Reference Historian WY State Archives 2025-00722
Reference Historian WY State Archives 2025-00722
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13-04-2025
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Description and Functions
- Open Until Filled
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This position is part of our dedicated team preserving history and connecting communities with their heritage through our prestigious State Archives. This position provides expert reference services to researchers while curating invaluable historical collections that tell our states unique story. As a key contributor to our innovative Roving Archivist Program this position brings archival best practices to organizations statewide creating meaningful impact on how our shared cultural memory is preserved for future generations. This dynamic role showcases creativity through engaging exhibitions publication opportunities collection arrangement and description oral history conducting and special projects all while collaborating with diverse stakeholders and contributing to the vision of the evolving landscape of public history in our digital age.
Human Resource Contact: Ashley Bray/
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function which may be performed in the job level.- Provide reference and research assistance to state county and municipal governments as well as the general public (typically scholars attorneys genealogists and authors) conducting original research; Reference entails utilizing current technology to provide the best and most costefficient results to the researchers
- Accession private and public records by completing arrangement description and finding aids in accordance with correct archival procedures in physical and digital formats; Evaluate records for permanent retention.
- Work with State Archivist SHRAB and partners to oversee the activities of the RAP including but not limited to personnel consultation and training collection processing digitization support access management compliance review report generation updating website writing blogs facilitating workshops traveling project management and communicating with supervisor and other stakeholders
- Develop oral history collection conducting and transcribing interviews; Occasionally oversee new staff interns volunteers and employees; Serve on committees and boards related to archives and history; Create exhibits in the research room; Write articles to promote use of historical record and archives; Other tasks as needed...
- Maintain database and monitor records.
- Collect appraise inventory process conserve and manage documents and items of historic legal administrative and evidentiary significance and value to the State of Wyoming and its citizens.
- Verifies data.
- Using agencyspecific software establishes workflow and best use of programs with regard to records and data for agency needs. May provide technical data support to the agency using this software.
- Creates presentations and comprehensive reports.
- Arranges and describes permanently valuable records according to professional guidelines and practices to aid the retrieval of information & maintains evidential value of records.
- Monitors respective program(s) for compliance.
Qualifications
PREFERENCES:
Preference will be given for:
Masters degree in Library Science Archival Studies History or related field
Demonstrated experience with archival processing arrangement and description
Strong knowledge of digital preservation standards and technologies
Familiarity with metadata schemas and finding aid creation
Experience in public speaking and educational program development
Writing skills for blogs articles and promotional materials
Ability to use various computer programs and databases
KNOWLEDGE:- Knowledge of library or archives research methods and techniques
- Knowledge of historic publications and records preservation and cataloging systems techniques and methods
- Knowledge of state history and government
- Knowledge of historic photographic and public records preservation cataloging and research
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Education:Bachelors Degree (typically in Records or Data Management)Experience:02 years of progressive work experience (typically in Records and Data Management) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Records & Data Management Specialist IOREducation & ExperienceSubstitution:35 years of progressive work experience (typically in Records and Data Management) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Records & Data Management Specialist ICertificates Licenses Registrations:NoneNecessary Special Requirements
NOTES:- FLSA: NonExempt
Supplemental Information
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URL: State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.
Class Specifications are subject to change please refer to the A & I HRD Website to ensure that you have the most recent version.
Employment Type
Full-Time
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