Job Opening Title:
Digital Archivist, Assistant Professor
Name of Employer:
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Job Site Location (City AND State):
Edwardsville, IL
Application Deadline:
Minimum Degree Requirement:
MLS completed or in progress ( must be complete by August 15, 2026)
Years of experience required:
Salary Range:
$55,000-60,000
Job Opening URL:
https://apply.interfolio.com/184021
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply:
Description: Library and Information Services at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) invites applications for a tenure-track Digital Archivist, Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will bring knowledge and experience in acquiring, preserving, and providing access to digitized and born-digital archival and special collections. The Digital Archivist will lead the development and implementation of sustainable practices and systems to manage a wide range of digital content, including legacy digitized collections, born-digital records, and digital exhibits. Working collaboratively with library colleagues, faculty across the University, and community partners, the Digital Archivist will support teaching and research while enhancing discovery and use of SIUE’s distinctive cultural and historical resources.
Primary Responsibilities:
– Provide strategic leadership for SIUE’s digital stewardship environment, including the development, implementation, and assessment of digital preservation policies, digital collections strategies, and sustainable workflows aligned with national standards and best practices.
– Manage the full lifecycle of digital collections by identifying, accessioning, appraising, processing, describing, preserving, and providing user-centered and accessible access to materials.
– Initiate, implement, and maintain systems, infrastructure, documentation, and workflows that support the long-term preservation and access of university archives and special collections materials.
Assess and inventory digital and digitized collections, metadata, asset storage, and accessibility, and develop sustainable, prioritized plans for remediation, preservation, and access to guide platform, standards, and metadata decisions.
Provide specialized reference and research support for users working with digital and archival materials.
– Collaborate broadly across campus and the community to increase engagement and support integration of digital collections and archival materials into teaching, scholarship, and research.
– Pursue scholarship, research, or creative activity and engage in service at institutional and professional levels, consistent with tenure and promotion requirements.
Salary range: $55,000-60,000 per year
Benefit information: https://www.siue.edu/human-resources/benefits/index.shtml
Official application link: https://apply.interfolio.com/184021