Digital Collections Manager (HEA) Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College - CUNY

POSITION DETAILS

This position reports to the Head Librarian. In addition to the CUNY Title Overview, responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

Oversee the development, management, and preservation of Centro’s digital archival holdings.

Provide leadership and promote innovation in the management, access, and storage of digital archival holdings.

Coordinate the archival digitization program, including overseeing selection, preparation of materials, digitization, post-processing, quality assurance, ingest, access and discovery of digital objects.

Administer CENTRO’s digital collections portal, including training staff, maintaining user documentation, performing system maintenance of metadata and user interface, encoding import and export templates, and liaising with IT staff.

Implement CENTRO’s digital preservation policy and collaborate with tech staff to enhance, improve, and scale digital preservation.

Run born-digital processing program, including producing or enhancing finding aids and developing access mechanisms for born-digital content.

Oversee CENTRO’s audiovisual collections and serve as curator of the oral history collections.

Manage Digital Projects Coordinator and other digital projects archival staff.

Collaborate with the Archival Collections Manager and Library Manager to provide use of and access to the digital archival holdings as well as developing and revising policies and procedures for the Library and Archives.

Actively contribute to broader information management work within Centro, Hunter College and across CUNY and participation in relevant professional organizations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's Degree and six years' related experience required; MLS degree and/or Master's in a related field may be substituted for a portion of the experience requirement.

Demonstrated experience with appraising, processing, arranging, and describing born digital and digitized archival materials and collections.

Experience using archival content management and digital curation systems and technologies applicable to an archive.

Experience with applying metadata standards and schema for descriptive, structural, and preservation metadata such as DACS, EAD, MARC, and PREMIS.

Demonstrated skill with tools, workflow implementation, and quality assurance for digital archives.

Ability to understand, use, and innovate with community and ISO standards, including OAIS, PAIMAS, and related standards.

Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Strong organizational and analytical skills with proven success in independently prioritizing work and managing competing deadlines.

Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate and work effectively within and across organizational and unit boundaries in a diverse organization and with a wide variety of users.

Successfully demonstrated experience training and/or managing staff.

Working knowledge of English and Spanish languages.

Working knowledge of copyright.

Interest in the history of Puerto Rican populations and communities in the US.

CUNY TITLE OVERVIEW

Manages a Library unit or major service area.

Manages one or more services such as Circulation, Access/User Services, or Library Technology

Working closely with the Chief Librarian and faculty, recommends and implements long- and short-term plans for library services

Evaluates innovative technologies, databases, and methodologies, makes recommendations related to same and participates in their acquisition

Participates in acquiring materials in all formats and media

Assists in developing and monitoring Library policies and user service standards

Conducts outreach and training activities related to assigned area(s)

Supervises and/or trains staff, students, and others assigned to the Library

May perform highly specialized work in one or more library disciplines, such as archives, technology and systems, etc.

May serve as Office Manager, managing financial operations and budgets, equipment, technology, security and building maintenance requirements

Performs related duties as assigned.

CUNY TITLE

Higher Education Associate

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.

Job ID

28904

Location2180 Third Avenue New York, NY 10035

Compensation

$86,645 - $107,789 yearly

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