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Classification Title:Library Associate 2. Classification Minimum Requirements:High School diploma or equivalent and seven years of library, or relevant experience; or an Associate’s degree and five years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree and one year of relevant experience; or any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education. Required Qualifications:High School diploma or equivalent and seven years of library, or relevant experience; or an Associate’s degree and five years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree and one year of relevant experience; or any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education.

PLEASE NOTE: 	This is a time-limited position that will last 2 years from the start of employment. The position may be extended, pending funding availability.JOB SUMMARYThe UF Libraries welcomes library science or computer science professionals interested in gaining experience in an academic library setting to join the dynamic Department of Special and Area Studies Collections as Digital Archivist. This unique opportunity offers the training necessary to become a rising leader in the growing area of digital archives work.The Digital Archivist completes born-digital transfer, digital processing, and other collection service activities to maintain and ensure preservation of and access to digital materials in the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections (SASC). SASC is home to special and rare print materials, maps, archives, and manuscripts, as well as interdisciplinary collections pertaining to geographical, national, or cultural regions. In collaboration with Head of Collection Services, the Digital Archivist is responsible for establishing and maintaining strategy, policies, procedures, and best practices for long-term access and preservation of digital content and collections. The Digital Archivist collaborates closely with collection managers and other SASC personnel, as well as the Libraries’ technology, metadata, preservation, and digital personnel, on SASC digital archiving needs and support.<table><tbody><tr><th>Classification Title:</th><td>Library Associate 2</td></tr><tr><th>Classification Minimum Requirements:</th><td>High School diploma or equivalent and seven years of library, or relevant experience; or an Associate’s degree and five years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree and one year of relevant experience; or any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education.</td></tr><tr><th>Job Description:</th><td>PLEASE NOTE:       This is a time-limited position that will last 2 years from the start of employment.  The position may be extended, pending funding availability.JOB SUMMARYThe UF Libraries welcomes library science or computer science professionals interested in gaining experience in an academic library setting to join the dynamic Department of Special and Area Studies Collections as Digital Archivist. This unique opportunity offers the training necessary to become a rising leader in the growing area of digital archives work.The Digital Archivist completes born-digital transfer, digital processing, and other collection service activities to maintain and ensure preservation of and access to digital materials in the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections (SASC). SASC is home to special and rare print materials, maps, archives, and manuscripts, as well as interdisciplinary collections pertaining to geographical, national, or cultural regions. In collaboration with Head of Collection Services, the Digital Archivist is responsible for establishing and maintaining strategy, policies, procedures, and best practices for long-term access and preservation of digital content and collections. The Digital Archivist collaborates closely with collection managers and other SASC personnel, as well as the Libraries’ technology, metadata, preservation, and digital personnel, on SASC digital archiving needs and support.The Digital Archivist will oversee and support the transfer and ingest of born-digital files and oversee the creation of finding aids to ensure preservation and access. In addition, the Digital Archivist will act as the resource person for SASC regarding best practices for managing donated digital materials and metadata management for digital objects to enable search and discovery of collections online and in-person. The Digital Archivist will also oversee the processing of collections of digital and/or hybrid format types as well as the arrangement, preservation, and creation of comprehensive descriptions for those collections. Priority collections include political papers, the papers of prominent Floridians, University of Florida records, the papers of former UF Presidents, and materials pertaining to Latin America and the Caribbean.RESPONSIBILITIESTransfer, Ingest, and Processing<ul><li>In collaboration with the Head of Collection Services, consults with collection managers on the ingest and transfer of born-digital collections including physical and non-physical media, as well as the acquisition, arrangement, and description of born-digital archives.