Digital Archivist
Digital Archivist
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Job Description
Reporting to the Director of University Archives and Special Collections the Digital Archivist leads and supports the Universitys efforts to acquire describe preserve and provide access to borndigital university records and papers of IU faculty staff and alumni. The Digital Archivist will work collaboratively with the Director the University Records Manager Library Technologies staff and university partners to create workflows for ingestion appraisal preservation processing description and access to born digital records throughout the university system. The Digital Archivist will take a leadership role in the acquisition of and management of born digital records within the university records management program and collection development process maintaining regular communication with university staff and donors. Specific duties and responsibilities include: Develops and implements policies and procedures that facilitates the acquisition preservation arrangement description and access to borndigital materials in accordance with emerging standards and best practices In collaboration with the University Records Manager provides guidance and assistance to university offices in developing implementing and improving recordkeeping systems and practices as they relate to the management and preservation of electronic records Provide guidance and assistance to university offices and donors on transfers of born digital records and papers Work with Libraries and university partners to assess select and implement digital preservation system Develop documentation and implement workflows for processing hybrid and borndigital collections and make them available for research Maintains documentation for and manages IU Libraries University Archives DSpace instance and ArchiveIt accounts; lead systemwide working group to provide guidance and support to regional campus archivists working with these systems Regular public service responsibilities Serves on IU Libraries and University committees as appropriate and actively contributes and represents Indiana University through professional engagement and research
Employment Type
Full Time
