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The University of Southern California (USC) Libraries seek a part-time experienced Archival Projects Librarian tocontribute to the Libraries' archival processing activities, primarily grant-funded projects. This half-time contractposition requires a solid foundation in best practices related to archival processing and national standards, withdirect experience processing collections, creating finding aids, and working with grant-funded projects. Thesuccessful candidate is expected to be up to-date on relevant archival and library trends and practices, workcollegially across the university, and be able to apply this knowledge to have a significant, positive impact on theUSC community. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES Reporting to the Archival & Metadata Librarian and working closely with the Director of Grants and ResearchCommunications, the Archival Projects Librarian will: * Primary responsibility is to support archival processing of grant-funded projects * Process, arrange, and describe archival collections in USC Libraries according to established librarypractices and procedures, as assigned * Assist with management of grant projects and financial reporting. EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS Minimum qualifications: MLS from an ALA-accredited program or non-U.S. equivalent is typically required for alibrarian appointment at USC; at least two years professional archival experience. In addition, candidates must havedemonstrated: * Formal training in archival theory and practice or relevant professional archival experience * Experience processing and cataloging manuscript and archival collections * Experience creating and maintaining online archival finding aids, including EAD encoding * Experience obtaining and managing grant-funded projects * Project management experience * Familiarity with Archivists' Toolkit, DACS, MARC21 and LC cataloging standards * Working knowledge of XML * Working knowledge of data file formats and software, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Access, andFilemaker Pro * Ability to work in a collegial, collaborative environment * Excellent oral and written communication skills. Desirable qualifications: More than two years professional archival experience; and familiarity with preservationand conservation standards for archival and manuscript collections. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/5197/