Job identification
Job title: Archivist, Digital Archives
Division: Collection
Supervisor: Associate Director, Collection
Status: Contractual (3 years), full time (35hrs/week)
Posting period: 19 September to 14 October 2019
Job entry: November 2019
Job summary
The responsibilities of this job include the supervision, coordination and
monitoring of the archival collection and projects, and specifically the
born-digital archives. The incumbent oversees and develops local practices for
managing born-digital material held and acquired by the CCA and assists in the
strategic direction of acquisition, preservation, and access to born-digital
and paper-based archives and contributes to the curatorial projects related to
born digital archives. The incumbent serves as the local manager of
Archivematica, and coordinate support and development of the CCA’s digital
repository with the IT department and Artefactual Systems. This includes
ongoing maintenance and development of the CCA’s homegrown born-digital
archives access interface, SCOPE. The incumbent plays a key role in the
documentation of archives through the development of standards and procedures,
classification and description – and the migration to a new AMS archives
management system. The incumbent works closely with the Digital and
Publications divisions in developing a digital culture at the CCA.
Key responsibilities
Management of born-digital archives
• Develops and documents practices for the arrangement, description,
preservation, and management of born-digital archives in accordance with
international standards and best practices
• Plans, prioritizes and reviews the processing of born-digital archives
• Supervises the born-digital projects, including review and approval
processing plans and editing archival descriptions
• Collaborates with Reference, the Digital division, and external developers
for on-site access to the digital archives
• Collaborates with the Program, Research and Publications divisions in
deciphering research material related to born digital archives and evaluating
the relevancy for public concern
• Manages daily use of Artefactual Systems and collaborates with the
Information Systems division on the strategic development of CCA’s
Archivematica digital preservation system
• Manages daily use of Artefactual Systems and collaborates with the Digital
division on the strategic development of CCA’s born-digital archives access
interface (SCOPE)
• Manages scripts and software utilities used in appraisal, arrangement,
description, and SIP creation on dedicated BitCurator processing workstations
• Supervises implementation of digital forensics tools and techniques for disk
imaging of digital storage media
Acquisition of born-digital archives
• Develops CCA’s capacity to responsibly acquire electronic records and papers
• Investigates potential acquisitions and evaluates proposed acquisitions
• Coordinates transfers of digital files from donors, and acting as a liaison
between records creators at CCA’s curatorial, archival, preservation and
technical staff
• Works directly with records creators to advise on record-keeping practices
that will facilitate the eventual transfer of their archives at CCA
Advisory and administrative responsibilities
• Advises CCA staff of the functional requirements for acquiring, accessioning,
preserving, arranging, describing, and providing access to (born-digital)
archives and train archivists, curators, cataloguers, and interns as necessary
• Prepares, with the archives team, the migration of archival metadata that
could be largely related to metadata clean-up of legacy digital archives
• Serves as the Collection Division’s internal and external representative and
authority on issues related to (born-digital) archives
Required qualifications
• Education : Master’s degree in library science, archival science, or other
relevant field
• Experience: 3-5 years working in an archival repository, including experience
working with born-digital archival material
• Ability to work effectively in French and English, or willingness to learn
• Project management experience
• Knowledge of ISAD(G), RAD, DACS, and other archival descriptive standards
• Demonstrated familiarity with data structure standards relevant to the
archival control of digital collection materials (EAD, Dublin Core, MODS, METS,
PREMIS)
• Demonstrated knowledge of digital preservation standards such as OAIS and
Trustworthy Digital Repositories
• Knowledge of a wide range of computer storage media, file systems, software,
and file formats
• Experience applying tools such as Archivematica and BitCurator to process
born-digital archives
Other qualifications
• Knowledge in working in Linux and with command-line interfaces or willingness
to learn
• Demonstrated experience in reading, using and manipulating born-digital
architectural records in common formats and programs (AutoCAD/Revit,
VectorWorks, Microstation, Rhino, Maya, etc.)
• Familiarity with programming/scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, and
bash or willingness to learn
Please submit your application by 14 October 2019 by email: [email protected] to
the attention of Human Resources, Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1920 Baile
Street, Montreal (Quebec) H3H 2S6. Only successful applicants will be
contacted. Please do not call.
The CCA is an equal opportunity employer.
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