Associate Archivist, Art Collecting Records End-Dated

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online. Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects.

We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage. Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.

Under the direction of the Managing Archivist, you will be responsible for the appraisal and processing of a recently acquired collection of business, legal, and historical art-collecting records. In collaboration with the Museum Archives team, you support the organization and access to this collection and the integration of collection records into Museum repositories and databases. This is a position with an established end-date or time frame.

Time frames will begin upon hire: 2 Years

• Survey and appraisal of the collection to be processed
• Collaborate with Museum Archives team to draft a processing plan, including the determination of necessary supplies
• Performs basic preservation tasks, such as removing staples and paperclips, sleeving delicate items within mylar, etc. and implementing other conservation measures as necessary
• Arranging and describing the archival collection, and related sub-collections, in accordance with Museum cataloging standards
• Rehouse the collection in archivally stable storage materials
• Creating detailed and descriptive DACS-compliant finding aid in Archives Space
• Collaborating with Digital Archivist to identify potential materials for digitization
• Providing basic reference services for the collection as needed (pulling materials, digitizing for research)
• Other related duties in support of access to this collection and the integration of the collection records and data into Museum repositories and databases

• MS in Information/Library Science
• 3-5 years of professional experience in an archives or special collections library
• Successfully demonstrated experience creating accession records and archival finding aids utilizing Archives Space
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook and Access
• Experience with The Museum System (TMS) and Archives Space databases preferred
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge and
  
  Education:
  
  Demonstrated knowledge of Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS), Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and other professional standards
• Background in art history preferred

Pay Rate: $80,000.00 - $85,000.00 / Annually The advertised pay scale reflects the good faith minimum and maximum salary range for this role. The advertised pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage for any specific employee. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, special licensing or qualifications, and other factors.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

At time of employment, employees are expected to be located within commuting distance of the Museum. “Commuting distance” means that they are located in one of following states:
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania (the “Tri-state and PA” areas), and be able to commute to and from the Museum in a single day.