Job Opening Title:
Geologic Records Curator
Name of Employer:
Kentucky Geological Survey – University of Kentucky
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Lexington, Kentucky
Application Deadline:
June 30, 2023
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Bachelor’s
Years of experience required:
Salary Range:
$16 – $17/hour
Job Opening URL:
https://ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/471164
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
A two-year grant-funded position:
What you’ll do:
Catalog research documents, including publications, theses, and maps
Perform condition assessments and item repair if necessary
Identify and match physical samples to existing resources and assign unique identifiers
Learning established KGS naming conventions for files and other resources
Develop a storage plan for a specific, climate-controlled space
Use established criteria for deaccessioning and scanning needs
Recording metadata and description of physical and digital representations of items
Work closely with KGS staff to ensure data conformity and collection management systems
You’ll be a great fit if:
You have high attention to detail and can spot minute differences between data
You have an interest in geology or earth sciences
You care about findability and preservation of research data
Your written and verbal communication skills are clear (including handwriting)
You enjoy working on a small team
You are skilled at organizing things by topic, type, and/or identifying relationships between items/collections
You have (or desire) training with archival preservation techniques and library systems
You have reliable transportation to access the facility on a daily basis
Where you’ll work:
EARL is a rock, mineral and soil analysis and storage facility located off UK’s campus. Your primary place of work is inside the Records Room at EARL, adjacent to the storage facility.
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