Digitization Archivist

$68,000

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte recognizes the differentiation of mission, goals, and objectives inherent in the diversity of disciplines represented by its colleges and departments. Thus, the job responsibilities and essential functions for library faculty should be interpreted in the context of the Library’s strategic plan. Library faculty engage in service to the University, community, and profession. We create physical and digital environments that encourage learning and innovation, build and preserve collections, support research, and advance scholarship.

We provide access to and promote the discovery of information. We help our communities become proficient information users and lifelong learners. Library faculty serve current and future UNC Charlotte students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the Greater Charlotte and global community by sustaining the intellectual and creative life, and facilitating lifelong learning, discovery, and engagement. Library faculty are expected to collaborate within the Library and beyond in the performance of professional duties that may include, but are not limited to: selecting, organizing, preserving, and facilitating access to materials;

supporting teaching, learning, and research; providing outreach to the campus and community; and developing and maintaining digital and technological innovations.

Library faculty participate in scholarly research, creative endeavors, and professional activities to serve the Library, the University, and the information professions. Library faculty are strongly encouraged to pursue external funding for library-related initiatives.

If this position conducts research, this position is subject to research-security screening. As part of the application, applicants must disclose, either in their CV or in a separate document submitted with the application, all current appointments or affiliations with foreign institutions or organizations, foreign research support, and ongoing research collaborations with foreign institutions, organizations, or their personnel. Before candidates advance to an on-campus interview, the university will review this information and other publicly available information for relationships involving institutions on the current Section 1286 list and any other applicable U.S. restricted-party lists.

A disclosed or identified relationship does not automatically disqualify a candidate. As a condition of employment, a selected candidate must resolve any relationship the university determines would violate applicable law or sponsor requirements or materially impair the candidate’s or the university’s eligibility for federal funding.

• Conducts the day-to-day operations of the Special Collections digitization program including selection, digitization, metadata creation, post-production, quality control, publishing, and working with vendors
• Performs digitization of cultural heritage materials and ensures that access copies are uploaded to the digital collections platform
• Hires, trains and supervises student and temporary workers to support digitization and metadata creation activities
• Makes recommendations for the selection, purchase, and maintenance of digitization equipment and supplies and contributes to digital preservation planning efforts
• Coordinates the fulfillment of reproduction requests from researchers, university offices, and community partners
• Collaborates with colleagues to develop and nurture digitization collaborations with community partners
• Coordinates mass-digitization of large archival collections based on unit strategic goals and access needs
• Collaborates on the development and implementation of…