The Cumberland County Historical Society located in
Carlisle, PA seeks a highly motivated, energetic and innovative digital
archivist/researcher to serve as Project Coordinator for the Society’s recently
launched Gardner Digital Library Project.
Position: Gardner
Digital Library Project Coordinator
Classification: Contractual
(1 year term) (Flexible, 10-20 hrs./wk. average)
Job Summary: The Cumberland
County Historical Society located in Carlisle, PA seeks a highly motivated,
energetic and innovative digital archivist/researcher to serve as Project
Coordinator for the Society’s recently launched Gardner Digital Library
Project. This grant funded contractual position is for a one year term with
possible extension. The chosen candidate will coordinate all aspects of the
Gardner Digital Library Project, including two major focuses of the initiative.
First, the chosen candidate will secure and organize historical content related
to Cumberland County and ensure this content remains easily accessible on the
project’s website www.gardnerlibrary.org. Second, the chosen candidate will help supervise the use
of the Society’s state of the art digital audio and video recording studio,
also designed to capture history-related content for the Gardner website.
Potential candidates
must have at least a Bachelor’s degree in Library Science, Information Science,
History or related degree and significant experience working with archives,
special collections and digital content management. Knowledge of data structure standards and born digital
collections encouraged. Comfortable with website content management and certain
aspects of web-design also encouraged.
Job Duties: Under the supervision of the
Executive Director
·
Works closely with the Librarian in
the execution of duties
·
Consults with the Society’s Business
Manager regarding the use of technological equipment and technology challenges
and opportunities related to the project
·
Works closely with the Society’s
Gardner Digital Library Committee to ensure the ongoing success of the project
·
Coordinates, oversees and schedules
volunteers & interns helping with the project
·
Catalogs, arranges, stores and
otherwise organizes all project content according to standards and best
practices in the industry
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Supervises responses to inquiries
(telephone, fax, e-mail, mail) relating to the project
·
Submits reports of the status of the
project to the Librarian and Executive Director
·
Coordinates public outreach and
marketing of the project to encourage community involvement with the Gardner
project
·
Maintains organized lists and
progress reports related to participants using the Gardner studio.
·
Monitors the use of the studio and
all other project-related equipment
·
Secures vetted content from staff
and project Committee members and uploads Committee-approved content to the
Gardner website according to established procedures and guidelines as approved
by the Librarian, Committee and Executive Director
·
Assists in any other activities
related to the project where deemed necessary by the Librarian or Executive
Director
Other Qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Knowledge of research tools and methodology
- Strong knowledge of computers and other digital devices
- Knowledge of library principles, practices and
procedures
- Self-directed and highly motivated
- Highly organized
- Willingness to be trained to operate Gardner studio
equipment & software where a knowledge gap may exist
- Experience with Microsoft software and products
START
DATE:
July 21, 2014 or before
HOW
TO APPLY:
Interested candidates should email a cover letter,
resumé and contact information for three references no later than May 30th to execdirector@historicalsociety.com.
Attached documents must be in Microsoft Word or PDF formats. No phone calls
will be accepted.