NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Regional History Center & University Archives

Archivist/Curator of Manuscripts

Anticipated: April 1, 2013

Position Type: Supportive Professional Staff

Term of Appointment: Twelve-month, full-time

Reports to: Director of Regional History Center and
University Archivist

Position Description: See http://www.ulib.niu.edu/aboutus/employment.cfm

  
Summary of Job Responsibilities: The Regional History Center is a multifaceted
research center containing three related sets of historical records available
to researchers: Regional Collections, University Archives, and Local
Government Records. The Center's goal is to acquire,
preserve, and make available to the public the most significant historical
records of the northern Illinois region. The job will
entail reference work including staffing the reference desk, processing and
writing inventories for manuscript collections, performing field work and
donor relations, providing technical support for automated information
systems, managing preservation of and creating of best practice solutions for
the acquisition, ingest, and storage of electronic and digital born records,
and help with archival bibliographic instruction.

  
Required Qualifications:

  
Archival reference skills, processing manuscript collections, experience in
donor relations, field work and collections development, experience in
automated information systems, archival bibliographic instruction experience,
work with the director and Library, University-wide, and Center's director in
finding best practice solution for the acquisitions, ingest, and storage of
electronic records, and the ability to maintain dialog with faculty and staff
to promote and schedule archives instruction. Educational
requirements include a master's degree in history, political science, library
science, or related field and two years library experience with emphasis in
reference and archival processing.

  
Application: To be considered for an interview, send letter of interest,
resume, and thename/address/phone number/e-mail address of
three professional references:

  
Kathy Sherman, Administrative Assistant

Archivist/Curator Search, University Libraries

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL 60115 Email: [log in to unmask]

Review of applications will begin March 13, 2013; applications accepted until
position is filled.

Northern Illinois University is an AA/EEO institution. A
state-mandated pre-employment

criminal background check is required.



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