Senior Assistant Librarian - Digital Archivist Job at CSULB in Long Beach

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Southern California

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Appointment Type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track

Bargaining Unit: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association

Job Search Category/Discipline: Faculty - Education/Library Science

Time Basis: Full Time

Job No: 544957
Work Type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Long Beach

Position Description

Position: Senior Assistant Librarian for Digital Archivist

Effective Date: On or about August 18, 2025 (Fall Semester)

Salary: The Senior Assistant Librarian (12-Month) classification salary is $85,524 to $182,532/per year (12 monthly payments per year). The anticipated hiring range is $86,000 to $96,000/per year. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Deadline: Review of applications to begin February 13, 2025. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled).

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). It also earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive group of colleges and universities who have been recognized for its commitment to Latine/x student success.

The University Library supports the instructional and research needs of the campus community through its breadth and depth of collections, exceptional library faculty and staff-led services, and innovative use of library spaces. Currently, there are 18 full-time equivalent faculty members. Library faculty serve as subject-specialists and liaisons to CSULB’s 63 academic departments and programs, collectively delivering over 800 instruction sessions a semester.

About the Position:

The Digital Archivist is responsible for conducting an assessment of the CSULB Special Collections and University Archives' (SCUA) collections in order to identify and implement a program for digital asset accessioning, description, preservation, and access. The Digital Archivist will build systems and standards-based workflows for born-digital assets and manage the stewardship of digital assets produced through digital reformatting of analog collections in Special Collections and University Archives.

Required Qualifications:

1. Master's degree in library science or equivalent (MSLS, MLIS, MALS) from a library school program accredited by the American Library Association.
2. Ability to work collaboratively with academic librarians and staff, teaching faculty, and students.
3. Experience and/or demonstrated ability in reference and instructionally related activities.
4. Understanding of the impact of copyright law on digital preservation and access.
5. Demonstrated success working on digitization projects, managing digital collections, or other digital library-related work.
6. Experience working with disciplinary standards and best practices in digital archives, digital preservation, and/or digital asset management.
7. Demonstrated ability to keep current with standards and new and emerging digital technologies and services.
8. Strong working knowledge of administrative, descriptive, and technical metadata for digitized and born-digital archival materials.
9. Exceptional interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
10. Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and accessibility.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience in a special collections library or similar institution.
2. Knowledge of records management best practices.
3. Experience training or mentoring colleagues.
4. Familiarity with digital humanities scholarship and/or praxis.

Duties:

1. Provide in-person and online reference services.
2. Conduct programming/instruction for the digital archives.
3. Train colleagues on relevant current trends, standards, best practices, and technologies.
4. Manage, develop, and implement policies, workflows, and infrastructures for managing born-digital materials.
5. Assess, selects, implements, and manages new systems, equipment, and software for digital preservation.

Learning Opportunities and Benefits:

1. Library administration encourages participation in professional development activities.
2. Newly hired librarians are assigned a support team of tenured and tenure track librarian mentors.

How to Apply - Required Documentation:

1. An Equity and Diversity Statement about your teaching or other experiences.
2. Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications.
3. Names and contact information for three references.

A background check must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU.

CSULB is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can learn, live, and work in an atmosphere of tolerance, civility and respect.

Advertised: Jan 14, 2025 (8:25 PM) Pacific Standard Time
Applications close: Open until filled

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