Description
Drexel University Libraries seeks a creative and highly motivated digital curation librarian as the Libraries’ expert for digital and data preservation and curation issues and solutions. The librarian will manage a wide array of digital collections, including university electronic records and websites, born-digital and digitized documents, images, multi-media materials, research datasets, scholarly publications, and electronic theses and dissertations to support acquisition, ingestion, description, preservation, and access of these digital assets.
Requirements
Required
- Master’s in digital content management or ALA-accredited Master’s degree in library/information science or a related field
- Three years’ professional experience working with digital content management or institutional repositories
- Working knowledge of digital content management principles and best practices, relevant standards, metadata schema (e.g., Dublin Core, EAD, MODS) and controlled vocabularies
- Knowledge of digital preservation theory and practice, including best practices, current technologies, relevant file format standards, and the OAIS reference model
- Experience with current and emerging digitization technologies, processes and standards and their application in academic libraries
- Excellent interpersonal communication, project management, and organizational skills
- Demonstrated self-directed learner with ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Evidence of involvement and contribution to the profession through service, presentations or publications.
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and welcoming work environment in both physical and cyber spaces
Preferred
- Undergraduate degree, graduate coursework, or advanced degree in a Social Sciences discipline
- Experience working in an academic library or other information management organizations
- Experience with tools such as Alma-D, ArchivesSpace, and Archive-It
- Knowledge of legacy digital, audio and audiovisual formats
- Experience with disk imaging, digital forensics tools, and digital preservation management tools
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