Digital Archivist The Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, California, invites applications and nominations for a Digital Archivist, responsible for developing and maintaining a software repository for the CHM. The successful candidate will create a useful architecture for today that scales into the future for access by tomorrows scholars and contributors. This newly created position is part of a growing and unique institution dedicated to the preservation of information technology and its impact on the human experience.
Responsibilities The Digital Archivist assumes leadership for developing near-term and long-term strategies for the growth, management and preservation of the CHM software collection and related digital assets. The Digital Archivist will: design and shepherd a robust and innovative web-based software repository, which includes the CHMs current holdings as well as contributions from outside individuals and communities. Work closely with CHM volunteers, artifact donors and committees. Seek regional, national and international partnerships. Design, document and implement processes and procedures to insure proper cataloguing and preservation of the software collection. Qualifications: Required: Advanced degree in computing, information or library science. Preferred: Minimum of three years of responsibility and accomplishment in digital repository management or similar work. Familiarity with digital asset management tools, metadata standards and capturing a wide variety of digital formats. Ability to build and sustain a volunteer-based community. Knowledge of web-based community tools. Ability to plan, coordinate and implement complex projects. Excellent communication skills with an aptitude for complex analytical work. Knowledge and/or experience with intellectual property issues. Interest and/or knowledge of software history. For more information about CHM, visit www.computerhistory.org. Please send resume to: [email protected] Preference will be given to resumes received by March 13, 2006. Paula Jabloner Archivist Computer History Museum 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View CA 94043 (650) 810-1016 (650) 810-1055 (fax) [email protected] www.computerhistory.org You are currently subscribed to MCN-L, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (www.mcn.edu). To post messages to this list, send emails to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with any message. If you are receiving messages as they are posted and wish to change to daily digest format, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l DIGEST" in the BODY of the message. If you are receiving messages in the daily digest format and wish to recieve them as they are posted, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l MAIL"
