The University of Richmond in Richmond, VA seeks a Project Archivist to work with faculty, students, and staff to create, curate, and edit a digital public archive for the Race and Racism at the University of Richmond project. “The project is an interdisciplinary effort to document, interrogate, and catalyze community discussions on the history of race and racism at the University. The Project Archivist will conduct research, primarily in the University’s archival holdings, to identify materials relevant to this project; coordinate and assist with the research of students and faculty conducted during the academic year and in summer research fellowships; and curate and edit the public digital archive. This work requires collaboration with faculty, students, and staff on developing the project’s collection as well as exhibits and essays that interpret texts from the archive. The Project Archivist will also help plan and coordinate public events related to this initiative.
Professional librarians hold faculty status. Faculty status allows both voice and vote in University faculty meetings, eligibility to serve on faculty committees, to serve as a student advisor, and to participate in the Program for Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness (PETE); and it acknowledges that those individuals play an active role in the intellectual activities of the University. Faculty status does not carry with it eligibility for tenure or sabbatical, nor does it automatically carry with it faculty rank (Professor, Associate, Assistant Professor, or Instructor), since faculty rank is in a specific academic department, nor does it carry eligibility for other benefits normally assigned to full-time teaching faculty.”
This full-time position is classified as limited term and will not exceed two years.
Responsibilities:
- Archive Research and Processing (30%)
- Digital Library Project Planning and Implementation (30%)
- Collaboration with Faculty and Students (20%)
- General Project Advancement (20%)
Education and Experience:
- Graduate degree in library science from an ALA accredited institution or a gradduate degree in an academic discipline with advanced training in archives administration or manuscripts
- Experience working on projects related to race, racism, and/or racial justice preferred
Qualifications
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skills in archival processing.
- Demonstrated evidence of responsibility in successful collaborations, including entities within the organization (e.g., library) as well as beyond it (e.g., with other units on campus or with other institutions).
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment where consultation, flexibility, collaboration and cooperation are essential.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated interest in professional development that will enhance the candidate’s value to the Libraries, the University, the profession, or the scholarly community.
- Experience teaching and instruction, particularly at the undergraduate level preferred.
- Experience with or demonstrated knowledge in Dublin Core and/or other metadata standards.
- Experience initiating new ways to engage students and the community with primary source material.
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity in the workplace or community.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, about complex, technical processes to non-technical personnel.
- Strong organizational and time management skills; ability to work under time constraints and to meet regularly recurring deadlines on multiple, concurrent projects.
- Evidence of strong analytical problem solving skills, attention to detail, and results-oriented approaches to complex problems.
- Ability to work and learn independently and to initiate necessary work procedures according to guidelines set by the supervisor.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with faculty, students, librarians, archivists and others in order to advance digital humanities research.
