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To supervise and participate in creating digital content while managing and preserving a growing body of digital assets. Essential Functions * Preserve, describe, and provide access to primary source digital materials, both born digital and digital content created in house. * Develop processes for archiving and preserving digital material that exist on email, websites, social media as well as material residing on current or legacy formats. * Prepare digital content with rigorous attention to metadata creation and oversee digitization operations and workflows. * Work with staff to develop a digital repository for assets, participate in collections development, donor relations, assessments, and acquisition. * Participate in reference desk rotation, assist in transferring archival collections to the Center, with some occasional travel as needed. * Deliver digital content to external discovery and delivery mechanisms in collaboration with the Center's web team. * Assist with the research and implementation of information architecture and emerging technologies. * Other related functions as assigned. Required qualifications * Masters degree in Information Science, Information Studies, or Masters in History with a concentration in archival enterprise. * Strong knowledge of forensic technologies used by archival communities for harvesting, managing, and preserving digital material. * Knowledge of current trends, tools, and protocols in digital archiving and preservation. * Familiarity with metadata standards relevant to archival collections. * Experience in designing and managing complex projects. * Experience working collaboratively with staff. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/10160/