</li><li>Creates finding aids in ArchivesSpace.</li><li>Advises on record conversion, including recommendations for file formats, file naming and storage, and digitization requirements among other best practices.</li><li>Works to manage and reduce digital processing backlog.</li></ul>Digital Archives Management<ul><li>Manages specialized hardware and software on SASC’s digital processing workstations that transfer content from various physical storage media to the digital processing workflow. </li><li>Creates and/or updates policies and procedures for born-digital transfer, processing, preservation, format migrations, and access, including the use and management of ArchivesSpace, BitCurator, and University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). </li><li>Collaborates with SASC colleagues to use archival theory and computational thinking to brainstorm and experiment with creative approaches to appraising, managing, and preserving born-digital archives, particularly at scale.</li></ul>Web and Social Media Archiving<ul><li>Collaborates with the Head of Collection Services and collection managers on setting vision and direction for accessing SASC web archives. </li><li>Builds upon current policies and procedures for web archiving, preservation, and access, including the use and management of Archive-It. </li><li>Creates procedures for capturing and maintaining archives of social media accounts, including but not limited to those from X (Twitter) and YouTube. </li></ul><h4>Other Duties as Assigned</h4><ul><li>Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned. </li><li>Serves on relevant departmental and library committees or working groups and undertakes professional development appropriate for position. </li></ul></td></tr><tr><th>Expected Salary:</th><td>$55,000 annual salary</td></tr><tr><th>Required Qualifications:</th><td>High School diploma or equivalent and seven years of library, or relevant experience; or an Associate’s degree and five years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree and one year of relevant experience; or any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education.Valid driver's license. </td></tr><tr><th>Preferred:</th><td><ul><li>ALA-accredited Master’s degree in library, information, and/or archival science with coursework focused on Digital Archives OR computer science or similar technology degree.</li><li>Experience implementing digital tools, methods, and approaches used in digital preservation and curation. </li><li>Knowledge of or interest in becoming proficient in archival functions of appraisal, arrangement and description, and the additional procedures that ensure the authenticity, integrity, and security of born-digital content.</li><li>Experience with or interest in gaining experience with software and metadata schemes, such as BitCurator, Archive-It, Archivematica, ArchivesSpace, BulkExtractor, CheckSum Tools, Bagger, TeraCopy, DROID, ePADD, Preservica, EAD, DACS, and the OAIS reference model.</li><li>Experience with or demonstrated interest in gaining experience with systems and methodologies for born-digital transfer and digital processing. </li><li>Familiarity with web archiving applications and methodologies for the acquisition of web content, including social media. </li><li>Experience with command-line interfaces, computer programming/scripting languages, relational databases, and web applications, including their APIs. </li><li>Ability to train and supervise student employees. </li><li>Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to SASC.</li><li>Demonstrated ability, willingness, and desire to learn new things and take initiative in a rapidly changing academic and technological environment.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to work independently on multiple projects and priorities. </li></ul></td></tr><tr><th>Special Instructions to Applicants:</th><td>Application ProcessTo apply, submit<ul><li>a cover letter detailing your interest in, and qualifications for this position</li><li>your current resume or CV</li><li>a list of three references including their contact information (telephone number and email address)</li></ul>This position has been reposted. Previous applicants need not reapplyApply by 11:55 pm (EST) on the application close date via the Jobs at UF online application system.  Applications will be reviewed as received. If you have any questions or concerns about this process, please contact Tina Marie Litchfield, George A. Smathers Libraries Human Resources Office, at tlitchfield@uflib.ufl.edu.If an accommodation due to a hearing or speech disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352-392-2477 University of Florida Human Resources or the Florida Relay System at 800-955-8771 (TDD).Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.This is a time-limited position. </td></tr><tr><th>Health Assessment Required:</th><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

