Digital Archivist
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston

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



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