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Description The West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC) invites applications for the position of Digital Collections Archivist. The WVRHC seeks a collaborative and experienced archivist to lead a program for managing digital archives and meeting the needs of researchers and students through increased access to digital special collections. The Digital Collections Archivist will work across departmental boundaries and with a variety of stakeholders to plan for and manage digital objects throughout their lifecycle to facilitate long-term preservation and use. In collaboration with the Libraries' Systems Department, Knowledge Access and Resource Management, WVRHC archivists, and others, the Digital Collections Archivist will identify and implement applications and workflows to facilitate management, preservation, discovery of and access to digital special collections material. In consultation with WVRHC archivists, the Digital Collections Archivist is responsible for and consults on acquisitions, accessions, and processing activities for born-digital materials. The Digital Collections Archivist coordinates and oversees digitization efforts and leads and develops a web archiving program. Archivists and librarians at WVU hold non-tenured faculty appointments, and a record of job performance, professional development/research, and service is required for reappointment and promotion in rank. All librarians are members of the Library Faculty Assembly and participate in the professional life of the organization. The WVU Libraries encompasses seven libraries: the Downtown Library, Evansdale Library, Health Sciences Library (Morgantown), Law Library, Health Sciences Library (Charleston), Mary F. Shipper Library at Potomac State College, Beckley Library at WVU Institute of Technology, and West Virginia and Regional History Center. Our collections include more than 1.8 million books, 400,000 eBooks, and 117,000 eJournals. The West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC) is the archives and special collections library at West Virginia University. We are a repository and research center that serves the public in addition to WVU faculty, staff, and students. The Center holds over 20,000 linear feet of collections and over 100,000 books that document the unique history and culture of West Virginia and central Appalachia. Collection strengths include authors and artists papers; feminist activism; WVU history; West Virginia government, politics, and policy; modern congressional archives; labor history; and family history among others. The WVRHC is also the home of a world class collection of rare books that include Shakespeare's folios, first editions of British and American literature, the works of Isaac Asimov, and more. Archivists and librarians at WVU hold non-tenured faculty appointments, and a record of job performance, professional development/research, and service is required for reappointment and promotion in rank. All librarians are members of the Library Faculty Assembly and participate in the professional life of the organization. The minimum starting salary for the Digital Collections Archivist is $61,000.

Qualifications Eligible applicants must hold an MLS from an ALA-accredited library school or equivalent and have three or more years of experience working in archives, special collections, libraries, or other heritage organizations with a concentration in managing... For full info follow application link.

West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. The University values diversity among its faculty, staff, and students, and invites applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.