The Records Management Librarian (e.g. Archivist) evaluates, appraises, describes, and preserves the College's records and archives, including institutional records.
Pay Status and Classification: Exempt, Regular Full-time
Supervisor: Director Of Special Collections & Archives/Associate Librarian
Position Purpose: Evaluates, appraises, describes, and preserves the College’s records and archives, including institutional records. The Records Management Librarian will manage and implement policies and procedures to ensure a standard, professional approach in preparing archival collections for research use and preservation storage. Updates and maintains compliance of the records management program for the College following legal and security requirements. Collaborates with colleagues both within the department and library and across campus. The successful candidate is expected to pursue a focused program of professional development, scholarly activity, and service as described in the Union College Faculty Manual Section II. VI and Appendix VI.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
- Records Management: Coordinates institutional records management frameworks. Updates and maintains workflows for processing born-digital records. Manages physical and/or electronic transfer and description of incoming college records. Evaluates records from across campus for inclusion into the College's historic record.
- Archival Collection Management: Evaluates, appraises, and describes archival and manuscript collections. Manages departmental best practices for accessioning and describing archival collections. Assists with the planning and implementation of library's archival services.
- Recordkeeping and Metadata Management: Works closely with administrative departments and offices to ensure recordkeeping and metadata best practices. Utilizes Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) and maintains documentation. Collaborates with Digital Collections and Preservation Librarian and the Digital Projects and Metadata Librarian to ensure consistency in digital preservation and access of archival collections.
- Professional Development and Campus Engagement: Stays current with archival trends through literature, social media, conferences, and professional development. Contributes to campus committees and attends campus events to support the library's mission. Pursues a program of professional development, scholarly activity, and service. May supervise student employees and interns. Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in library or information science from an ALA-accredited program with a minimum of two years professional experience in archives or records management and special collections or a combination of relevant education, training, certifications, and work experience.
- Experience with college-wide records management programs, inclusive of physical and digital collections.
- Experience in a special collections and archives setting with focus on accessioning, appraising, arranging, describing, and preserving archival collections and preparing finding aids of varying size and complexity.
- Experience with digital preservation frameworks and archival collection management systems (eg ArchivesSpace and Preservica).
- Demonstrated knowledge of the principles, current practices, and standards for processing and management of archival collections (Describing Archives a Content Standard (DACS), Encoded Archival Description (EAD), etc).
- Demonstrated commitment to undergraduate education.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written, and oral communication skills. Exceptional attention to detail.
- Proven understanding of how digital preservation technologies work with analog services and resources.
- The ability to foster and enhance a thriving, culturally diverse, and inclusive learning community, while promoting a sense of belonging among students, alumni, faculty, and staff colleagues.
- Ability to work collaboratively with library colleagues, faculty, administrators, staff, and students.
- Demonstrated skills in managing multiple priorities, long range projects, and tasks.
- Ability to travel regionally and nationally for consortia, membership meetings, and professional development.
- Ability to work some weekend and evening hours and to attend campus and library events.
We offer exceptional benefits including:
- Generous Vacation, Sick, and Personal Time
- Winter Recess Break in Addition to Paid Holidays
- Healthcare, Dental, and Vision Insurance (Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts)
- Free On-Campus Fitness Facility Access and Discounts for On-Campus Wellness Programs
- Employee Scholarships toward Certifications, Seminars, Training and Professional Development
- Pre and Post Tax participation in a 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Salary Continuation Program in the event of Disability
- Tuition Assistance Program for Employee, Spouse and/or Dependents
Review of applications will begin September 23, 2024 and continue until the position is filled. Priority consideration given to applications received before September 30, 2024.
Officially chartered in 1795, Union College is the fifth-oldest liberal arts college in the country. Located in the Capital District of New York State, Union is a highly selective residential and undergraduate college, home to 2,200 students and 220 faculty, and offering 44 majors. Union was the first liberal arts college to rethink the traditional liberal arts education and adopt an engineering curriculum. That pioneering approach continues today with an education that encourages students to work beyond the limits of disciplinary boundaries, allowing them to think globally and lead innovatively in a world where problem solving requires breadth across humanities, arts, social sciences, science, and engineering. Union College is an equal opportunity employer and strongly committed to student and workforce diversity.
We know some job seekers may not apply for career opportunities unless they meet every qualification in the position description including the preferred qualifications. We are most interested in hiring the best staff and faculty colleagues, and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career path. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our preferred qualifications.
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