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american museum of natural history
digital archivist
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The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education and exhibition. The Library is seeking a full-time Digital Archivist to manage digital assets produced and collected at AMNH throughout all stages of the digital life cycle. This includes existing digitized material and born-digital content. In addition to overseeing all digital archival processes in the AMNH Research Library collections, the digital archivist assists the Museum Archivist with outreach and acts as advisor for digital archive projects throughout the Museum. They assist the Digital Systems Manager as needed in the administration of the Museum Digital Asset Management System. Job duties include: * Manage all stages of archival management for digital assets within the Research Library and Museum Archive collections, including accession, arrangement, processing, description, storage/preservation and setting access control. * Assist with support of existing DAMs power-users through tech support, troubleshooting, and development of features or project enhancements. * Act as advisor for digital content management for other archival units throughout the Institution. * Facilitate workflows between the physical collections, the digitization process, description, and online access in ArchivesSpace. * Assess, refine and improve programs and workflows for digital asset management. * Contributing to policy and workflows for digitization of analog collections, including negatives, slides, films, and audio formats. * Maintaining and refining policy and workflows for all stages of digital archival content management, including accession, processing, cataloging, and digital preservation. * Collaborate with the Digital Systems Manager and Metadata Librarian to maintain and refine standards and workflows for the cataloging and organization of digital assets. * Supervise volunteers and interns. * Research and remain current on trends and standards in digital asset management, digital archives, and digital preservation. * Attend professional development workshops and training as applicable. * Perform weekly Library Reference desk shifts. The expected salary range for the Digital Archivist is $68,000/annual - $72,000/annual. The AMNH offers an extensive benefits package designed to meet the needs of our dedicated and diverse community. Pay will be determined based on several factors. The hiring range for the position at commencement is based on the type of work and the scope of responsibilities. The salary and placement offered is based on a number of individualized factors, including, but not limited to, skills, knowledge, training, education, credentials, areas of specialization and depth and scope of experience.

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