Position: Senior Project Archivist. Project: The Center for Jewish History has received a grant to arrange and describe archival collections relating to the history and culture of the Jewish people. This is a grant-funded position which is full-time for a three-year period.
Duties: Will oversee the day-to-day work of the project, will supervise two processing archivists, and will arrange and describe archival collections. Will assist in establishing workflow and production standards for the processing work. Will review and revise existing finding aids and create new finding aids using a standardized finding aid format; mark up finding aids for Encoded Archival Description; and assign access points for the collections. Will work closely with the Partners at the Center in coordinating the processing work. This position reports to Chief of Archives & Library Services of the Center. Required Qualifications: Masters Degree in history or library science with formal coursework in archival theory and management. Three years experience working in an archives. Must be familiar with Encoded Archival Description. Must be organized and able to work accurately. Must have word processing and database skills. Must have good writing and verbal skills and be able to work both independently and in a team setting. Desirable Qualifications. Supervisory experience. Course work in Jewish history and culture. Ability to read one or more of the languages frequently found in the collections: Yiddish, Hebrew, German, Russian, or Polish. Familiarity with the MARC format, XML, XMetaL, stylesheets, NoteTab, and MS Access. Salary: $48,000 plus regular CJH benefits package. Applications (cover letter, resume and contact information for three references) should be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Specific questions about the project and the position can be addressed to Bob Sink at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
