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Working collaboratively with library colleagues, faculty across the University, and community partners, the Digital Archivist will support teaching and research while enhancing discovery and use of SIUE’s distinctive cultural and historical resources.\n\nPrimary Responsibilities\n\nProvide strategic leadership for SIUE’s digital stewardship environment, including the development, implementation, and assessment of digital preservation policies, digital collections strategies, and sustainable workflows aligned with national standards and best practices.\n\nManage the full lifecycle of digital collections by identifying, accessioning, appraising, processing, describing, preserving, and providing user-centered and accessible access to materials.\n\nInitiate, implement, and maintain systems, infrastructure, documentation, and workflows that support the long-term preservation and access of university archives and special collections materials.\n\nAssess and inventory digital and digitized collections, metadata, asset storage, and accessibility, and develop sustainable, prioritized plans for remediation, preservation, and access to guide platform, standards, and metadata decisions.\n\nProvide specialized reference and research support for users working with digital and archival materials.\n\nCollaborate broadly across campus and the community to increase engagement and support integration of digital collections and archival materials into teaching, scholarship, and research.\n\nPursue scholarship, research, or creative activity and engage in service at institutional and professional levels, consistent with tenure and promotion requirements.\n\nTerms of Appointment\nTenure-Track Assistant Professor\n\nQualifications\nEducation\n\nMaster’s degree in library science or information science from an ALA-accredited institution, or\n\nCurrent enrollment in a master’s degree in library and information science from an ALA-accredited program. Candidate must have a degree conferred or with evidence of completion by August 15, 2026.\n\nAdditional Qualifications\n\nDemonstrated knowledge of digital preservation principles, standards, and best practices, evidenced through coursework, professional experience, training, or documented digital preservation project work.\n\nExperience with digital collections, digital exhibits, and/or digital archives.\n\nDemonstrated ability to collaborate with faculty, staff, students, and campus partners, as evidenced by collaborative projects or roles.\n\nAbility to communicate effectively with diverse audiences across multiple modalities (e.g. in-person, online, written, and visual formats).\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nExperience with archival description and metadata standards, such as Dublin Core, EAD, MODS, METS, or similar schemas.\n\nDemonstrated ability to develop, document, and follow sustainable workflows for digital collections, digitization, or digital preservation activities.\n\nExperience providing research or reference support related to digital collections, archives, or special collections.\n\nExperience participating in or facilitating programs, initiatives, or practices that advance equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.\n\nEvidence of scholarly activity and/or professional service, or potential to develop in these areas.\n\nDemonstrated ability to instruct campus community, as evidenced by experience such as classroom teaching, library instruction, workshops, or other relevant experience.\n\nNote: Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications and demonstrate potential for success are encouraged to apply, even if they do not meet all preferred qualifications.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Code4lib","rawCompany":"code4lib","city":"Edwardsville","state":"IL","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T03:53:49.809Z","occupations":[{"code":"25-4011.00","title":"Archivists","slug":"archivists"},{"code":"25-1082.00","title":"Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary","slug":"library-science-teachers-postsecondary"},{"code":"25-4022.00","title":"Librarians and Media Collections Specialists","slug":"librarians-and-media-collections-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"611310","title":"Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools","slug":"colleges-universities-and-professional-schools"},{"code":"519210","title":"Libraries and Archives","slug":"libraries-and-archives"},{"code":"611210","title":"Junior Colleges","slug":"junior-colleges"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Digital Archivist, Assistant Professor","description":"Library and Information Services at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) invites applications for a tenure-track Digital Archivist, Assistant Professor. 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