Upvote
Downvote
Archival Project Coordinator
Share Job
- Suggest Revision
Full-time
- Position Function:Reporting to the Associate Dean for Archives & Special Collections, the Archival Project Coordinator arranges and describes archival material held by the units of the MSU Libraries’ Archives & Special Collections Division (Manuscripts, Material Culture, Mississippi Political Collections, Mississippiana & Rare Books, University Archives, and the Williams Collection of Lincolniana).
- Department Profile:The Mississippi State University Library system is comprised of six libraries that include the Mitchell Memorial Library, Bob and Kathy Luke Architecture, Art and Design Library, College of Veterinary Medicine Library, Phil Hardin Foundation Libraries on the Meridian Campus, and Gertrude C. Ford Foundation Library in Jackson, MS. The Mitchell Memorial Library houses the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana.
- performs preliminary and full processing of newly acquired and legacy archival collections
- researches historical and biographical information relevant to the collections
- creates finding aids utilizing knowledge of standards including Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS), EAD, MARC, LCSH, LNAF, and other appropriate thesauri and authority lists used for indexing archival descriptions
Active Job
Updated 5 days agoSimilar Job
Relevance
Active