Project Archivist, New York University Libraries
New York University Libraries seek a skilled and knowledgeable professional for a temporary Project Archivist appointment. The appointment term is 2-years. The successful candidate will work as the lead archivist on a grant project to process and describe a large collection of radical and underground periodicals held in the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive. The 1500+ linear foot collection includes close to 9000 titles, and documents local and national movements in a wide range of Left causes including feminism, African American equality, and labor and economic rights.
The position is based in the Archival Collections Management Department (ACM) of Knowledge Access and Resource Management Services (KARMS), a unified archival technical services department supporting NYU’s archival repositories: Fales Library, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, and New York University Archives. The position will also collaborate with colleagues in the Tamiment Library and Wagner Labor Archives, a special collections library in the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library focusing on radical politics, labor, and the left.
Reporting to the Librarian for Archival Arrangement and Description and in close collaboration with Tamiment Library staff, the Project Archivist will be responsible for carrying out or supervising rehousing, processing and description work on the collection, including the supervision of two student workers. The Project Archivist will be expected to use sound professional judgment to make appraisal, arrangement, and description decisions about the collection, will be responsible for achieving project goals and milestones, and for following national and local professional standards.
Qualifications:
– Master’s degree in Library & Information Science or Archival Studies.
– Minimum 2 years of experience in arranging and describing archival collections, preferably in an archive or special collections in an academic or research library setting.
– Demonstrated expertise in archival theory and practice; minimum of two years of experience applying this expertise in description and processing work, including applying minimal and basic processing strategies; two years of experience showing mastery in the use and application of DACS, EAD, MARC, LCSH, LCNA, and other library and archival descriptive and content standards.
– Knowledge of basic preservation and conservation issues as they relate to archival collections.
– Superior written and verbal communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrated ability to work collegially within and across organizations; great attention to detail; demonstrated ability to manage time and tasks and complete projects in a timely manner.
– Previous experience supervising student workers, interns, or professionals highly desirable.
– Strong working knowledge of EAD and XML, including experience with XML schemas and the use of XML editors; experience with OpenRefine or use of scripting to perform data cleanup and manipulation. Experience in the manipulation of metadata across systems and platforms, highly preferred.
– Subject expertise in one of Tamiment Library’s the collecting strengths desirable, but not required.
New York University Libraries: Libraries at New York University serve the school’s 40,000 students and faculty and contain more than 5 million volumes. The Libraries supports NYU’s vision to become the first true Global Network University by collaborating and providing services to our 11 global academic centers and our first “portal campus”, in NYU Abu Dhabi. New York University Libraries is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the OCLC Research Library Partnership, and the Digital Library Federation. The Libraries participates in a variety of consortia and collaborates closely with the New-York Historical Society and the Brooklyn Historical Society. For the NYU Libraries Mission and Strategic Plan go to http://library.nyu.edu/about/Strategic_Plan.pdf.
Knowledge Access and Resource Management Services (KARMS) facilitates the teaching, learning, and research endeavors of the Libraries’ user communities through processes and services in program areas that include library acquisitions, serials and electronic resource management, knowledge access design and development, archival collections management, and metadata production and management. In collaboration with our colleagues in Collections and Research Services, Public Services, Libraries IT Services, and Digital Library Technology Services, KARMS has primary leadership responsibility for knowledge access via the Libraries’ dynamic, integrated discovery and access systems. In addition to serving NYU’s central libraries, institute libraries, and global sites, KARMS provides selected services to Research Library Association of South Manhattan member libraries and other affiliated libraries.
Salary/Benefits: Salary commensurate with experience and background.
To Apply: To ensure consideration, send resume and letter of application, including the name, address, and telephone number of three references to: Enrique Yanez, Assistant Dean for Human Resources, New York University Libraries, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 or via email to libraries.careers@nyu.edu. Applicant review will begin on May 23, 2016; search will remain open until filled.
NYU’s Division of Libraries embraces diversity and is committed to attracting qualified candidates who also embrace and value diversity and inclusivity.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled/SexualOrientation/Gender Identity Employer.
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