Vacancy for Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian at Library of Congress

Digital Preservation Coalition; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 112,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization, the Digital Preservation Coalition, invites applications for a Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian role at the Library of Congress. This position involves managing digital collections, ensuring their accessibility, and collaborating with various stakeholders to promote digital scholarship.

Qualifications

• Experience with managing datasets and digital collections.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.
• Skills in developing workflows for automating processes.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, preserve, and provide access to digital collections.
• Lead programmatic activities associated with digital collections.
• Support use of collections for digital scholarship.

Skills

Data management

Collaboration

Creative problem solving

Education

Master's degree in Library Science or related field

Job description

• Vacancy for Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian at Library of Congress

Vacancy for Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian at Library of Congress

30 November 2023

Washington, DC

$112,015 - $145,617 per year

Full-Time

Are you interested in joining a highly collaborative team-based environment working to acquire, preserve, and provide access to digital collections at the Library of Congress? Do you enjoy creative problem solving that will contribute to automating processes, developing workflows, working with large amounts of digital content, and making digital collections accessible? The Digital Collections Management & Services Division (DCMS) is seeking a Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian to join its dedicated, engaged, and innovative staff. DCMS manages a variety of digital general collections including content collected through the Library’s web archiving program, eBooks, e-Journals, digitized general collections materials, bulk datasets, and more! DCMS maintains custodial responsibility for general digital collections materials, facilitating born digital acquisitions, conducting research and testing on digital content management methods and practices, and developing policy and procedures for the management of digital content. Our staff liaise and collaborate with a variety of staff across the Library. As a Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian, you will play a key role in enabling computational use of the Library’s born digital and digitized collections and implementation of a coordinated approach to support use of collections for digital scholarship. If you have experience with managing datasets and leading associated programmatic activities like consulting with key internal and external stakeholders, we encourage you to apply.