Temporary, Part-Time Digital Archivist and Librarian

What You'll Do:
1. Archive management

• Determine the appropriate intellectual organization and digital storage structure for the Hong Kierkegaard Library Archives (includes analyzing the content of the source material and conducting historical research for the preparation of metadata descriptions).
• Design and manage digital collections by establishing the metadata schema and controlled vocabularies, and by exercising quality control of the software, equipment and metadata records.
• Create policies and procedures for managing born-digital materials for ingest, storage, preservation, organization, description, and access in accordance with accepted standards and practices to ensure the long-term preservation of collections.

2. Collection Development

• Manage new acquisitions, cataloging, and shelving for the special collections in conjunction with designated Rolvaag staff.
• Lead the efforts in computer expertise in digitization, including hardware/software for digital preservation, web archiving, cataloging, public delivery, and preservation.
• Evaluate the current structure and organization of the digital and physical collections and make recommendations moving forward.

3. Preservation

• Prepare the technical metadata (checksum, creation, modification and last access dates, file format, file size, etc.) of archives for transfer to preservation repository.
• Work to preserve the intellectual and artifactual value of physical archival material by determining the need for performing conservation procedures such as: document cleaning, repair, deacidification, and humidification.

4. Library and Administrative Duties

• Seek and write archival grants for the HKL.
• Serve as an HKL generalist providing assistance to St. Olaf faculty, students,
  Kierkegaard scholars, alumni, and patrons regarding references, resources, and
  any other archives and library questions.
• Supervise student workers when the project pertains.

This position will have an application deadline date of June 30th, 2023.

Work Schedule:
Term: Year-round
Shift: Flexible work schedule 10-20 hours per/work during the days/hours of Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Who You Are:
Education: MLIS or equivalent with graduate-level archives coursework or post-graduate digital archives or records management training coursework.
Experience: Minimum 1 year of professional experience as a practicing digital archivist with demonstrated knowledge of archival processing techniques for born-digital archives.

Preferred Qualifications:
Education: MLIS with extensive coursework and experience in archives management.
Experience: Extensive knowledge with applying metadata standards and schema for descriptive, structural, and preservation metadata. The Digital Archivist is expected to stay current with emerging standards and practice in the fields of records management and archives, including Web archives and the application of digital forensics tools and techniques.
A Master’s degree in Library and Information Science and/or experience working in a special collection.

Please review the full job description here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14HaKonBY1sBuEIxo27470_B0A3LWGYNQ/view?usp=sharing

Who We Are:

Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff employees. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul. 

The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.

The college offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.

A summary of the Flexible Work Policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

A link to our DEI page: https://wp.stolaf.edu/equity-inclusion/

A virtual campus tour: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483

An overview of Northfield: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/

An overview of the Twin Cities: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/

The college strongly recommends that incoming students and new employees complete the primary COVID vaccine series before beginning their studies or work on campus, and that all members of our campus community remain up to date with COVID vaccines, per CDC guidance. 

St. Olaf College is an equal employment opportunity and voluntary affirmative action employer.  The College is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our community.  With regard to its hiring and employment practices, the College prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment based upon an individual’s legally protected status including race, color, creed, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance.

For Staff Application Assistance:
employment@stolaf.edu
507-786-3068

For Faculty Application Assistance:
facultysearch@stolaf.edu
507-786-3356

Title IX Contact Information:
Pamela McDowell, Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator
1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Tomson Hall 180
Northfield, MN 55057
507-786-3465
mcdowell@stolaf.edu

Salary : $40,700 - $51,600