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About the Role

The Marie Golisano Graham Outreach Archives Assistant Fellowship supports public-facing initiatives engaging the RIT community with the B. Thomas Golisano collection. This eighteen-month fellowship offers early-career individuals intensive hands-on experience in archival outreach, curation, and donor relations under professional mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop physical and digital exhibits related to the B. Thomas Golisano collection.
• Collaborate with RIT faculty to integrate Golisano collection materials into their classes.
• Conduct oral history projects to enhance collection interpretations.
• Coordinate logistics for events and public programs related to the Golisano collection.
• Communicate with the Golisano Foundation to support Fellowship goals.
• Create digital content to increase accessibility and engagement with the Golisano collection.
• Assist with reference requests within RIT Archives.
• Perform project-based work within RIT Archives.
• Attend department meetings.
• Update, plan, and/or establish departmental policies and workflows.
• Monitor, organize, and maintain library stacks for accurate shelving, accessibility, and preservation.
• Assist with collection assessment projects, identify duplicate items, and coordinate removal or relocation.
• Process incoming donations and transfers by creating accession records, labeling materials, and ensuring proper documentation.
• Update and manage collection management systems.
• Prepare materials for exhibitions, displays, and external loans.
• Assist in installation and deinstallation of exhibits, event setup, and public program logistics.
• Participate in library committees, working groups, and outreach initiatives.
• Help during tours, instructional sessions, or community engagement programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 1 year of relevant experience.
• Equivalent combination of experience and education may be considered.
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.
• The hiring process may require a criminal background check and/or motor vehicle records check.

Skills

• Archival principles, practices, tools, and systems
• Management, preservation, and archival of born-digital and digitized materials
• Appraising, processing, and describing archival collections
• Transferring content from legacy media for archival purposes
• Teamwork
• Developing and maintaining effective and positive working relationships

Location

• On Campus

Work Type

• Fellowship
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Intermediate level role

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $17.90 - $28.60 Hourly

Benefits

• Professional mentorship

About the Company

• Blase Thomas “Tom” Golisano (b. 1941) is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, civic leader, mentor, and change-maker for Western New York and Southwest Florida communities. In 1971, he founded Paychex, Inc., a leading national provider of payroll services for small businesses, and served as its President and CEO until his retirement in 2004.
• In 1985, Golisano established the Golisano Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States supporting initiatives for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). His philanthropic contributions, both personal and through the Golisano Foundation, now exceed $1 billion, including state-of-the-art healthcare facilities and educational institutions like RIT.
• The B. Thomas Golisano collection was donated to RIT Archives by his sister Marie Golisano Graham in 2015, and spans Golisano’s personal and professional lives from 1965 to present. Since 2022, the collaborative partnership between RIT Archives and the Golisano Foundation has supported dynamic outreach initiatives with the B. Thomas Golisano collection, which continues to accrue as part of this living donor relationship.

Equal Opportunity

• Rochester Institute of Technology provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities.
• RIT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities under the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York Human Rights Law, or similar applicable law.