A Little Help? Asking about State Archives Jobs

Hi, Friends,

I’m co-presenting a webinar in a few weeks to members of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA). The folks attending are very curious about what is working and what is not when they are hiring. I threw together an extremely brief survey – I would super appreciate your help as a little sample of what people are thinking about when it comes to state archives positions.

This is for USA-based state archives positions only. Federal jobs or archives jobs other Federal/state/municipal agencies aren’t being considered here. Here’s a directory of state archives agencies.

Note: I may quote a little bit from the survey responses when giving the presentation but I am not asking for identifying information. Just be aware.

Here’s the survey.

The survey will close on Tuesday, March 26. Thank you!

Archives Gig is on a break from August 28 – Sept 15

I know I just was away (and I finally worked through all my backlog, thanks for your patience!). But, I’m out once more and for a bit longer, leading an international program. If you would like your position to be posted before I’m out, please do that by noon (CT) on Friday, August 25. Otherwise, it will be posted when I return, during the week of September 18. Please check your application deadline before submitting, and make sure it doesn’t fall within the outage period. Thanks, everyone!

[TOUR IS FULL] Librarians’ Tour of Scotland, September 4-14, 2023

Innerpeffray Library Tour

I interrupt your usual job posting news with a bit of news about a program I’m running this fall! Registration is open for this tour, and it is open to everyone who works in, studies, or loves libraries, regardless of whether you have a relationship with the University of Wisconsin. (Due to the tour timing, unfortunately I cannot bring folks who will be current UW students during the dates of the tour, though). If you’re interested learning more about this tour to Scotland, please check out the tour website. Any questions can be directed to me at mclowe@wisc.edu.

Take a Look! The 2021 NDSA Staffing Survey Report is out!

Take a look at this survey project report from the National Digital Stewardship Alliance! There’s info in there that may be relevant to job seekers, like what respondents said are top skills for digital preservationists. There’s also lots of information about how organizations are staffed, who is doing the work, and challenges.

Thanks so much to the NDSA staffing survey working group and its co-chairs for this important work!