Boulder, CO: Paid Archives Apprentice for the Innovations in Jewish Life Collections, University of Colorado Boulder

Job Opening Title:
Archives Apprentice for the Innovations in Jewish Life Collections

Name of Employer:
CU Boulder Libraries

Job Site Location (City, State) :
Boulder, CO

Application Deadline:
August 1st

Minimum Degree Requirement:
Enrolled in MLS program

Years of experience required:

Salary Range:
19.50/hr

Job Opening URL:
https://www.colorado.edu/libraries/archives-apprentice-innovations-jewish-life-collections

Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
Gain practical professional archives management and processing experience in an academic archive! The University of Colorado Boulder Libraries’ Rare & Distinctive Collections is looking for an Archives Apprentice who will work onsite in Norlin Library to process archival materials in RaD’s Innovations in Jewish Life collections. Under the supervision and instruction of the Lead Archivist and Senior Processing Archivist, the Archives Apprentice will arrange, describe, re-house, and create or update finding aids and accession records for new and legacy collections in this collecting area. Training will be provided on archival accessioning and processing strategies, archival description, and finding aid creation. The apprentice will gain experience with the Libraries’ archival collection management database, ArchivesSpace; writing a finding aid; and arrangement strategies.