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Archivist, Meijer Heritage Center

We are seeking a professional archivist for 30-35 hours/week to support collections processing and management, digitization, and management of digital asset management platform (DAM) internally called the FindIt! Resource Center. The role is a contract position administered through a contract agency.

The highest needs in the Meijer Archives are collections processing or accessioning, digitization, and management of the digital asset management platform.

Salary: $45,000-55,000, commensurate with experience

Collections processing/accessioning: 15 hours/week

Digital Asset Management: 10 hours/week

Digitization: 10 hours/week

Job Summary:

The Meijer Heritage Center (MHC) preserves and presents the rich cultural history, heritage, and legacy of Meijer, a Midwestern retail company. The Meijer Archives include assets from the early 20^th century to the present and include paper documents, company records, photographs, video, memorabilia, and born-digital assets. The MHC Archivist is responsible for collections intake, appraisal, transfer and documentation. Working closely with and reporting to the MHC Manager, the Archivist preserves and creates access to the history of the organization, providing thoughtful and timely responses to requests for information and historical assets from departments across the company. The Archivist also administers the digital asset management platform for the MHC. 

Responsibilities/skills:

• Maintain collections in relationship to existing collections policy, including managing intake, appraisal, transfer, and documentation of analog and digital assets.
• Develop and implement digitization plans to ensure access to vital company history using the company digital asset management (DAM) platform
• Administer the DAM system, currently Widen/Acquia, in collaboration with the company’s DAM custodians, IT department, and other relevant vendor partners to monitor, maintain, and assess storage needs, access, and the backup of systems, databases, and collections.
• Assessing asset collection database and Archives workflow processes to identify and recommend improvements based on the changing needs of the company
• Support the Manager in research and pulling assets for projects and data inquires.

 

Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree in Archives and Special Collections, Archival Studies, Library and Information Science, or certification in an equivalent field of study, and at least two years of related experience.
• Highly organized, detail oriented, self-directed.
• Discrete and committed to confidentiality
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a cross-functional team.
• Strong writing and research skills
• Knowledge of/experience with digital asset management platforms, including but not limited to Widen/Aquia

 

To apply, please go to https://jobs.otterbase.com/?_new_location=michigan

The Bentley, at the University of Michigan, is hiring a full-time, faculty status, LEO-GLAM eligible Archivist for Instruction! To learn more and apply by April 27, please visit: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/261325/archivist-instruction

Delta College library is seeking applications for the position of Archives Intern. The archives intern will provide arrangement and description of archival materials to help make them available for use by Delta College faculty, staff, students, alumni and the community.

Delta College is committed to providing students pursuing a graduate degree with a concentration in Archives an excellent opportunity to participate in a comprehensive internship program at Delta College, one of America’s leading Community Colleges. Interns will work under the guidance and supervision of the Librarian/Archivist at Delta College.

 

For more information and to apply please visit: full job posting

The Michigan Tech Archives is currently seeking an early career/fresh graduate for a two year term archivist position.  For more information and to apply, please visit: https://www.employment.mtu.edu/en-us/job/493851/archivist

Call for applications: Pilot program for Maturity Model for Archival Reparative Description

Is your community, corporate, or government archives engaged in reparative description work? Do you believe your institution would benefit from piloting a new organizational evaluation tool, the Maturity Model for Reparative Description (MMRD)?

The SAA Foundation has given us a grant to test and improve the MMRD through work with 5 archives. We are offering each participant a $500 consultation fee, payable to an individual or an institution, to collaborate in piloting the tool in their institutional context.

If you are selected, participation in this initiative will involve an online introductory meeting and planning session with us (the MMRD authors), a period of institutional self-evaluation of your own practices with the tool, and a follow-up interview to provide feedback on the MMRD.

The pilot program will occur between August and October 2024. If you are interested, please fill out an application of interest by July 19.

Apply here by July 19.

 

Please send any questions to: sharon@sharonmizota.com.

 

Thank you for your consideration,

Stephanie Luke & Sharon Mizota

Job Posting: Archivist for Athletics, University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library

The University of Michigan’s Bentley Historical Library seeks an enthusiastic, collaborative, and innovative archivist to document and preserve the history of athletic competition at the University of Michigan.

Under the general supervision of the Bentley’s Archivist for University History, the Archivist for Athletics is responsible for building, maintaining, preserving, promoting, and providing access to athletic-related archival content, in a variety of formats, chronicling the history and development of athletic competition and the administration of athletics at Michigan.

The Bentley Library collects and makes available material about athletics ranging from student-managed teams in the 19th century to today’s current Athletic Department and dedicated athletic facilities. Since 1990, the Bentley Library has partnered with the Athletic Department to develop one of the most comprehensive archives of collegiate athletics publicly available anywhere.

The position will also support and participate in the general work of the university archives including field work, general historical inquiries, instructional support, reference, and outreach.  

For the full job announcement, including closing date, salary, and application instructions, go to: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/248775/archivist-athletics

Job Posting: Instruction and Outreach Archivist, Walter P. Reuther Library (Detroit, MI)

The Walter P. Reuther Library of Wayne State University seeks creative, curious, and service-oriented applicants for the full-time, two-year term position of Instruction and Outreach Archivist.

Reporting to the Reuther Library Director, the position will lead instruction and outreach activities that engage constituent communities and promote the use and development of archival collections. The successful candidate will also work closely with peer Archivists, Librarians, and University staff and faculty to incorporate primary sources into classroom instruction and present coordinated, comprehensive information literacy instruction to targeted student communities. This two-year role will be provided with dedicated peer mentoring to aid in onboarding, development of pedagogical and research support skills, and familiarity with the Reuther archival collections.

Please visit the official position site for a full description (including job duties, qualifications, and salary range) and for application instructions.

Greetings, MAA members!  

We are all looking forward to the MAA Conference being held in Detroit on June 17 and 18, 2024! As in past years, the conference will include a silent auction for conference attendees. It’s a great way to raise money for MAA and take home something cool.  

The Conference Auction Sub-Committee is calling for donations to the silent auction. Whether it’s something unique to your part of the state, your archive, or something you made or bought, we would love to include it in our auction! So far we have collected paperweight beanie babies, books, poetry broadsides, gift baskets, and more! 

Please reach out to a member of the auction subcommittee (Andrea Howard, howarda1@gvsu.edu or April Conant, conanta331@macomb.edu) if you have something you would like to donate. We can arrange to pick up the item or get it from you at the conference.  

Thank you all for your generosity and creativity! We’ll see you in Detroit!  

The Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) is soliciting applications for the 2024 Louisa Bowen Memorial Scholarship for Graduate Students in Archival Administration.

The Louisa Bowen Memorial Scholarship for Graduate Students in Archival Administration is a scholarship worth $1,000 and a one-year membership in the Midwest Archives Conference. Applicants must be a resident or full-time student residing in one of the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Applicants must also be currently enrolled or accepted into a graduate, multi-course program in archival administration and have a GPA of at least 3.0 for the most recent academic year.

The application due date is March 31^st, 2024.

For more information about applying, please see the scholarship webpage.