Assistant archivist job description
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Assistant archivist requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in assistant archivist job postings.
Sample assistant archivist requirements
- Bachelor's degree in archival studies or a related field.
- Experience working in an archives or library setting.
- Familiarity with archival techniques, principles, and practices.
- Proficiency with computer programs and databases.
- Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and procedures.
Sample required assistant archivist soft skills
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
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Harvard University assistant archivist job description
Basic Qualifications
* Master's degree in Library Science (completed or in progress), preferably with a concentration in archives management.
* One year of experience appraising, arranging, and describing archival materials in a variety of formats.
Additional Information
This is a two year term appointment with potential for renewal, subject to departmental need.
We regret that Harvard Law School is unable to provide visa sponsorship for staff positions.
All offers to be made by HLS Human Resources.
Be a part of excellence and leadership in legal education and scholarship at Harvard Law School. We are a community of talented people from diverse backgrounds, lived experiences, and perspectives, dedicated to advancing the cause of justice all over the world. We value our differences and our diversity as a source of strength. We are committed to developing and inspiring our students and our workforce. Whoever you are, whatever you do, however you do it, Harvard Law School is a place where you can thrive.
Position Description
As an Assistant Archivist you will:
* Appraise the Charles Ogletree papers for digitization, appropriate levels of arrangement and description, and physical rehousing needs based on the project plan.
* Create Describing Archives: A Content Standard DACS compliant descriptive metadata for the collection and enter it into a project spreadsheet on a rolling basis.
* As needed, collaborate with other project team members in rehousing the collection, including re-boxing and re-foldering material, preparing the collection for digital imaging, inventory tracking' quality control of scanned images, and deposit of digital objects to the Harvard Library Digital Repository Service.
* Update and maintain the collection's access tools, including an ArchivesSpace finding aid and Alma catalog record.
* Follow procedures outlined in departmental processing manuals, and work as part of the team to help improve and document changes in departmental workflows and practices.
* May supervise student assistants and interns.
Job Summary
The Harvard Law School Library seeks an assistant archivist to assist with processing and digitizing the Charles Ogletree papers, an approximately 500 linear foot manuscript collection comprising materials that document Ogletree's career as a Harvard Law professor, author, and legal theorist with interests in international law, civil rights law, and criminal law. The Harvard Law School Library promotes collaboration, innovation of processes and procedures, and high accountability in all phases of collections stewardship. The Digital Lab serves HLSL's mission to provide open access to the library's world-class collections, and manages accessioning, processing, and digitization of the library's Modern Manuscripts collection. Working collaboratively with the project managers and other Digital Lab and Historical & Special Collections staff, the Assistant Archivist will appraise, describe, and assist with making the collection accessible using the Library's integrated minimal processing, mass digitization workflow. The work on the Ogletree collection will contribute to the development of flexible, efficient, and user-centered archival processing and digitization practices and standards.
* Master's degree in Library Science (completed or in progress), preferably with a concentration in archives management.
* One year of experience appraising, arranging, and describing archival materials in a variety of formats.
Additional Information
This is a two year term appointment with potential for renewal, subject to departmental need.
We regret that Harvard Law School is unable to provide visa sponsorship for staff positions.
All offers to be made by HLS Human Resources.
Be a part of excellence and leadership in legal education and scholarship at Harvard Law School. We are a community of talented people from diverse backgrounds, lived experiences, and perspectives, dedicated to advancing the cause of justice all over the world. We value our differences and our diversity as a source of strength. We are committed to developing and inspiring our students and our workforce. Whoever you are, whatever you do, however you do it, Harvard Law School is a place where you can thrive.
Position Description
As an Assistant Archivist you will:
* Appraise the Charles Ogletree papers for digitization, appropriate levels of arrangement and description, and physical rehousing needs based on the project plan.
* Create Describing Archives: A Content Standard DACS compliant descriptive metadata for the collection and enter it into a project spreadsheet on a rolling basis.
* As needed, collaborate with other project team members in rehousing the collection, including re-boxing and re-foldering material, preparing the collection for digital imaging, inventory tracking' quality control of scanned images, and deposit of digital objects to the Harvard Library Digital Repository Service.
* Update and maintain the collection's access tools, including an ArchivesSpace finding aid and Alma catalog record.
* Follow procedures outlined in departmental processing manuals, and work as part of the team to help improve and document changes in departmental workflows and practices.
* May supervise student assistants and interns.
Job Summary
The Harvard Law School Library seeks an assistant archivist to assist with processing and digitizing the Charles Ogletree papers, an approximately 500 linear foot manuscript collection comprising materials that document Ogletree's career as a Harvard Law professor, author, and legal theorist with interests in international law, civil rights law, and criminal law. The Harvard Law School Library promotes collaboration, innovation of processes and procedures, and high accountability in all phases of collections stewardship. The Digital Lab serves HLSL's mission to provide open access to the library's world-class collections, and manages accessioning, processing, and digitization of the library's Modern Manuscripts collection. Working collaboratively with the project managers and other Digital Lab and Historical & Special Collections staff, the Assistant Archivist will appraise, describe, and assist with making the collection accessible using the Library's integrated minimal processing, mass digitization workflow. The work on the Ogletree collection will contribute to the development of flexible, efficient, and user-centered archival processing and digitization practices and standards.
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024