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The following position is available at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Title: Digital Archivist Reports To: Archives Director Date Needed: December 2013 Pay Type: Salary, Exempt, Full Time, 35 hours/week Salary: Commensurate with Experience and Education Benefits: Group Medical and Dental Insurance, Life and Long Term Disability Insurance, Pension Plan, Credit Union, Flexible Compensation Plan, Paid Time Off, Reserve Time Off and Holiday Pay Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Work Location: Rosine Building, a non-smoking facility Responsibilities: • The Digital Archivist is responsible for the MFAH Archives digitization program of textual, photographic, architectural, and audio-visual materials • The Digital Archivist serves on the Electronic Record Archive implementation team • Oversees digitization of archival materials, creates and color-corrects sub-masters, and creates access copies • Primarily responsible for the acquisition and maintenance of legacy equipment. • Responsible for description of a/v collection • Responsible for the exportation of data from collection management system. • Will assist with migration of EAD finding aids • Assists with the accessioning, arrangement and description of the MFAH’s institutional records and manuscript collections in electronic form • Monitors digitization and ingestion workflows • Keeps abreast of best practices and standards • Provides training to staff and volunteer • Provides reference service to professional staff and scholarly public Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities: • Knowledge of image technical metadata required • Knowledge of a/v wrappers and codecs required • Strong command of archival theory and best practices required • Demonstrated knowledge of principles of content description • Demonstrated familiarity with MARC, EAD and DACS required • Demonstrated familiarity with OAIS Reference model and TRAC principles required • Significant knowledge of ingestion and preservation tools for born-digital records, specifically disk imaging tools, write blockers, file format authenticators, metadata extractors, and checksum generators • Demonstrated ability to work with databases, data mapping and migration of data • Ability to work independently and collaboratively • Ability to think creatively required • Familiarity with PREMIS • Knowledge of emerging standards such as linked data and semantic web development, specifically FAST, highly desirable • Familiarity with RDA, EAC-CPF and METS preferred Education and Experience: • Masters in Archival Studies, Library and Info Science, History or equivalent degree required • Two or more years of professional archival experience with similar duties required • Experience overseeing digitization and volunteer projects strongly preferred • Experience writing documentation and conducting presentations and training strongly preferred • Experience validating EAD finding aids strongly preferred • Experience with born-digital records archiving and trustworthy digital repository strongly preferred • Experience with developing, utilizing and documenting workflows strongly preferred • Experience acquiring and maintaining legacy equipment for accessing obsolete a/v and digital formats strongly preferred • Art history background strongly preferred. Experience in museum setting highly desirable. • DAS coursework highly desirable • Experience providing reference service and processing records preferred • ACA certification preferred How to Apply: Send resume to Human Resources, Job 14-053ARC, P.O. Box 6826, Houston TX 77265-6826; Fax 713-639-7597 or email: [log in to unmask] or apply at http://mfah.org/about/careers ############################ To unsubscribe from the NDSA-ALL list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/scripts/wa-DIGITAL.exe?SUBED1=NDSA-ALL&A=1