Digital Assets Librarian

The Digital Assets Librarian is responsible for the day-to-day management of The Morton Arboretum’s digital resources across the organization. The Librarian will be responsible for the production and organization of a growing collection of digital resources serving visitors, staff, and the education and scientific communities and will assist in the organization and curation of the Arboretum’s archives. As a team member of the Sterling Morton Library, the Digital Assets Librarian will contribute to the advancement of the Library’s identity as the center of knowledge within the Arboretum. This position is funded in whole or in part by grant or other restricted funding and is expected to conclude by September 2014. 

Previous Training and Experience:  ALA accredited Master’s degree in Library Science or equivalent graduate degree.  One to three years demonstrated knowledge of digital asset management. Knowledge of best practices and standards for digital reformatting and preservation of born digital collections, organization, storage, and retrieval of digital collections.  Demonstrated knowledge of archives principles and practices in both digital and analog formats.  Knowledge of archival description and metadata standards, including DACS, EAD, LC authorities, MARC 21, and Dublin Core. 

Physical/Mental Requirements:  Demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging metadata and cataloging standards and relevant controlled vocabularies required.  Knowledge of archival standards and best practices for archival arrangement and description. Experience acquiring, processing, and preserving archival materials.  Experience creating finding aids according to the DACS standard.  Experience creating MARC records for archival materials and encoding finding aids using EAD.  Excellent organizational and communications skills.  Ability to multi-task and prioritize.  Must be able to deliver high-quality work consistently and on time.  Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to facilitate collaboration.  Ability to communicate effectively with diverse library users, staff and patrons.  Public service orientation requiring interest, tact, patience and engagement.  Ability to work flexibly and creatively in a changing environment.  Ability to work independently and collegially with teams and individuals across the organization.  Apply current digital benchmarks, best practices, and standards where appropriate.  Identify digital information trends and planning for the future.  Supervise and train staff and volunteers in the use of digitization equipment, including scanners, cameras and software.  Work schedule will include a regular Saturday rotation and occasional evenings.