Digital Archivist
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas

MLS/MLIS from an ALA-accredited graduate school or equivalent
degree. Three years of experience working with assigning
metadata, digitizing materials, managing a digital collection or other digital
library-related work. Experience with digitizing materials and managing a
digital collection and other digital library-related tasks. Experience working
with CONTENTdm or equivalent digital assets management system. Archives
management background. RDA experience or training. Experience with
constructing survey instruments. Experience with Open Archives Initiative
(OAI) harvesting. Experience with grant
writing and project management.

  
Job Duties

  
1.Responsible for the acquisition and appraisal, records, arrangement and
description, and preservation of an organization's long-term digital
collections.

2.Conducts an appraisal of existing digital archives in all media formats.

3.Accessions records and decides which to retain and how to retain them for
periods exceeding three to five years.

4.Makes decisions about storage media, along with classification, indexing and
metadata assignment.

5.Preserves digital records and supervises the systematic cataloging and
retention work around legacy information stores, including offline media and
paper.

6.Supports and participates in the e-discovery process.

  
  
**Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.  
  
This person will work in the Digital Collections Unit of the
Library. They will primarily be responsible for digitizing
the physical paper archives of the university. They will
also work with the department of Marketing and Communications to do the same
for them.



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