Digital Project Archivists (2 positions)
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley, is recruiting for two part-time (50%
FTE) Digital Project Archivists to oversee the digitization and metadata
workflows for collections related to the Japanese American War Relocation and
Confinement that have been identified as priorities for online access. These
are temporary, two-year appointments following on a successful completion of
Phase One which focused on the digitization of the Library's Japanese
Evacuation and Relocation Survey Records. The successful candidate will have
experience in digital collection processing, demonstrated understanding of
archival description and materials, familiarity with digital project
management and web and new media strategies, familiarity with library
standards (EAD, METS, MARC, MODS), and strong communications skills.

  
The Environment

  
The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally renowned research and teaching
facility at the nation's premier public university. A highly diverse and
intellectually rich environment, Berkeley serves a campus community of 25,500
undergraduate students, 10,300 graduate students, and 1,500 faculty. The
Library comprises 20 campus libraries - including the Doe/Moffitt Libraries,
the Bancroft Library, the C. V. Starr East Asian Library and subject specialty
libraries. With a collection of more than 11 million volumes and a collections
budget of over $15 million, the Library offers extensive collections in all
formats and robust services to connect users with those collections and build
their related research skills.

  
The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the
largest and most heavily used libraries of manuscripts, rare books, and
special collections in the United States. As the primary center of special
collections within the library system at Berkeley, Bancroft supports major
research and reference activities and plays a leading role in the development
of research collections. Bancroft holdings include over 500,000 volumes,
55,000 linear feet of manuscripts, 8 million photographs and other pictorial
materials, 72,000 microforms, 23,000 maps, and over 12.5 terabytes of digital
collections. Additional information regarding The Library and The Bancroft
Library is available on the web at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/.
Information about the NPS Phase One Project can be found at:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/jais/

  
Responsibilities

  
The Digital Project Archivists will be responsible for digitally processing
identified personal papers, photographs, maps, broadsides and A/V collections,
linking the resulting digital collections to existing finding aid
descriptions, ensuring the encoding of the finding aids and digital objects
for delivery to the Online Archive of California and the UC3 preservation
service, and overseeing association with the existing thematic website related
to the Japanese American War Relocation and Confinement collections. The
Digital Project Archivists will report to and work closely with the Head of
Digital Collections Services, and will supervise student library employees as
needed. The Digital Project Archivists will work with the Associate Director
to fulfill reporting requirements to the granting agency, will work in
consultation with curators in the digital processing of the collections, and
will work with a Web Designer to make enhancements to the thematic website.
The Digital Project Archivists will also work with the Head of Cataloging to
update collection records in the bibliographic catalog.

  
UC Berkeley librarians are expected to participate in library-wide planning
and governance, and work effectively in a shared decision-making environment.
Librarian advancement is partially based upon professional contributions
beyond the primary assignment; the successful candidate will show evidence or
promise of such contributions to the Library, campus, UC System, and
profession.

  
Qualifications

  
Minimum Basic Qualification at time of application:

  
• MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution, or equivalent degree.

  
Additional Required Qualifications:

  
• Experience in digital collections processing, data migration, and/or digital
curation. Demonstrated understanding of archival description and materials as
it relates to born-digital collections.

• Experience with managing time-driven projects.

• Knowledge about Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and Machine Readable
Cataloging (MARC) for archival collections.

• Familiarity with Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) and
Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS).

• Excellent analytical and communication skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Access and Excel.

  
Additional Preferred Qualifications:

  
• Undergraduate degree in history or computer science.

• Born-Digital collections experience, including description, digitization,
and authoring of EAD finding aids and METS digital objects.

• Experience using WebGenDB, Archivists Toolkit, or similar content management
system.



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