Assistant Professor, Digital Preservation Manager
- Employer
- University of Rhode Island
- Location
- Rhode Island, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Jul 30, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Professional Fields, Library & Information Sciences
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
This position is a 12-month tenure-track faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor level (minimum starting salary of $74,671). This is a calendar year appointment with an expected start date of January 2022. This position reports to the Chair, Technical Services, and Director of Distinctive Collections. Recent graduates and early career professionals are encouraged to apply.
Position Summary
The University of Rhode Island University Libraries seeks a highly motivated individual for the
position of Assistant Professor, Digital Preservation Manager. The incumbent will play a central
role in building and sustaining a digital preservation program.
They will use collaborative and innovative approaches to lead the Libraries’ effort to ensure the
long-term preservation of and ongoing access to research data, university records, and other
unique digital resources in support of the University’s dynamic teaching and research
environment.
The Digital Preservation Manager will lead the development of a digital assets (primarily
born-digital records and media) program for the University in support of Distinctive Collections’
wider collecting initiatives. In this role, the incumbent will work closely with existing faculty
and staff to create policies, procedures, and workflows for processing, preserving, and managing
born-digital assets and hybrid archives.
As part of the Distinctive Collections team, the successful candidate will provide leadership
across the URI community for the preservation and long-term accessibility to the institution’s
digital assets. These assets include born-digital and digitized records, research datasets, images,
and audio and audiovisual materials, as well as software code, collection metadata, business data,
web archives, and hybrid collections. This position also provides oversight for Distinctive
Collections’ suite of information systems (ArchiveSpace, Preservica) and digital archives
hardware (FRED). They will coordinate with Alma, Primo, and DigitalCommons product
owners.
They will advise departments and donors on the management of electronic records, as well as
orchestrate the transfer of electronic assets to the university archives. They will also assist
University researchers with the organization, management, and curation of research data to
enhance its preservation and access now and into the future.
The search will remain open until the position is filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by September 24, 2021. Second consideration may be given to applications received by October 23, 2021. Applications received subsequent to second consideration date (October 23, 2021) may not be given full consideration.
Visit the URI jobs website at https://jobs.uri.edu to apply and view complete details for posting (F00251).
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE ONLY.
The University of Rhode Island is an AA/EEOD
employer.
Women, persons of color, protected veterans, individuals with
disabilities, and members of other protected groups are encouraged
to apply.
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