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Job Requisition: 1500965
Job Title: *Lead Processing Archivist for Manuscripts Division Collections*
Posting Site: *Lead Processing Archivist
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*Position Title: Lead Processing Archivist for
Manuscripts Division Collections*
*Department: Library-Rare Books & Spec Collections*
*Requisition Number: 1500965 *
*Job Code Title: Librarian*
*Salary: $60-70K*
The Princeton University Library is one of the world’s leading research
libraries, serving a diverse community of 5,200 undergraduates, 2,700
graduate students, 1,200 faculty members, and many visiting scholars. Its
holdings include more than 8 million printed volumes, 5 million
manuscripts, 2 million non-print items, and extensive collections of
digital text, data, and images. The Library employs a dedicated and
knowledgeable staff of more than 300 professional and support staff working
in a large central library, 9 specialized branches, and 3 storage
facilities.
*Major Responsibilities: *
The Lead Processing Archivist for Manuscripts Division Collections works at
the Princeton University Library's Department of Rare Books and Special
Collections. The Manuscripts Division holds approximately 12,000 linear
feet of materials spanning 5,000 years from the ancient Near East to the
present. Subject strengths include modern English, American, and Latin
American literature; Western European and U.S. history; Near Eastern
Studies; American publishing history; and art history. Included are over
20,000 bound manuscripts. Audiovisual media and born-digital files
constitute a growing subset of the Division's collections. The Lead
Processing Archivist provides expert guidance and functional supervision
for other team members who accession, survey, appraise, process, and create
archival and bibliographic metadata for a wide range of literary and
historical manuscript collections, personal papers, and other materials
acquired for the Division. Management of descriptive data (which includes
reprocessing and bringing legacy finding aids up to modern descriptive
standards) is a significant aspect of the team's workload. The Lead
Processing Archivist processes and catalogs new accessions, and contributes
to digital library metadata development, system implementation,
data-related digital humanities initiatives, and incorporation of archival
descriptive data into future discovery systems. The Lead Processing
Archivist reports to the Department's Head of Technical Services.
Princeton is especially interested in qualified candidates who can
contribute, through their service to the Library, to the diversity and
excellence of our academic community.
*Essential Qualifications: *
- Master's degree from an ALA-accredited program with a concentration in
archives management, or advanced degree in humanities or history.
-Two to five years of archival experience with emphasis on processing a
variety of manuscript collections and producing encoded finding aids and
other descriptive metadata.
-Advanced proficiency with standards for archival description such as DACS,
EAD, and EAC-CPF.
-Familiarity with current developments in processing techniques, along with
flexibility and adaptability in the context of conceptual and technological
change.
-Knowledge and awareness of current trends in digitization and of metadata
formats such as MODS and METS.
-Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effective working knowledge of at least one of these languages that are
significant in Manuscripts Division collections:
French, Spanish, Latin.
*Preferred Qualifications: *
-Processing experience with handwritten materials.
-Experience in training staff and creating documentation.
-Knowledge of procedures for accessioning and describing born-digital
materials and audiovisual media, and understanding of related preservation
concerns.
-Experience with bibliographic MARC-format cataloging using RDA, AMREMM, or
AACR2.
-Proficiency with XSLT, XQuery or other scripting languages relevant to the
management of descriptive data.
-Experience with collection management tools such as the Archivists'
Toolkit, Archon, or ArchivesSpace.
The successful candidate will be appointed to an appropriate Librarian rank
depending upon qualifications and experience. Applications will be
accepted only from the Jobs at Princeton website:
http://www.princeton.edu/jobs and must include a resume, cover letter, and
a list of three references with full contact information. This position is
subject to the University's background check policy. Princeton University
is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status,
protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
To view the posting, go to Jobs at Princeton:
http://www.princeton.edu/jobs
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