University of Florida

Digital Archivist - Library Associate 2 (time-limited)

Academic Background

Application Programming Interface (API)

Best Practices

Command Line

Communication Skills

Computer Programming

Computer Science

Computer Workstations

Consulting

Content Acquisition

Driver's License

Funding

Internet Application

Library and Information Science

Materials Management

Metadata

Motorola Droid

Multitasking

People Management

Policy Development

Procedure Development

Relational Databases (RDBMS)

Scripting (Scripting Languages)

Social Media

Strategic Planning

Training/Teaching

Twitter

YouTube

Job Description:The Foreign, Comparative, and International Legal Research Specialist/Professor of Legal Research will be part of the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center’s public services team with a focus on curating our extensive foreign, comparative, and international law collection along with developing instruction and programming relating to foreign, comparative, and international legal research. The Foreign, Comparative, and International Legal Research Specialist/Professor of Legal Research will be part of the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center’s public services team with a focus on curating our extensive foreign, comparative, and international law collection along with developing instruction and programming relating to foreign, comparative, and international legal research.

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The Foreign, Comparative, and International Legal Research Specialist/Professor of Legal Research will be part of the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center’s public services team with a focus on curating our extensive foreign, comparative, and international law collection along with developing instruction and programming relating to foreign, comparative, and international legal research. The ideal candidate would be interested in ensuring preservation of and greater access to our Caribbean and Latin American legal collections. This position will participate in a variety of LIC functions including providing reference services and faculty research support, classroom teaching, and other instructional activities at the University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law. The Foreign, Comparative, and International Research Specialist/Professor of Legal Research reports to the Associate Director.Professors of Legal Research are full time 12-month non-tenure track law faculty members and receive competitive benefits including professional development funding to support attendance at academic conferences, vacation, sick, and holiday leave, medical and dental insurance, and retirement plans. The University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law offers a defined promotion path for this position from Assistant-in-Law to Associate-in-Law to Senior Associate-in-Law with commensurate 9% salary increases with each promotion.<table><tbody><tr><th>Classification Title:</th><td>Ast In</td></tr><tr><th>Classification Minimum Requirements:</th><td>Candidates for these tenure ineligible specialty faculty positions must hold a master’s degree in a field of specialization unless the administrator of the unit determines that experience and/or training is equivalent to the educational requirements. Authorship or co-authorship of significant publications in the field of specialization may be regarded as evidence of qualifying experience and training.</td></tr><tr><th>Job Description:</th><td>The Foreign, Comparative, and International Legal Research Specialist/Professor of Legal Research will be part of the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center’s public services team with a focus on curating our extensive foreign, comparative, and international law collection along with developing instruction and programming relating to foreign, comparative, and international legal research.  The ideal candidate would be interested in ensuring preservation of and greater access to our Caribbean and Latin American legal collections.This position will participate in a variety of LIC functions including providing reference services and faculty research support, classroom teaching, and other instructional activities at the University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law. The Foreign, Comparative, and International Research Specialist/Professor of Legal Research reports to the Associate Director.Professors of Legal Research are full time 12-month non-tenure track law faculty members and receive competitive benefits including professional development funding to support attendance at academic conferences, vacation, sick, and holiday leave, medical and dental insurance, and retirement plans. The University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law offers a defined promotion path for this position from Assistant-in-Law to Associate-in-Law to Senior Associate-in-Law with commensurate 9% salary increases with each promotion. Essential FunctionsCurate the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center’s foreign, comparative, and international law collection including collection development, preservation assessments, and development of online access to rare and unique materials, particularly materials from the Caribbean and Latin America.Develop instruction and programming related to foreign, comparative, and international legal research and serve as a local expert for faculty and students at the University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law.Provide reference service to students and staff of the School of Law, the University community, members of the Bar and the public.Provide research and reference services to College of Law faculty through the library liaison program.Participate in teaching introductory legal research and/or advanced legal research courses at the University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law.Complete other duties as assigned.</td></tr><tr><th>Expected Salary:</th><td>$85,000-110,000 depending on experience</td></tr><tr><th>Required Qualifications:</th><td>A JD from an ABA-accredited law school is required.  Either a master's degree in Library or Information Science (MLS or equivalent degree) from an accredited program or current enrollment in an accredited program is required.  Knowledge of legal research techniques, sources, and formats is required.  Applicants must have a strong service orientation, be interested in foreign, comparative, and international law, and be able to contribute to continual efforts to improve the delivery of legal information.  Applicants must be able to contribute positively to an active department that serves a diverse patron base.  Applicants must have excellent oral and written communication skills, and should have experience working in a professional, team-based environment as well as independently.</td></tr><tr><th>Preferred:</th><td>Academic teaching experience; one to three years professional experience in an academic law library; experience or documented interest in foreign, comparative, and/or international law; one to three years of legal practice; working knowledge of Spanish, including legal terminology.</td></tr><tr><th>Special Instructions to Applicants:</th><td>In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter, resume, and list of references. This position is 'open until filled'. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable pool of candidates is established. </td></tr><tr><th>Health Assessment Required:</th><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

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