Project Processing Archivist - Temporary

Position overview

Position title: Associate Librarian, Career Status or Potential Career Status

Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum and maximum pay determined by rank and salary point at appointment. A reasonable estimate for this position is $80,349-$91,797 (Associate Librarian, Increment 1-6).

Percent time: 100%

Anticipated start: As early as Spring 2026. Start date is flexible.

Position duration: Two years with the possibility of renewal for a third year based on performance and availability of funding

The University of California, Berkeley, is seeking a Project Processing Archivist for a two-year project, with the possibility of renewal for a third year based on performance and availability of funding, to support the processing of literary collections. Among the collections to be processed are those from a Mellon Foundation-funded project to process and promote archival collections relating to women and poetry at The Bancroft Library, including the papers of poets Mary Fabili, Aya Tarlow, and Red Jordan Arobateau as well as the records of presses and literary magazines such as Poetry Flash and the City Lights Books records.

The project archivist will also process the analog and born‑digital papers of author Amy Tan. The successful candidate will employ archival standards, tools, and best practices to provide access to collections containing materials in a range of formats, including audiovisual and digital, and will also apply effective project management strategies and communicate clearly with project stakeholders.

The Project Processing Archivist will work under the direction of the Head of Archival Processing and in consultation with other technical services staff, curators, public services staff and, potentially, donors and researchers. Duties will include processing approximately 450 linear feet of literary archival collections and related born‑digital materials. The Project Processing Archivist will also participate in outreach activities relating to the project as well as regular departmental activities.

Responsibilities include:

• Archival processing of analog, born‑digital, and hybrid archival collections
• Applying tools used in the special collections and archival communities (e.g., Archives Space, OCLC, Alma, Tree Size, and ePADD)
• Contributing to project management, which might include helping to manage project documentation, supporting meetings, and contributing to problem‑solving and analysis.
• Overseeing the work of student library employees as needed
• Consulting and collaborating, as needed, with staff in other Bancroft and UC Berkeley Library units to ensure appropriate processing of varying formats
• Assisting in planning a public research symposium related to the processed collections supported by the Mellon Foundation grant.
• Preparing social media and blog posts and a research guide related to the processed collections.
• Serving a regular weekly two‑hour shift on a public services desk

UC Berkeley librarians are expected to participate in library‑wide planning and governance, and work effectively in a shared decision‑making environment. Advancement is partially based upon professional contributions beyond the primary assignment; the successful candidate will show evidence or promise of such contributions to the Library, campus, UC System, and profession.

UC professional librarians are academic appointees and are represented by an exclusive bargaining agent, the University Council – American Federation of Teachers (UC‑AFT). This position is in the bargaining unit.

Librarians are entitled to appropriate professional development leave, vacation leave, sick leave, and all other benefits granted to non‑faculty academic personnel. The University has an excellent retirement system and sponsors a variety of group health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans in addition to other benefits.

• Advanced degree or enrolled in an advanced degree program.

• Advanced degree.

• Master’s degree from an American Library…