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About the Role

The Center for Brooklyn History (CBH) is seeking a Processing Archivist for a two-year grant-funded project to process and make accessible institutional records of the Brooklyn Historical Society. This role involves surveying, arranging, rehousing, and describing archival materials, including born-digital records, and identifying items for digitization. The position also includes project management, budget management, reporting, and participation in programming and outreach activities.

Responsibilities

Survey, arrange, rehouse, and describe archival materials, including supporting born-digital records.
Identify items in the collection of high value for digitization.
Manage budget, create reports, and provide feedback about the project.
Participate in programming and outreach activities to promote the project.
Create a detailed processing plan and expected timeline, including milestones and expected outcomes.
Manage related budgets, including for archival supplies and other expenses.
Collaborate with Center for Brooklyn History staff on researching the institutional archive.
Process, rehouse, arrange, and describe the institutional archival collections using ArchivesSpace, in line with current archival standards and practices.
Conduct item-level cataloging as needed.
Create processing plans and workflows for the material, including digitized and born-digital assets.
Identify items in the collection that are candidates for digitization and/or conservation.
Edit the existing finding aid with appropriate levels of description.
Lead and participate in programming and outreach initiatives about the project.
Create content for social media and blog posts about the institutional archives and the project.
Represent the Center for Brooklyn History and the project at regional and national professional events.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Library and Information Science with a concentration in archives or equivalent qualifications.
2-3 years archival arrangement and description experience.
Demonstrated consistent accuracy and attention to detail.
Demonstrated knowledge of current developments in the principles of archival arrangement and description for personal papers and organizational records.
Processing experience with handwritten materials.
Familiarity with the application of current standards for manuscript and archival description such as DACS.
Familiarity with EAD, XML and other machine actionable metadata schema.
Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work, with strong project management skills.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team setting.
Ability to work reflectively, conscientiously, and inclusively with a team.
Archival processing experience with collections varying in size and formats including manuscripts, records series, photographs, born digital material, audiovisual, and other materials.
Experience using collection management tools such as ArchivesSpace.
Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, including demonstrated ability to communicate with a diverse community.
Ability to work as both independently and collaboratively.
Strong organization and time-management skills; attention to accuracy and detail is essential.
Professionals dedicated to providing excellent customer service, developing fruitful partnerships in the community, and implementing programs aligned with our mission and vision.

Skills

Archival arrangement and description
Project management
Budget management
Collaboration
Research
ArchivesSpace
DACS
EAD
XML
Machine actionable metadata schema
Organization
Prioritization
Independent work
Teamwork
Reflective work
Conscientious work
Inclusive work
Collection management
Interpersonal communication
Oral communication
Written communication
Time management
Attention to detail
Customer service
Partnership development
Program implementation
Innovation

Location

Brooklyn

Work Type

Grant funded
Full-time

Experience Level

2-3 years archival arrangement and description experience

Education Level

Master’s degree in Library and Information Science with a concentration in archives or equivalent qualifications

Salary/Compensations

$72,510/year

About the Company

The Center for Brooklyn History (CBH) is embarking on a two-year project to continue processing and making accessible all institutional records of the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS), which was founded in 1863 and merged with Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) in October 2020.
These records document the founding and functioning of a significant and longstanding Brooklyn cultural heritage institution.
The records, which comprise over ten percent of CBH’s archival collections, provide unprecedented detail on a growing city and borough, and more broadly, on the way that history and knowledge were preserved and interpreted over a century and a half.
The completed processing of these institutional archives will transform CBH’s understanding of its own genesis and development, and will inform wide-ranging fields of scholarship on urban history, the history of Brooklyn and New York City, museum studies, social history, class formation, and much more.
We seek professionals dedicated to providing excellent customer service, developing fruitful partnerships in the community, and implementing programs aligned with our mission and vision.
You will be immersed in a motivating and challenging environment where innovation is key to the organization.
If you are looking to be a part of a stimulating workplace that is highly regarded by its culturally diverse community, BPL is the place to be.

Equal Opportunity

Brooklyn Public Library is an equal opportunity employer.