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Digital Projects Archivist
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Position Number: 5849628
Location: Boston, MA
Position Type: Libraries

Digital Projects Archivist

About the Opportunity

The College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH) combines Northeastern University's signature approach to experiential learning with liberal arts education, interdisciplinary research, and community engagement, both locally and globally.

The College comprises 17 academic units, including two schools, seven departments, and eight interdisciplinary programs, as well as 15 research centers and institutes. Our faculty connects liberal arts education with the challenges of our time, and fosters ethical reasoning and critical thought, with attention to the enduring significance of history, literature, and culture. CSSH promotes inquiry with global perspectives and a culture of inclusion across interdisciplinary clusters of expertise including: Resilience, Sustainability, Health, and Equity; Cultural studies, Governance, and Globalization; and Network Science, Computational Social Science, Digital Humanities, and Data Ethics.

CSSH is strongly committed to fostering excellence through diversity and promotes a culture of inclusion for our students, faculty, and staff. Guided by a Strategic Plan on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, the College enthusiastically welcomes applications from members of groups underrepresented in higher education administration.

Responsibilities:

Northeastern University seeks to hire a full-time Digital Projects Archivist to support multiple projects housed within the newly reconfigured Humanities Center within the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. Some of the projects affiliated with the Humanities Center include the Digital Archive of Indigenous Language Persistence, the Digital Transgender Archive, the Early Black Boston Digital Almanac, the Early Caribbean Digital Archive, the Homosaurus, and Mapping Black London, as well as other projects. These projects share commitments to broadening and diversifying our knowledge of the past and present, including the lives of individuals and communities who are often left out of official archives. These projects invite creative engagement with archival resources and digital methods.

Reporting to the Director of the Humanities Center, Boston, and working closely with colleagues in the Digital Scholarship Group, the NULab, NU's Archives and Special Collections, and the Centers for Digital Scholarship, the Digital Projects Archivist will work across the digital archives projects affiliated with the Humanities Center to develop shared resources and approaches, such as metadata standards and best practices, project documentation, ethics guidelines, community partnership workflows, digitization plans, preservation and sustainability plans, and lab structures. This position will work across and within these digital archives, implementing the shared strategies as possible and facilitating increased collaborations and shared approaches. Some of the Digital Projects Archivist's work will also be allocated to grant-funded projects. The Digital Projects Archivist will also advise Northeastern faculty who are considering creating digital archives.

Northeastern University has a long tradition of innovation and leadership in the Digital Humanities, with a robust set of active projects and strong infrastructure to support ongoing and emerging work, including NULab and the Digital Scholarship Group. The NULab is an interdisciplinary center for faculty and student research in Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science. The Digital Scholarship Group is an applied research and development group in the Northeastern University Library, which provides guidance on digital tools and methods and also builds and supports infrastructure for digital scholarship. The Centers for Digital Scholarship is a newly created space within the library that offers Northeastern's digital projects a collaborative environment for research, mentorship, and learning. Within this landscape, The Humanities Center, which supports faculty and student research in the humanities and humanistic social sciences through programming, community-building, and seed funding, provides administrative and intellectual support for the digital humanities projects that will be supported by this position.

We warmly invite people with various skills and levels of expertise to apply to this position. Candidates who meet some, but not all, of the qualifications listed below are strongly encouraged to apply. We seek colleagues who are committed to building an inclusive and diverse working environment and who have been and remain underrepresented or marginalized in the field of librarianship - including but not limited to people of color, LGBTQ+ people, individuals with disabilities and applicants from lower-income and first-generation library or academic backgrounds. We expect this position to be an ongoing learning experience and are committed to supporting professional development.

This is a two-year, full-time, benefits-eligible position, with the potential of extension depending on funding.

Qualifications:

Master's in Library Science, advanced degree in a related area, or commensurate experience

Extensive knowledge of digital archives, archival management, and emerging digital curation practices

Demonstrated knowledge of digitization workflows and standards

Demonstrated knowledge of metadata and archival description standards

Working knowledge of intellectual property, copyright, and privacy issues related to digital collections

Working knowledge of preservation, sustainability, and long term access, including use of DOIs

Ability to work collaboratively across projects as well as with minimal supervision

Excellent research, writing, and oral communication skills

1-4 years experience working with digital archives or libraries preferred

Preferred experience supervising student teams

Preferred experience with project management

We realize that this is a lengthy list of activities and qualifications. There are multiple paths toward success in this position, and each may look somewhat different depending on the successful candidate's interests and experience.

Documents to Submit:

Applicants should submit a resume and a cover letter that highlights qualifications for the position and includes a diversity statement. In the diversity statement, applicants should describe how they can support CSSH's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Applicants can provide specific examples of initiatives they have led or participated in that promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. This could include organizing events or programs, implementing policies or practices, serving on committees, or creating spaces that foster a sense of belonging for individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Position Type

Library

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.

To apply, visit https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Boston-MA-Main-Campus/Digital-Projects-Archivist_R129808