Digital Archivist

Job Posting Title

Digital Archivist

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

UT MAIN CAMPUS

The Briscoe Center for American History is one of the nation’s leading research centers for historical study. Its archives, libraries, museums, and historic buildings are part of the University of Texas at Austin’s commitment to collecting, preserving, and making available evidence of the past. The center promotes the university’s teaching and research mission through classes, seminars, academic fellowships, faculty collaborations, and student internships.

It fosters public exploration of history through research services, exhibits, books, public programs, and digital‑humanities projects inspired by archival holdings.

• Appraise, preserve, describe, and provide access to primary source digital materials, both born digital and digital content created in‑house.
• Develop and document policies and procedures for stewardship of digital materials, including email, websites, social media, and electronic records on current or legacy media formats.
• Participate in center‑wide activities and collaborative working groups.
• Keep abreast of current trends in digital preservation theory, standards, and technologies and lead evaluation and implementation of tools, standards, and systems related to digital stewardship and metadata management.
• May recruit, train, and supervise student workers.
• Represent the Briscoe Center in collaborative campus‑wide digital stewardship efforts.
• Meet and communicate with donors to facilitate collection development and acquisition and assist in transferring archival collections to the Center, with occasional travel as needed.
• Work in the reading room regularly and respond to reference inquiries from a wide variety of individuals and entities.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree in Information Science, Information Studies, History, or another closely related field with a concentration in archival enterprise.
• 1–2 years working with born‑digital material in an archival setting.
• Strong technical expertise with born‑digital objects in a library or cultural heritage organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with digital stewardship issues, tools, standards, and best practices.
• Familiarity with metadata standards relevant to archival collections and digital preservation.
• Demonstrated commitment to a collaborative work environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders, both internal and external.

• Certified Archivist designation.
• Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certificate from the Society of American Archivists.
• Experience planning and managing a digital preservation program.
• Supervisory experience.
• Strong organizational and project‑management skills.
• Experience designing and managing complex projects.
• Demonstrated ability to create solutions for problems, negotiate difficult situations, motivate staff, and maintain a productive, harmonious work environment.
• Ability to embrace ambiguity in a changing environment and be committed to continual professional development, improvement, and learning.
• Experience leading collaborative initiatives in a highly distributed environment.
• Experience with command‑line interfaces and scripting languages.
• Experience working with Preservica.
• Experience working with Drupal‑based open‑source digital‑objects repositories such as Islandora and Archipelago.

This job requires a class “C” operator’s driver’s license. Please provide a current three‑year driving record from your state of residence. If you are not a Texas resident, obtain a Texas driver’s license within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident.

$65,500

• May work around standard office conditions.
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.
• Use of manual dexterity.
• Climbing of ladders.
• Lifting and moving up to 50 lbs.
• Will be exposed to book dust and book mold.

• Occasional evenings and weekends for special events as needed.

• Resume/CV.
• Three work references with contact…