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Position Description: This 12 month, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Instructor or Assistant Professor will act as a member of the Library’s Information Management Team, ensuring that the University complies with state guidelines for the retention, preservation, and disposal of important documents. Collect, organize, preserve, and provide access to both print and electronic University administrative and historical records. Develop and oversee Special Collections. Provide reference service; teach library classes, serve as a liaison to assigned University departments, and engage in scholarship and service. Responsibilities: The University Archivist/Records Manager will perform the following duties: • Manage University Archives and Special Collections including: o Develop and revise policies and procedures for University Archives. o Obtain, inventory, process, organize, preserve and provide access to archival materials. o Provide leadership for the University in the preservation of and access to digital records. o Develop and use appropriate database programs for computer inventory and access of records. o Identify, develop, and supervise digitization projects, including developing standards, digitizing records, creating metadata using appropriate metadata schema, and depositing collections into institutional repository. o Create appropriate finding aids for archival collections in both print and EAD formats. o Provide leadership in the development of appropriate special collections. o Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate student assistants working in the archives area. o Develop outreach materials including informational text for the archives website, news items, reports, handouts, instructional worksheets, etc. • Coordinate records retention and management for all University departments, including contacting departments to assess their records holdings and procedures and providing information concerning the State Archives’ mandates regarding such record holdings and procedures. Prepare State Archives reports as necessary. o Provide reference and instruction services, including some nights and weekends. o Provide one-on-one assistance at reference desk. o Provide virtual reference services as scheduled. o Perform specialized database searching as needed. o Teach courses for library instruction program including, but not limited to, classes in the liaison area. • Serve as liaison to one or more academic departments, helping to coordinate collection management and instruction for the assigned subject areas. • Perform sustained inquiry into discipline leading to practical application within the library as well as research resulting in published or presented scholarly or creative output. • Serve the Library, the University, and the profession through active membership on boards, committees, panels, etc. About the Department: The Colorado State University - Pueblo Library supports the university’s mission of academic excellence and student success by preparing students to be information literate; by providing access to quality information resources and academic services that facilitate teaching, learning and research; and by promoting and enabling scholarship through the development of resources that support new paradigms in scholarly communication. About the University: Colorado State University-Pueblo is a regional, comprehensive university. The 275-acre campus, which overlooks the Front Range of south-central Colorado, is located in Pueblo, approximately 100 miles south of Denver in one of the more culturally dynamic regions of the country. Pueblo is proud of its ethnically and culturally diverse population of over 100,000 people. The University is dedicated to having a multi-cultural campus and is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution. The University enrolls more than 4,000 students in twenty-seven undergraduate programs with approximately 510 full-time faculty and staff. The University is committed to diversity, and has made educational equity for students one of its highest priorities. With the endorsement of campus, community, system and government constituencies, the University has enthusiastically embarked on a strategic plan to enhance admissions standards, increase program offerings, and improve academic services, including the teaching/learning process. The Pueblo community offers a major arts center, several golf courses, Lake Pueblo—a large reservoir for sailing and boating—and a 20.5 mile long nature trail for hikers and cyclists. The city is within a short drive of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range, allowing for hiking, mountain climbing, fishing, camping and skiing.

See complete instructions and job description at http://www.colostate-pueblo.edu/hr/Employment/Faculty.asp Application Procedures: Applications must include a letter addressing candidate interest and qualifications; a resume; an unofficial transcript; three professional references including names, addresses and phone numbers; and the attached voluntary Applicant Demographic Sheet. Official transcripts are required prior to appointment. The University reserves the right to check additional references, with prior notification given to the candidate. Review of printed applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Electronic applications will not be accepted. Send application materials to: Chair, Search Committee for the University Archivist/Records Manager Human Resources Office; Administration Building Colorado State University-Pueblo 2200 Bonforte Blvd. Pueblo, CO 81001 - 4901 Note: The successful candidate must provide official transcripts of academic work completed and, under U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations be able to submit evidence of the ability to accept work in the U.S. by the day employment begins. No one will be placed on the University’s payroll until all employment procedures are fully satisfied. Colorado State University-Pueblo is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding affirmative action requirements in all programs. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.