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Drawing on its unique collection of physical and digital primary source materials and artifacts, the Center for Brooklyn History inspires discovery, advances research, and preserves the history and cultural heritage of Brooklyn’s diverse communities. 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.
The Processing Archivist will be responsible for surveying, arranging, rehousing, and describing archival materials, including supporting born-digital records. The Processing Archivist will also identify items in the collection of high value for digitization. This position will manage budget, create reports and provide feedback about the project, as well as participate in programming and outreach activities to promote it.
This position reports to the Archives Manager.
This is a grant funded position. The grant ends April, 2028 and employment is not guaranteed beyond that date.
The budgeted salary is $72,510.year.
Essential Responsibilities
The statements below are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
Project Management
· Using the initial grant project and subsequent work as a guide, 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
Arrangement and Description
· Survey, 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.
Outreach
· 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
Required Qualifications
Education and/or Certification
Master’s degree in Library and Information Science with a concentration in archives or equivalent qualifications
Skills &…