Featured Job – Digital Archivist, The American Museum of Natural History, New York – 13th September 2024
This week’s featured opportunity is for a Digital Archivist with The American Museum of Natural History. Working out of new York, candidates are expected to have an MLS, MLIS or similar graduate-level degree, along with a proven working knowledge of digital preservation standards, archival best practices, copyright, and digitisation. Key responsibilities include managing all stages of the digital asset archival lifecycle, DAM system usage, support, workflow and feature development, working with the Digital Systems Manager and Metadata Librarian to maintain and improve cataloguing and organisation standards, and keeping abreast of emerging DAM trends and technologies.
“The Library is seeking a full-time Digital Archivist to manage digital assets produced and collected at AMNH throughout all stages of the digital life cycle. This includes existing digitized material and born-digital content. In addition to overseeing all digital archival processes in the AMNH Research Library collections, the digital archivist assists the Museum Archivist with outreach and acts as advisor for digital archive projects throughout the Museum. They assist the Digital Systems Manager as needed in the administration of the Museum Digital Asset Management System.” [Read More]
For full details, see the DAM News job posting at the following link:
https://digitalassetmanagementnews.org/job/digital-archivist-6/
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