Digital Preservation Assistant

3 weeks ago


Montréal, Canada Concordia University Full time

**Position Number**: 50020636 /
**Department**: Library Collection Services
**Grade**: LA-C
**Campus**: Loyola (NDG)

**Salary**: $28.79 - $34.65 per hour
**Union/Association/HR Policy**: CULEU

**Posting deadline**: May 15, 2023

Recognized as Canada’s top university under the age of 50, and one of Montreal’s top Employers, Concordia University is the place to be if you are looking to grow, contribute and innovate in a dynamic and multicultural environment.

Be part of a community that addresses society’s big challenges, supports your personal and professional growth, and makes a real impact in building a more sustainable world.

As a member of our community, you will have access to comprehensive benefits, a defined pension plan and numerous on site well-being facilities such as a state of the art gym and health clinic as well as a variety of educational and cultural opportunities.

**SCOPE**
Reporting to the Head, Cataloguing & Collection Maintenance, and under the functional direction of the Special Collections Archivist and the Digital Preservation Librarian, the incumbent performs tasks of a specialized nature relating to the digital preservation of Library assets as part of the Library’s Digital Preservation Program; including tasks related to the processing, migration and ingest of Special Collections materials. The incumbent performs tasks related to the preservation of unique web-based content within the framework of the Library’s Web Archiving Program.

**PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Participate in the Library’s Digital Preservation Service and Web Archiving Program.
- Process digital materials as part of the Library’s Digital Preservation Service using digital preservation software and tools.
- Ingest materials into the Library’s digital preservation system; add descriptive metadata to ingested material, as required.
- Export access copies or descriptive metadata to the archival collection management system.
- Migrate digital and analog formats for preservation and access.
- Contribute to documenting workflows for digital preservation and recommend workflow changes, as required.
- Contribute to the preservation of the contents of the Library’s open-access repository, as required.
- Perform web archiving tasks, including capturing web-based content using Archive-It and other web archiving tools; add descriptive metadata for captured content; conduct quality assurance for captured web-based content.
- Respond to user inquiries regarding web archiving and triage web archiving issues to the appropriate Library staff member.
- Participate in the processing of archival materials, including description and preservation of archival materials (analogue, born digital and digitized).
- Perform tasks relating to user access to Special Collections, including retrieve materials and assist users in the use of materials and in the use of finding aids; monitor the Special Collections Reading Room; ensure users handle materials safely.
- Share expertise and explain procedures to other staff as required.
- Recommend improvements in policies and procedures.
- Participate in planning and carrying out projects as required.
- Maintain and report work statistics.
- Participate in Library or University committee work as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

**REQUIREMENTS**
- Diploma of Collegial Studies (three-year technical DEC) in Information and Library Technologies.
- Good knowledge (Level 4) of spoken and written English. Basic knowledge (Level 3) of spoken and written French.
- Experience processing born digital and digitized material for preservation purposes is required.
- Knowledge of web-archiving tools and practices is required.
- Experience processing and describing archival material is required.
- Knowledge of archival tools and standards, including Rules for Archival Description (RAD).
- Familiarity with digital preservation tools, such as Archivematica and BitCurator, is an asset.
- Familiarity with archival content management systems, such as Access to Memory (AtoM), is an asset.
- Knowledge of metadata and descriptive standards, including Dublin Core and PREMIS, is an asset.
- Ability to organize work, establish priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work efficiently and accurately while paying close attention to detail, and to concentrate on computer tasks for long periods of time.
- Ability to quickly learn new procedures and technologies, and to adapt rapidly to changing procedures and technologies.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work cooperatively with librarians and co-workers and communicate with professionalism and discretion.
- Aptitude for, and interest in, service-oriented work with library users.
- Ability to give instruction and to explain problems and procedures clearly and succinctly.
- Ability to exercise judgment and show discretion in handling confidential information.
- Physical ability to perform primary responsibilities (for example p



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