Appraises, acquires, accessions, describes, arranges, surveys, and preserves permanent records in the University Archives to accepted archival standards. Keeps Director for Library Services informed of priorities for inventory and processing. Creates finding aids for archival collections. Ensures compliance with the university’s Records Retention Policy. Records statistics and maintains monthly statistical reports. Appraises, acquires, describes, organizes, and preserves items in the UArts Digital Collections to accepted … Continue reading Philadelphia, PA: Archivist and Digital Collections Curator, University of the Arts

The Digital Projects Coordinator will oversee digital imaging projects and develop digital assets of the Atwater Kent Collection. This includes producing estimates, developing workflow plans and timelines, coordinating the work of digitization production by imaging technicians, performing quality assurance, maintaining controlled vocabularies for digital collections, and assisting the Collections Manager and Project Director on establishing an on-line portal to the collection. Link to posting. Deadline: … Continue reading Philadelphia, PA: Digital Projects Coordinator, Drexel University

Digitizes recordings or works with professional lab to provide digitization, depending on format. Oversees digitization processes performed by Technical Services Specialist and/or student assistants. Creates and maintains descriptive, technical, preservation, and rights metadata and oversees metadata creation by other staff members. Uploads metadata to Internet Archive, following procedures; works with Technical Services Specialist to oversee metadata created by that staff member. Develop preservation strategies and … Continue reading Swarthmore, PA: Digital Audio Visual Archivist (2 year limited term position, part-time), Swarthmore College

Manages cataloging, processing, and maintenance for print and electronic monographs, series, standing orders, media, and special materials in all subjects, formats, and languages. Performs original cataloging as needed. Evaluates and corrects errors in bibliographic, holdings, item, and authority records. Performs bibliographic maintenance activities to ensure database quality and accuracy. Creates and monitors automated vendor processes such as bibliographic record loads and data exchange, coordinating, communicating, … Continue reading Philadelphia, PA: Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, Saint Joseph’s University

Support and maintain the EMu collections database; determines and implements policies and procedures to maintain database standards, efficiency, reliability, and accuracy. Maintain and update in-house EMu standards documentation and user’s manual, train new users and provide database and procedural support, respond to user questions and solve problems related to the use of EMu. Support collection digitization projects; work closely with the Digital Media Center to … Continue reading Philadelphia, PA: Collections Database Administrator, University of Pennsylvania