Archivist

PCI Productions LLC • Kennedy Space Center, FL, FL

17h • Onsite

About The Position

PCI Productions is seeking an Archivist to maintain the collection of materials at Kennedy Space Center. This role is fully onsite and reports to the Program Manager.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in research and analysis and preservation of documents and materials.
• Master’s degree in library science or library and information science from an ALA-accredited institution with a focus on archival studies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and/or experience with digital archives tools, standards, and/or best practices.
• Familiar with metadata and technical standards relevant to archival collections (e.g., DACS, DublinCore, ISAD(G), etc.).
• Experience with archival technologies and tools related to appraising, accessioning, processing, preserving, describing, and enabling access to born-digital archives (e.g., Access to Memory (AtoM), Webrecorder, BitCurator, ePADD, Archivematica, ArchivesSpace, command-line tools, spreadsheets, etc.).
• Must have strong communication skills and be able to work collaboratively.
• Must be a US citizen.

Nice To Haves

• Preference may be extended to qualified Native American Indian candidates in accordance with applicable federal law.

Responsibilities

• Support digital preservation functions including processing and transformation of digital objects, capture of metadata, and utilization of the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model as a standard for digital preservation.
• Enable search and discovery through the creation of archival descriptions using standards-based archival description systems, metadata capture and normalization, and digitization.
• Maintain a thorough and up-to-date understanding of digital file formats, digital preservation, and digital persistence practice and theory.
• Create, document, and follow archival processes, workflows and best practices.
• Perform analog preservation functions.
• Respond to queries from internal and external sources for access to archival material and answer questions from both academic researchers and the public related to archival holdings.
• Contribute to online outreach content in the form of blogs and social media.
• Generate reports.
• Collaborate with other archivists across the enterprise.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior