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New Jersey Library Association - Project Archivist

The New Jersey Library Association is seeking a temporary part-time Project Archivist to work with the Archives & History Committee to organize the records and documents in the Association’s archives located in Bordentown and Ewing, N.J. This material may include office records, manuscripts, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and artifacts.

A Project Archivist under the guidance of the Committee and reporting to the Executive Director must have the ability to analyze, organize, and prepare a reference aid based on the contents found in the material, which is about 125 linear feet and currently stored in filing cabinets and bins/boxes.

Under the direction of the Committee’s Chair and Vice-Chair and with the basic inventory already created, the Project Archivist will:

• Group and organize the material in a logical manner, including vetting and rehousing current office records into the archive.
• Rehouse material into acid-free folders and archival boxes and/or filing cabinets.
• Describe material and create a finding aid.
• Curate, organize, and describe with metadata any existing and born digital material.
• Digitize photographs and reformat audio/visual material, and create metadata, if applicable.

Qualifications:

Experience in a research or history environment is preferred. Strong organizational skills, neatness, attention to detail, reliability, and a high level of self-motivation are required. Applicants must have the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and have proficiency in MS Office Suite.

This position is up to a total of 1,000 hours, for the period of July 2025 through June 2026, at a salary of $35 per hour. The position is unbenefited, with a 90-day working test period. Experience working in a professional archive and a Master of Library/Information or History Degree preferred.

Interested candidates should email their cover letter and resume to the attention of Brett Bonfield, Executive Director, NJLA, director@njla.org, with “Project Archivist” in the subject line. The application deadline is Friday, May 30, 2025.