Description:
Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
- Apply current best practices to managing assigned archival processing projects; survey project collections; create processing plans for assigned collections; arrange, rehouse, and describe assigned collections;
- Process collections using both the “More Product, Less Process” (MPLP) and flexible-level approaches to maximize collection accessibility while remaining amenable to institutional needs, then create EAD-compliant finding aids using ArchivesSpace;
- Creates work plans documenting basic information about the collection and processing, including the arrangement scheme, the estimated duration of the project, and any decisions made during the project;
- Contributes to reparative description projects and utilizes national and local best practices for creating anti-racist and anti-oppressive archival description;
- Manages ArchivesSpace, which will include reviewing existing policies and procedures and creating new ones based on best practices;
- Assures appropriate handling, physical housing, and storage of collection materials, in addition to referring items to conservation;
- Employ basic preservation methods for various materials including paper-based and photographic materials;
- Support records retention efforts as it relates to identifying and transferring materials for permanent storage in the archives;
- Recommends targets for digitization and assist in the loading of digital images and metadata into TMS;
- Provide reference request assistance (and maintains metrics) for FAMSF curatorial and conservation staff, interns, and fellows;
- Respond to complex communications in carrying out daily operations in person, in writing, via telephone and e-mail and participate with FAMSF colleagues, as needed;
- Provides support for institutional projects as appropriate and within bandwidth constraints.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: ALA-accredited Master’s Degree in Library and/or Information Science with emphasis in Archives Management combined with an undergraduate degree in Art History or related discipline.
Work Experience: At least two years of experience in archival processing (appraisal, arrangement, and description).