Brigham Young University is seeking to hire a Digital Archivist.
For more information, see the position description below:
Digital Archivist
Full-time faculty, may be filled with visitor
Application deadline: March 13, 2025
Start date: September 1, 2025
Salary: $70,000 per year, DOQ
The Digital Archivist is responsible for acquiring, preparing for processing, and managing access to Special Collections material of enduring historical value related to digital content collected or digitized for the department as outlined by approved collection and reformatting policies. This position has oversight for developing and maintaining departmental workflows and best practices associated with appraising and acquiring digital materials, as well as making those materials accessible to the public. This position works with the Archival Processing Section, Cataloging & Metadata, Digital Initiatives, and Library Information Technology to ensure materials are prepared for processing, description, reformatting, and preservation according to national standards.
Required Degree:
- MLS from an ALA-accredited institution and an undergraduate degree, minor, or emphasis in computer science, a related field of technology, or a humanities field with an emphasis in technology.
- OR
- If the applicant does not have an MLS, a master's or doctoral degree in computer science, a related field of technology, or a humanities field with an emphasis in technology is required.
- Individuals without an MLS must complete the MLS degree within a specific period of time. They will be provided a minimum of 44 months from date of hire.
The required degree must be completed by the start date.
Experience:
- Additional advanced degree and/or experience in Special Collections librarianship or the archival profession (including certification with the Academy of Certified Archivists and the Society of American Archivists' Digital Archives Specialist certificate), especially as they relate to the particular issues posed by born-digital content, or a related field in an academic environment is preferred.
- Willingness and desire to interact with students and faculty, to put student-centeredness above all other professional pursuits, and to contribute to a campus culture of unity, love, and belonging.
- Knowledge of born digital materials, including file formats, metadata, and preservation issues, is preferred.
- Experience with archival and library standards such as Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS), OAIS, EAD, Dublin Core, and PREMIS is preferred.
- Knowledge of and facility with the Internet and Web technology, including the capture and preservation of web sites using WARC/WACZ standards, is preferred.
Duties/Expectations:
- Create and maintain department best practices and procedures for the appraisal of born-digital materials and their acquisition.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the BYU Web Archive.
- Collaborate with the curators to evaluate existing physical collections for the presence of digital materials in legacy formats.
- Facilitate curators' efforts to select and prepare collections for digitization.
- Establish department procedures for providing access to born-digital materials, including types and lengths of access and use restrictions.
- Coordinate the development and maintenance of department procedures that curators will use to redact or otherwise restrict access to born-digital materials with sensitive information.
- Participate in the development of processes for deaccessioning digital content and assets.
For a copy of the full job description, please email library_hr@byu.edu.
BYU Library employees typically work onsite to better fulfill our strategic objectives. Flexible schedules are common, and occasional WFH is an option for many positions.
Equal Opportunity Employer: m/f/Vets/Disability
Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer and we value the richness and strength that a variety of individual characteristics, life experiences and circumstances, perspectives, talents, and gifts bring to our community. All qualified individuals, including persons from a variety of individual characteristics and life experiences and circumstances, and individuals who come from underserved populations, or who value and have demonstrated experience mentoring students from underserved populations, are encouraged to apply. All faculty are required to abide by the university's honor code and dress and grooming standards. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
All new employees who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be required to hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.
Interested applicants should apply to our YJobs faculty posting #134976 at byu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/faculty-careers/details/..., or contact library_hr@byu.edu for instructions on how to apply to this position.
