Two-Year Project Archivist: Photographs Digitization Lead

South Dakota Board of Regents; Brookings (SD); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum is seeking a Project Archivist for a two-year temporary role to lead cataloging and digitization of a 40,000-photograph collection. The position requires strong leadership, attention to detail, and collaboration with the Collections Coordinator to develop processing plans and timelines.

The role is based on SDSU campus in Brookings, SD, with emphasis on applying professional archival practices and metadata standards (DACS, Dublin Core).

Qualifications

• Experience in archives, museums, or cultural heritage settings.
• Ability to arrange, describe, preserve, catalog and digitize materials to professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Arrange, describe, preserve, catalog and digitize visual materials.
• Supervise student assistants and interns.

Skills

Archivist experience

Detail-oriented

Leadership

Digitization

Cataloging

Metadata standards

DACS Dublin Core

Job description

The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum is seeking a Project Archivist for a two-year temporary role to lead cataloging and digitization of a 40,000-photograph collection. The position requires strong leadership, attention to detail, and collaboration with the Collections Coordinator to develop processing plans and timelines.

The role is based on SDSU campus in Brookings, SD, with emphasis on applying professional archival practices and metadata standards (DACS, Dublin Core).