Vacancy for Born-Digital Collections Coordinator at The Library of Virginia

Digital Preservation Coalition; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 82,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Library of Virginia seeks a Born-Digital Collections Coordinator to lead agency-wide planning and technical management of its born-digital government and manuscript records. The role sits in the Digital Initiatives & Web Services division, driving policies, procedures, technologies, and documentation to support sustainability and public access.

The successful candidate will strengthen how we collect, manage, preserve, and provide access to these records, collaborating with archivists and

Qualifications

• Experience with born-digital archives and records.
• Ability to analyze and improve workflows.
• Familiarity with metadata standards and preservation planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and technical management of born-digital records.
• Develop workflows for transfer, accessioning, processing, and public access.
• Administer Archive-It collections and Rosetta preservation system.
• Collaborate with archivists and librarians on appraisal and processing.

Skills

Digital archives

Records management

Metadata

Web archiving

Tools

Archive-It

Rosetta

Job description

• Vacancy for Born-Digital Collections Coordinator at The Library of Virginia

Vacancy for Born-Digital Collections Coordinator at The Library of Virginia

6 October 2026

Commensurate with experience up to $91,080.00

Full-Time

The Library of Virginia seeks a Born-Digital Collections Coordinator to lead agency-wide planning and technical management of its born-digital government and manuscript records. As part of the Digital Initiatives & Web Services division, the ideal candidate will bring a collaborative and intellectually curious spirit to the development of the proper policies, procedures, technologies, and documentation that supports the sustainability and public access to these records.

This role helps the Library of Virginia catch up and stay ahead on born-digital records—particularly state government records. To make this modern content accessible, we’re hiring a technical expert to strengthen how we collect, manage, preserve, and make these records available to the public.

Responsibilities include a thorough needs analysis of the current backlog of electronic records and the development of effective workflows and procedures for the transfer, accessioning, technical processing, and public access to the records. This work will be done in collaboration with archivists and librarians tasked with the appraisal and descriptive processing of the records. The person in this position will also serve as the administrator for the Library’s Archive-It web archiving collections and will participate as part of a team that manages the Library’s digital preservation system, Ex Libris’ Rosetta.

Support and improve workflows to accession, process, and describe electronic records, especially in collaboration with the Government Records Services team:

• Test and help select tools that make the work scalable and reliable
• Help move content toward public availability/access
• Support collection management and preservation planning for long-term stewardship

Even those who have never had "archivist" in their job title are encouraged to apply. The work can be done by those with experience such as:

• Digital archives / digital preservation work
• Records management (especially electronic records)
• Managing digital collections, metadata, or repositories
• IT/data roles involving repeatable workflows, file management at scale, tool evaluation, documentation, or process improvement, especially for libraries or cultural heritage organizations