Temporary Part-Time Project Archivist
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- DePaul University
- Location
- Chicago, IL
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DePaul University
DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.
Job Title Temporary Part-Time Project Archivist
Job ID 3641
Location Lincoln Park Campus
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Temporary
Multicultural Statement
At DePaul University, we are looking for candidates who want to join us in our mission to provide access to education for all. Successful candidates welcome ideas and perspectives from colleagues and students representing a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds, religious beliefs, and experiences. We seek collaborative, open-minded and hard working professionals to work in a real world urban learning environment. Are you exceptional, yet modest and open to challenges? We seek achievers and leaders that want to bring their passion and skills to our well-respected community of approachable colleagues. Build your career with us.
General Summary
Reporting to the Head of Special Collections and Archives, the Project Archivist (temporary position) is responsible for the appraisal, accessioning, processing, and description of selected large archival collections that have been designated as high priority. The Project Archivist is responsible for applying standard archival principles and practices to arrange, preserve, describe and provide access to archival materials of various formats, resulting in collections that are open for research with descriptive tools geared toward an undergraduate and community researcher audience (moderate to intensive processing; not minimal).
Responsibilities & Duties
- Evaluate, sort, arrange, and describe materials in designated collections according to archival principles.
- This includes accessioning materials, assessing the relationship among materials within a collection and/or to other previously processed collections.
- Arranging materials in intellectual order as determined by established archival principles.
- Applying preservation techniques as appropriate.
- Arranging materials physically within collections.
- Maintaining a written record describing the collection and the activities performed and representing that information in databases and other documents.
- May direct student employees in the completion of some archival processing tasks.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education & Experience
- Master's degree in library and information studies from an ALA-accredited program; or, Master's degree in history or a related discipline with formal coursework in archival administration.
- Completion of graduate-level coursework in archives.
- Demonstrated competency in processing archival collections in a paid, volunteer, or practicum setting.
- Knowledge of, and experience in applying, DACS rules.
Other Skills & Abilities Reqd
- Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work independently, following established procedures
- Experience with project management and time management for complex projects
- Ability to think critically and shift perspective in order to create effective arrangements and descriptions of archival collections
- Ability to interpret bibliographic information accurately
- Ability to work with diverse constituencies
- Ability to work in a collegial environment in order to provide excellent service
- Knowledge of MS Office, and other routine information technology applications employed at the library or university level
- Proficiency in writing DACS compliant finding aids and encoding those finding aids according to EAD.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to spend extended periods standing, sitting, kneeling, crouching, and bending.
- Requires ability to navigate closed stacks area, and reading, visual acuity, hand-eye coordination and motor skills sufficient to use a computer, copy machine and other office equipment.
- Routinely lifting up to 25 pounds may also be required.
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Additional Information
FOR CONSIDERATION PLEASE SUBMIT A COVER LETTER WITH YOUR RESUME BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2019.
Salary & Benefits Package:
DePaul offers a comprehensive package including competitive pay and benefits to attract and retain the best talent in order to further the University's mission. For more information, please visit the following pages:
Full Benefits
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Organization
Working at DePaul University
Enrolling more than 23,000 students, DePaul is the ninth-largest private and largest Catholic university in the country. It offers over 200 graduate and undergraduate degree programs through nine colleges and schools. Nearly one third of DePaul’s students are of color—the most diverse of any private university in Illinois—and about 30 percent of each year’s freshmen class intend to be the first in their families to earn a college degree. DePaul’s success extends beyond recruitment—it is among the nation’s top 100 universities in awarding degrees to students of color.
Educating Chicago’s business leaders, lawyers, judges, teachers, artists and public servants for more than a century, DePaul enjoys an excellent academic reputation. It has earned impressive rankings from U.S. News & World Report for its business and law programs as well as distinctions for diversity and community service. A host of higher education guides have recognized DePaul for everything from its economic value and happy students to its hot and trendy campus and great town-gown relations.
DePaul prides itself on the strength of its academic programs, especially the programs in entrepreneurship, real estate, and the part-time MBA; computer science, network assurance and digital media; psychology and philosophy; music and theater; health and intellectual property law; and adult learning initiatives. Despite its size, the university is committed to providing students with personal attention; the student/faculty ratio is just 16:1. Professors who teach graduate students also teach undergraduates in small-group settings.
DePaul’s goal, expressed in the VISION twenty12 strategic plan, is to become one of the finest urban, Catholic universities in the United States. It is focused on creating nationally recognized, rigorous programs of study; preparing women and men to be at the forefront of their chosen fields as ethical and socially engaged leaders; and further strengthening its financial and operational foundations.
DePaul was founded in 1898 by the Congregation of the Mission (or Vincentian) religious community, which follows the teachings of 17th century French priest St. Vincent de Paul. Established to provide a high quality education to immigrants and others who were denied access to college, DePaul continues to embrace this mission today, recruiting and graduating significant numbers of students from disadvantaged and underrepresented groups.
Location
Located in Chicago, Illinois, DePaul has two primary campuses and four suburban locations. The Loop Campus is in the heart of the downtown business and cultural district and is home to four of DePaul’s colleges, a theater, a residence hall and most administrative functions. It is separated by a 20-minute trip on Chicago’s “el” train from the Lincoln Park Campus, close to Lake Michigan and Wrigley Field. Considered one of the nation’s most beautiful urban campuses, Lincoln Park is home to five colleges, the main library, numerous residence halls, a student center and the Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center, open to employees and students.
Both campuses are located in thriving business and residential districts that are well served by public transportation, providing a full array of housing choices for employees. Chicago boasts six professional sports teams and some of the best theater, music and art venues in the nation. As an international business hub and conference center, Chicago enables employees to build strong professional networks and remain on the leading edge of their fields.
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