Employment Opportunity Digital Project Coordinator Carlisle PA

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 First, the chosen candidate will secure and organize historical content related to Cumberland County and ensure this content remains easily accessible on the project’s website www.gardnerlibrary.org.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

·         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.