Archivist Job at University of Alaska
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Job Number:523620
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Classification:Term Assistant Professor (F9)
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Grade:UNAC Grade 30
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Work type:Faculty Full-time, On Campus
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Administrative Unit:University of Alaska Anchorage
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School/Business unit:UAA Consortium Library
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Location:Anchorage
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Categories: Education/Instructional, Library/Physical/Social Sciences
Position Summary:
The Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage is pleased to announce a recruitment for a two-year term faculty archivist. We are looking for an energetic, motivated, and innovative professional to join us in offering superb archival services. This position is designed to provide a broad range of experiences in academic archival work. The Archivist reports to the Head of Archives and Special Collections in the Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage. The person in this position shares in all aspects of the work of the department, primarily reference, processing, and outreach. Occasional weekend and evening hours may be required. This position is a term-funded faculty position with the rank of Assistant Professor. It is a 9+3 month contract (year-round).Duties:
Additional Information:
We're an established academic archives with a wide range of holdings and a diversity of users. Our faculty archivists are dedicated to access as the driving force in all the work we do. Our archivists engage in all aspects of the department's work from donor interaction to outreach. We are committed to a collaborative workplace. More information about A&SC, including our mission statement, can be found on our website at: https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org
The holdings include over 2000 collections of personal papers, organizational records, and university records in a variety of media including textual documents, photographic images, sound recordings, as well as moving image materials in both physical and digital formats. The department also holds the Rare Books collection of Consortium Library. With this position, the Archives will have three full time professional archivists.
The priorities for the Archives over the next several years include:
- Increasing outreach efforts to all constituents
- Increasing engagement with constituent university groups through instruction, participation in curriculum development, and creation of discipline-specific descriptive material
- Increasing online access to digitized and born digital materials, including the development and implementation of a virtual research room for distance access
- Eliminating the backlog of undescribed collections
Responsibilities: The Archivist reports to the Head of Archives and Special Collections in the Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage. The person in this position shares in all aspects of the work of the department, primarily reference, processing, and outreach. Occasional weekend and evening hours may be required.
Duties include:
- Reference: assist researchers in navigating the collection through use of online finding aids and other resource materials, maintain the reference query tracking record, retrieve materials for researchers, and assist researchers with appropriate equipment.
- Arrangement and description: process and describe collections, write subject guides, select, digitize, and catalog materials for online access.
- Education and outreach: teach archival instruction sessions, create exhibits, and engage in other outreach activities.
- Other archives duties: collection management database maintenance, website maintenance and development, donor and appraisal work, supervising students, and participating in departmental and library planning activities.
- Faculty duties: as a Faculty member within the Consortium Library, the workload will contain a service (to the university, profession, and/or community) component of up to 20%.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Experience
- Graduate degree in archival studies (the required terminal degree for faculty archivists at the Consortium Library is a Master’s Degree that meets the Society of American Archivists’ Guidelines for a Graduate Program in Archival Studies). Degree must be awarded by date of hire, anticipated to be April-May 2023
- Demonstrated knowledge of current and innovative archival theory and practice
- Reference or customer service experience
- Effective communication skills
- Computer skills, including word processing, web authoring, and database software
- Digitization and digital projects experience
- Experience processing/describing collections
- Experience with teaching a class, giving presentations, or leading tours
- Knowledge of DACS or other descriptive standards or codes
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Experience
- Knowledge of or experience with digital preservation methods
- Experience with archival management software such as Archives Space, Lucidea, AtoM or similar
Graduate degree in archival studies (the required terminal degree for faculty archivists at the Consortium Library is a Master’s Degree that meets the Society of American Archivists’ Guidelines for a Graduate Program in Archival Studies). Degree must be awarded by date of hire, anticipated to be April-May 2023.
This is a full-time, term-funded faculty position with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package, including support of relocation expenses. The base contract is 9 months with a 3-month contract extension.
Please upload a cover letter, resume or curriculum vita, a writing sample (two to five pages), a graduate studies transcript (unofficial accepted) and the contact information for at least three professional and/or academic references to your application. Resume listings for work experience, including internships, should include details as to the type of work performed. The resume should clearly indicate hours per week for non-full-time positions, including internships. All required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience must be clearly addressed in the resume or cover letter or the application will not proceed past first screening.
For any questions about this position, please contact the chair of the search committee, Arlene Schmuland, at abschmuland@alaska.edu
The search committee will begin reviewing applications on January 30, 2023. To ensure consideration, please apply by 11:55 PM, Alaska Standard Time on January 29, 2023. The recruitment may be closed without notice after that date.
Anticipated start date is April-May 2023.
- To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.
This position is represented by United Academics-AAUP/AFT (UNAC). http://www.unitedacademics.net/
This position is term-funded and is reviewed annually for contract renewal at the University's discretion.
The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.
UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual:
The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.
Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT UAA, APU, AND ANCHORAGE:
Consortium Library: consortiumlibrary.org
Archives and Special Collections: archives.consortiumlibrary.org
University of Alaska Anchorage: www.uaa.alaska.edu
Alaska Pacific University: www.alaskapacific.edu
Municipality of Anchorage: www.muni.org
Advertised: 11 Jan 2023 Alaskan Standard Time
Applications close:
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