Digital Archivist 
Kansas Historical Society 
Topeka, Kansas 

 Job Description:

  
  
The Kansas State Historical Society seeks to hire a Digital Archivist to
support the State Research Collections Division's management of born-digital
and digitized archival collections, including but not limited to the Kansas
Memory digital archives.

  
Duties will include:

• Performing and managing the selection and description of archival
collections for digital conversion.

• Performing and managing the digital conversion and online delivery of born-
digital and digitized archival collections.

• Assisting with the functional development of the digital repository and its
associated applications.

• Managing the internal circulation of a large volume of archival material for
the purposes of digitization.

• Supervising imaging technicians, volunteers and interns.

• Developing and implementing processes and procedures for the selection,
description, conversion, and dissemination of born digital and digitized
archival collections.

• Developing and implementing policies and technical standards for the
creation, acquisition, storage, management, and preservation of born digital
and digitized archival collections.

• Promoting the Society's digital programs through remote and onsite
presentations.

  
Minimum Qualifications:

  
Master's degree from an ALA-accredited program for library and information
science and/or Master's degree in history or related discipline.

  
Required Knowledge:

• digital archival and records management principles and practices, including
issues related to intellectual property, digital conversion, content
management, access, and preservation.

• digital repository platforms and relational databases with the ability to
develop functional requirements for programmers building new database
applications and content management systems.

• digital imaging standards, practices and procedures, including digital
content creation and editing tools.

• data structure standards relevant to archival control of digital collection
material including EAD, Dublin Core, MODS, METS, PREMIS.

• standards and procedures for the description and arrangement of archival
collections including standards for descriptive metadata such as MARC, DACS,
and Dublin Core.

• Kansas and U.S. history with the ability to articulate complex historical
issues and events objectively and concisely.

• archives and special collections reference techniques and best practices.

• historical research methods.



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