Job Abstract

Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm. Occasional evening and weekend hours. This is an on-site position.

Preserves, protects, and promotes Denison’s history in alignment with the Libraries’ mission and the University’s strategic plans. Leads, develops, and manages University Archives’ collections, Special Collections and Denisoniana, all of which include physical and digital materials. Oversees day-to-day research and collection operations. Provides long-term strategic visioning and departmental reports. Evaluates and assesses workflows and procedures to stay current with best practices, including records management. Collaborates with key offices on campus. Provides information literacy instruction for primary source and archival literacy learning. Supervises assigned staff.

1. Manages and performs all aspects of A&SC public services for walk-in visitors, scheduled appointments, and public-facing digital software platforms, such as exhibit sites, LibGuides, and social media. Provides information literacy instruction; maintains working relationships with faculty, staff, and administrative offices; provides decision making and access for materials; provides reference requests and research assistance.
2. Provides instruction for University Archives collection, primary source instruction, and research and scholarship consultation. Serves as primary outreach liaison and workforce training for faculty, administration, and student groups, including collection development, digital file management, event coordination, displays, exhibits, and student organizational files. Specifically works with Alumni, Development/Advancement, Lisska Center, Student Life, AAAs, Office of the President, University Communications, and Registrar.
3. Directs and implements A&SC Digital Curation and Preservation program and software, such as website harvesting, faculty and student distinguished scholarship, born digital administrative files, technical troubleshooting, and administrating and monitoring fixity checks and repairs.
4. Leads and executes A&SC technical services for physical, hybrid, and digital archival and special collections and Denisoniana, including appraisal, selection, accession, acquisition, collection management, collection development, processing and cataloging, software tech and user administration, and final disposition for records management.
5. Oversees administration of archives and special collections; writes policies and procedures, supervises staff, ensures environmental safety and security measures, maintains inventories and procedures for insurance and collection disaster recovery, stays current with trends, creates goals and priorities, writes annual reports, and coordinates external benchmarking and reviews as needed.
6. Provides leadership within the Denison library and the professional field such as the Ohio 5 consortia and broader professional development network. Mentors undergraduates and alumni interested in pursuing a career in archives and special collections.

Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program, in Library Science, or equivalent, with an emphasis in archival studies. 3-5 years’ work experience in archives, special collections, records management, or historical collections. Expert level analytical and critical thinking, written and oral communication skills. Ability to coordinate and administer programs/project activities and protocols. Solid technical, computer, and software skills.

Master’s degree (additional) in a related field. Digital Archives Specialist (DAS, SAA); Certified Archivist (ACA). 2-3 years’ experience with decision-making position for archival or special collections policies, procedures, and management. Experience with digital collections and third-party software platforms for management and preservation. Ability to apply knowledge of standard archival theory and practice, preservation methods, local research tools and finding aids. Ability to use born-digital archival preservation best practices.

Must be able to sustain extended periods of time at a computer workstation. Must be able to move about the office/campus with the capability of lifting, pushing, shelving, and transporting objects and boxes up to and sometimes over 30 lbs.

Applications received by April 30, 2024 will be assured full consideration; the position is open until filled. Please ensure that your cover letter addresses the essential duties and responsibilities of the role, and addresses your commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and anti-racism. This is a full-time, 12-month, exempt, salaried position working on campus Monday through Friday, with occasional evening and weekend hours.

The final candidate will undergo a background check as a conditional offer of employment.

To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to attract and hire candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences and identities. Denison fosters a campus community that recognizes the value of all

persons regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender expression and identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background. For additional information and resources about diversity at Denison, please see our commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and antiracism (IDEA) at Denison Forward.

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at (740)587-6299 or by email at HR@denison.edu.