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Unit Manager - Digital Archives
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Position Number: 5058118
Location: Lubbock, TX
Position Type: Libraries

Unit Manager - Digital Archives
Lubbock
36481BR
Library

Position Description
Manages a unit within a department. Plans, organizes and develops goals and procedures for the unit. Represent the unit to administrators, outside agencies and others on relevant matters. Supervises subordinate staff.

Major/Essential Functions

Developing processes and specifications for collecting, preserving, arranging, describing, and providing access to born digital and hybrid archival collections.
Creating digital archiving workflows, procedures, and policies.
Arranging, describing, and providing access to born-digital archival collections and describing them into finding aids.
Ingesting and migrating digital items from a variety of current and legacy media formats.
Providing training and guidance to SWC/SCL staff on preserving and migrating born-digital materials.
Representing unit as a member of committees or teams as assigned by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of professional archival standards, best practices, and technologies for accessioning, arrangement, description, and preservation of digital archival materials.
Familiarity with tools and software to ingest, curate, and deliver born-digital archival material, as well as transfer content from a variety of media formats.
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
Demonstrated ability to work creatively, collaboratively, and effectively with a team, sometimes across organizational boundaries.
Exceptional organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree plus three years supervisory experience; OR a combination of education and/or supervisory experience to equal seven years.

Preferred Qualifications

ALA-accredited MLS degree or a Masters degree in public history or another humanities field with coursework in digital preservation, digital archives, or related subjects.
Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certification.
Knowledge of digital curation and archival metadata standards, including EAD, Dublin Core, and METS.
Experience with training colleagues, especially on technological tools, in a team-based environment.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.