Digital Archivist

Academic

Job Category

Faculty Bargaining

Job Title

Digital Archivist

Department

UBC Library | University Archives (Erwin Wodarczak)

Posting End Date

May 5, 2023

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Digital Archivist

University Archives, UBC Library | Vancouver Campus

Full-time, Confirmation-track Librarian

Anticipated Start Date: September 1, 2023

UBC LIBRARY:
As one of the world's leading universities, the University of British Columbia creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada and the world.

We honour, celebrate and thank the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) and Syilx Okanagan peoples on whose territories the main campuses of the University of British Columbia have the privilege to be situated.

The University of British Columbia Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Canada and consistently ranks among the top university research libraries in North America. UBC Library has 14 branches and divisions across two campuses (Vancouver and Kelowna), including an off-site hospital library; a multi-purpose teaching and learning facility, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre; and the Xwi7xwa Library, a centre for academic and community Indigenous scholarship. Over 300 knowledgeable employees - librarians, management and professional staff, support staff and student staff - provide users with the excellent resources and services that they need to further their research, teaching and learning.

To highlight a few exciting projects that the Library is working on:
- William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library- UBC Library becomes first Canadian institution to join Dryad open-data repository- UBC Library launches Open Publishing Program- Xwi7xwa Library highlights local experiences of Residential Schools in Canada through curated exhibit display

The UBC Library is committed to being a respectful, healthy environment that encourages leadership, collegiality, diversity, individual growth and opportunity. Explore our

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that we strive to uphold and actively incorporate into all aspects of our organization. We are committed to eliminating institutional and structural systems of oppression and power (such as colonialism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ableism, and white supremacy).

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LIBRARY BRANCH/UNIT

The University Archives, located in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on UBC’s Point Grey campus, serves as UBC's corporate memory by identifying, preserving and making available for use the University's valuable text, photographic and audio-visual archival materials. The Archives also coordinates the University-wide records management program that supports various departments by preserving evidence of past decisions and events; serves in a public relations capacity by disseminating information about UBC's history; and supports academic research through the provision of reference services and specialized research tools.

In addition to UBC’s institutional records, the Archives also acquires private papers from selected faculty members, administrators and alumni, as well as the records of independent student, alumni and employee organizations. Prominent among these private archives are those of noted scientist and environmentalist David Suzuki, science-fiction author William Gibson, composer Jean Coulthard, and journalist Joe Schlesinger.

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The University Archives serves as the central repository for recorded data in all formats created by, for, and about the University of British Columbia. Its mandate, according to Board of Governors Policies GA4 & GA5, is to identify, select, preserve, and make available for use these permanently valuable University records.

Reporting to the University Archivist, the Digital Archivist is responsible for implementing the Archives Digital Preservation Policy Framework and showing, leading, and growing a digital archives program for UBC Library. Working with the University Archivist, the Digital Archivist appraises, acquires, arranges, describes, preserves, and makes available records of archival value. Specific emphasis will be placed on digitized and born-digital records received through the records management program as well as University departments, schools, administrative offices and private donors. The Digital Archivist provides reference service to researchers wishing access to archival holdings and to digital records particularly. They also write and recommend policies and procedures for the use, storage, and preservation of digital records. Similarly, the Digital Archivist works with staff in Rare Books and Special Collections to appraise, acquire, arrange, describe, preserve, and