Tenure-Track Librarian - Southern Connecticut State University
Department: Library Services
Rank: Assistant Librarian
Specialization(s): Archivist Librarian
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Located
in historic New Haven, a city rich in art and culture, Southern
Connecticut State University is a diverse and student-centered
university dedicated to academic excellence, access, and service for the
public good. Southern provides a supportive and welcoming environment
for all members of its community through a campus-wide commitment to
social justice. SCSU is a flourishing community of approximately 10,000
students, located less than three miles from downtown New Haven, with
easy access to New York and Boston.
Brief Description of Duties/Responsibilities:
Hilton C. Buley Library at Southern Connecticut State University is
seeking to immediately fill a tenure-track position at the rank of
Assistant Librarian. The Assistant Librarian-Archivist position collects
primary sources belonging to the library and the university
representative of its diverse constituency and maintains them through
accessioning, arrangement, description, and preservation. The librarian
is responsible for providing outreach, instruction, and reference
services to the university community and outside researchers and to make
these unique collections accessible. The librarian will also work on
digital projects which include supporting digitization of special
collections, managing born-digital archival material, as needed, and
working with colleagues to establish a digital repository. As
tenure-track employees at SCSU, librarians are expected to participate
in professional and scholarly activities and serve on library and
university committees. All librarians report directly to the Library
Director and work collaboratively as faculty. This position is governed
by a collective bargaining agreement; for further information see https://www.scsuaaup.org/.
Required Qualifications:
Candidates must have an ALA-accredited MLS, Masters of Archives
Administration, or equivalent; 1-2 years of professional or
pre-professional experience in the core duties of an academic archivist,
such as appraisal, selection, accessioning, arrangement and
description, preservation, and reference and outreach; demonstrated
knowledge of current national archival and descriptive standards,
metadata schemata, and best practices, for example DACS, EAD, Dublin
Core, MODS, XML; exposure to modern archival data management systems,
such as ArchivesSpace; ability to organize and analyze information, set
priorities, and manage projects and meet deadlines; excellent
communication and interpersonal skills; commitment to fostering a
diverse educational environment and workplace.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience supervising full-time or part-time staff or student workers,
volunteers, or interns; Experience creating policies and procedures for
archival practice and processing workflows to be usable by staff and
students; Experience managing an institutional ArchivesSpace instance;
Experience conducting, supervising, and/or preserving oral histories;
Knowledge of digital archiving practices and tools such as Archive-It
and Islandora; Experience with grant development and donor relations in
an academic environment.
Application Process: Please
submit letter of interest addressing the required and preferred
qualifications, current curriculum vitae or resume, and a list of three
references with email and phone contact information to: Search Committee
Chair at tocej1@southernct.edu. For best consideration, all materials must be received by September 27, 2021. The position will remain open until filled.
SCSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
The University seeks to enhance the diversity of its faculty and staff.
People of color, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are
strongly encouraged to apply.
