Job Opening Title: Esperanto Cataloger/Archivist
Institution/Organization Name: CSU Dominguez Hills
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): Carson, CA
Application Deadline: August 1, 2018
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Years of experience required: 1 year cataloging or 1 year Esperanto knowledge
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Please include instructions for how to apply.: Esperanto Project Cataloger/Archivist
Under the direction of the Director of Archives & Special Collections, the Esperanto Project Archives Assistant will arrange and describe archival materials and catalogs Esperanto books for the J. Tilman Williams, Oazo de Esperanto, and Esperanto Club of LA Collection. The successful candidate will also prepare a descriptive finding aid, digitize archival materials and generate metadata for the ContentDM, the department’s digital asset management system.
Esperanto is a constructed international language, created to foster greater communication among people from different countries and home languages. This provides an interesting challenge for the successful candidate. This one-year, 25-hour per week position will involve materials written almost exclusively in Esperanto. The ideal candidate will have a working fluency in the Esperanto language, and have knowledge of archival and book cataloging according to RDA standards. Book cataloging will involve using OCLC Connexion to locate existing records of materials in OCLC or create new records if none exist, downloading them to the CSU Library Management System, and preparing them to reflect local holdings. For Archival materials, the Archives Assistant will organize materials according to DACS standards and create finding aids on online displays using ArchivesSpace and ContentDM software.
Candidates with a strong working knowledge of the Esperanto language are encouraged to apply even with limited cataloging experience. Cataloging skills will be augmented after hiring. Candidates without experience with the Esperanto language are encouraged to apply but should have a knowledge and enthusiasm for languages, experience with book cataloging and archival processing.
This one -year 25-hours a week project position requires knowledge of archival and book cataloging and/or an understanding of the Esperanto language. If the incumbent does not have knowledge or understanding of Esperanto, it is expected that they will have the ability to catalog books into the Library’s catalog, generate archival finding aids and metadata for ContentDM. If the incumbent has knowledge of Esperanto but limited library/archives experience they will be trained in book and archival cataloging. Knowledge of additional languages is helpful in understanding Esperanto.
Definition of the Department/School.
The University Library provides academic support services for faculty and students. It enjoys a special role as a major intellectual and cultural presence for the academic community it serves. The Archives and Special Collections Department is a vital part of the University Library. Its function is to preserve and make accessible its unique archival, manuscript and rare book collections. The Department has the oldest and most unique one-of-a-kind materials in the Library. The Archives serves university students, the community and scholars by obtaining archival collections and rare materials from the campus, the CSU System and vendors.
Postion pays $23 per hour. 25 hours per week for one year.
Special Working Conditions
Hours are 8:30am to 5:00pm Monday–Friday. Alternative hours for Library or Departmental events may be required on rare occasions. This is a one-year position for 25 hours per week.
Education
Bachelors’ degree, Masters’ degree in history, archival administration, library science or a related degree.
PLEASE SEND LETTER OF INTEREST AND RESUME VIA EMAIL ONLY TO GREG WILLIAMS at gwilliams@csudh.edu
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