian (Assistant/Associate)

Miami University; Oxford (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Miami University Libraries seeks a collaborative, knowledgeable, and service-oriented Digital Collections Librarian to lead its digital collections program, with primary responsibility for digitized and born-digital special collections and shared responsibility for digital preservation.

Reporting to the Head of Special Collections & Archives, the Librarian develops sustainable practices for managing digital materials throughout their lifecycle—from selection, acquisition, rights review through

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS) from an ALA-accredited program.
• Education or experience related to digital collections, digitization, born-digital materials, metadata, archives, or a closely related area.
• Experience coordinating projects or workflows and collaborating with others.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Knowledge of digitization technologies, metadata, and preservation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, implementation, documentation, and assessment of projects involving digitized and born-digital special collections and archival materials.
• Develop and manage sustainable workflows for selection, acquisition, digitization, quality control, repository ingest, digital preservation, discovery, and access.
• Establish policies, technical specifications, and procedures for born-digital materials, web archives, digitization, digital preservation, storage, migration, and long-term access.
• Assess preservation risks, evaluate emerging technologies and professional practices, and collaborate on infrastructure, security, backups, and service improvements.
• Coordinate and supervise the work of student employees, interns, and other project participants.
• Promote accessible, inclusive user-centered access while addressing copyright, privacy, and ethical considerations.

Skills

Project coordination

Collaboration with colleagues andStake

Effective written and oral коммуника

Education

MLIS from an ALA-accredited program

Experience with digital collections or archives

Tools

ContentDM

Archivematica

Metadata standards (MARC, Dublin Core)

Job description

Miami University Libraries seeks a collaborative, knowledgeable, and service-oriented Digital Collections Librarian to lead its digital collections program, with primary responsibility for digitized and born-digital special collections and shared responsibility for digital preservation.

Reporting to the Head of Special Collections & Archives, the Librarian develops sustainable practices for managing digital materials throughout their lifecycle—from selection, acquisition, rights review through