Wilmington, DE: Project Archivist, Hagley Museum & Library

Hagley is seeking a full-time project archivist for a two-year effort to process the audiovisual materials in its David Sarnoff Collection.

The position is part of a three-year grant-funded project to make fully accessible to researchers the David Sarnoff Collection, the extraordinary and comprehensive 2,800-linear-foot archive of materials documenting the business dealings of David Sarnoff, pioneer of the media and electronics age. The history of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and the founding of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) are recorded in the collection’s manuscripts, reports, notebooks, publications, photographs, moving images, and sound recordings. RCA’s research & development activities as well as the emerging American consumer culture are also recorded here. They vastly enlarge RCA-related collections already at Hagley.

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Fairbanks, AK: Project Assistant (Term), University of Alaska Fairbanks

This position is term funded through June 30, 2014 and subject to contract renewal at the discretion of the University.

The Project Assistant will be primarily responsible for assisting in the arrangement, description, preservation and outreach of the Ted Stevens Papers Collection. Responsibilities include rehousing and basic preservation, data input and maintenance, creation of standard metadata and tracking of materials.

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Terre Haute, IN: PT Special Collections Digital Repository Librarian (term), Indiana State University

Special Collections Digital Repository Librarian Replacement – Temp Position

Indiana State University’s Cunningham Memorial Library is hiring a temporary
librarian in its Special Collections Department. This position will cover a
vacancy in that department until it is filled. The position offers a great
learning opportunity for a recent MLS graduate to gain hands-on experience in
an academic library.

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