Job Description
About UC Merced
The University of California, Merced, is the newest of the University of California system's 10 campuses and the first American research university built in the 21st century. With more than 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students, UC Merced offers an environment that combines a commitment to diversity, inclusion, collaboration, and professional development. With bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs, strong research and academic partnerships, and community involvement, the UC Merced campus is continually evolving and requires talented, knowledgeable, and dynamic educators, researchers, management and staff.
Ranked among the best public universities in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, UC Merced is uniquely equipped to provide educational opportunities for highly qualified students from the San Joaquin Valley and throughout California. The campus enjoys a special connection with nearby Yosemite National Park, is on the cutting edge of sustainability in construction and design and supports the economic development of Merced and the region.
In Fall 2016, UC Merced broke ground on a $1.3 billion public-private partnership that is unprecedented in higher education. The Merced 2020 Project nearly doubled the physical capacity of the campus, enhancing academic distinction, student success and research excellence. In 2018, UC Merced opened the Downtown Campus Center, a $33 million, three-story administrative building located in the heart of Merced.
To set the course of UC Merced's evolution, in 2021 UC Merced will enact its first-ever 10-year strategic plan. This plan will guide how the values of equity and justice influence our pathway toward earning Carnegie R1 research status, growing enrollment, upholding our identity as a minority-serving institution, and operationalizing how commitments to equity, diversity and inclusion are enacted within each campus unit. UC Merced is expected to engage in sophisticated thinking, planning, and implementation of actions that effectively diversify the professoriate and staff, improve campus climate for all campus constituency groups, and strengthen our equity, diversity, and inclusion infrastructure and capacity.
About the Job
Under the supervision of a Librarian, the Archives Specialist applies advanced professional concepts to accession, arrange, describe, and catalog collections using established metadata and cataloging standards. Prioritizing researcher use and access, the specialist is responsible for establishing baseline administrative, physical, and intellectual control over acquisitions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Inventories, assesses, stabilizes, arranges, and describes collections of various sizes, formats, and complexity. Identifies preservation and conservation needs for materials in all formats and establishes requirements for housing and treatment. Works with vendors for special cataloging or preservation needs.
- Prepares materials for digitization and researcher access; creates and reviews metadata. Creates and maintains encoded finding aids, metadata, and MARC records in the Library's online discovery systems according to current national standards and best practices.
- Creates and contributes to policies, procedures, workflows, training manuals, and project planning, including determining resources required to process, rehouse, and preserve collections as appropriate.
- Provides quality assurance and monitors metrics and resource use, including providing statistical reports.
- Maintains inventories of supplies. Hires, trains, and directly supervises student assistants.
- Assists researchers in the use of collections. Provides reference and public services support as needed.
- Serves on campus and UC Libraries systemwide committees and groups as assigned; performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience and training. (Required)
- Five years of directly related, progressively responsible experience archiving, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience. (Required)
- ALA-accredited master's degree in library and information science or equivalent training in archival theory and practice. (Preferred)
CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Thorough professional knowledge of archival and manuscript processing concepts and practices enabling efficient and extensible accessioning and processing of collections.
- Experience applying library and archival descriptive and metadata standards, including EAD, DACS, MARC, Dublin Core, LCSH.
- Experience working with ArchivesSpace, Alma, and other collection management systems.
- High level of proficiency with computers and applications such as Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Trello, MarcEdit, Oxygen or other XML editors, and OpenRefine.
- Demonstrated knowledge of preservation best practices for archival materials, including proper handling, housing, reformatting, and storage.
- Demonstrated ability to train and supervise student employees with attention to efficiency, accuracy, and quality of work completed.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects, organize and prioritize work, and work effectively with colleagues in a dynamic, collaborative, team-based environment.
- Demonstrates discretion, judgment, and initiative as well as thorough understanding of professional standards and ethics.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Two or more years of professional archival accessioning and processing experience. (Preferred)
- Familiarity with or a desire to implement and maintain born-digital accessioning and learn new systems and tools. (Preferred)
Background Check
Background check and fingerprinting will be required.
Policy Statement
How to Apply:
An online application is required for each position to apply. The University of California, Merced is aware that some web-based application processes may be cumbersome for differently abled applicants. Where appropriate, alternative accommodations will be provided. For applicants with disabilities who need additional assistance using TAM, or reasonable accommodations during the interview or search process, please contact ucmjobs@ucmerced.edu.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The University of California, Merced is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, pregnancy, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or other protected categories covered by the UC Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy. UC Merced intentionally promotes and maintains a discrimination- and harassment-free workplace by demonstrating it neither condones nor tolerates employment practices that discriminate against or harass any person or specific group of persons on the basis listed above. We seek candidates who will support our vision to cultivate a vibrant, equity-minded, inclusive excellence university community. When applying to UC Merced, we strongly encourage you to reflect on our PrinciRles of CommunitY. and our 2021 strategic plan.
Vaccination Program Policy:
As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2
(COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy. All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of
Full Vaccination or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, and/or Religious Objection) or Deferral (based on pregnancy) no later than the applicable deadline. For new University of California employees, the applicable deadline is 14 days after their first date of employment.
Smoke and Tobacco Free Policy:
The University of California, Merced is a smoke and tobacco free workplace. Information and the Smoke and Tobacco Free policy is available at httR://smokefree.ucmerced.edu.
E-Verify:
All employers who receive Federal contracts and grants are required to comply with E-Verify, an InternetÂbased system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (OHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA). E-Verify electronically verifies employment eligibility by comparing information provided on the 1-9 form to records in the OHS and SSA databases. Certain positions funded by federal contracts/subcontracts requires UC Merced to notify job applicants that an E-Verify check will be conducted and the successful candidate must pass the E-Verify check.
Pay, Benefits & Work Schedule:
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University of California visit:
http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/
Website
http://library.ucmerced.edu/