Job summary
The College Archivist oversees all aspects of collection development and care for the Beloit College Archives and Special Collections.They provide leadership and direction for archive and special collection development decisions.They work closely with faculty and students to incorporate physical and digital primary source materials into classroom learning.
Job seniority: mid-to-senior level
Responsibilities
• Develop, assess, manage, and promote physical and born-digital collections.• Implement and maintain a collections management system for the physical and digital holdings contained within the Beloit College Archives.• Establish and document collections policies, maintenance, and retention schedules for physical and digital materials.• Manage born-digital materials, including preservation, organization, and access.• Evaluate existing and incoming archival collections/series for capacity to become digital.• Identify archival materials in need of repair or preservation and carry out or recommend conservation measures.• Arrange with college offices, faculty, and student groups to save and add appropriate materials to the Archives.• Assist in obtaining internal and external grant funding for collection development and maintenance.• Develop and deliver instruction for classes and courses, connecting students to history through primary sources.• Promote knowledge and use of the collections by offering presentations, talks, and tours.• Assist patrons in using the Archives, provide research consultation, conduct research, and retrieve information and material as needed.• Mentor students interested in pursuing careers in archives, libraries, and museums.• Train and supervise student assistants, supervise student projects and academic internships.• Participate in library-wide planning, management, decision making, and formulation of library-wide policies and procedures.• Collaborate on setting departmental goals, policies, procedures, practices, and workflows.• Create informative and engaging displays on a diverse range of topics.• Provide professional development and serve as a resource for LITS staff on creating and delivering engaging instruction.• Create and coordinate outreach and programming opportunities.• Conduct surveys and market research among the library's various user populations.• Act as a liaison with certain departments and student life units.• Participate in library, Beloit College, and community meetings, events, and committees.• Engage in professional development to keep abreast of trends, developments, best practices, and technologies.• Contribute to the profession through organizational work, presenting papers, and/or publishing.
Requirements
• MLS from an ALA accredited Institution or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.• Demonstrated archive experience with both physical and digital materials.• Demonstrated experience in creating metadata descriptions, digitization, and care of born-digital materials.• Demonstrated experience preparing and delivering academic content and working with faculty and students to incorporate archival materials into projects.• Demonstrated experience accessioning, arranging, and describing both physical and born digital archival material.
