Reference and Backlog Archivist Queen's University Archives
Location: Kingston, Ontario Compensation: $63,248/year (General Archivist Floor) Queen's University Library consistently receives top marks as a medium-sized university library. It comprises six libraries and several cross-library divisions supporting the university's academic mission, and is known for its dedicated staff, strong research collections and superb facilities. As part of the library, Queen's University Archives undertakes its activities to manage, preserve, conserve, and make accessible the information assets of the University; to maintain an authentic record of the programs, people, and operations of the University; to provide archival management and conservation for culturally significant records of external organizations and individuals in support of the teaching, research, service, and administration interests of Queen's University.
Within its mission, the Archives has acquired and built over the years an impressive archival collection of private records of national, provincial, and regional significance, as well as substantial institutional records making the unit unique among university archives in Canada. As a cultural resource, measured in terms of breadth, depth, and richness of information, as well as monetary value, the holdings are important and significant. As part of the Queen's University Library, collections are supported by a technological infrastructure that includes the archives database (Access to Memory), web archiving (Archive-It), an online transcription service (FromThePage), a digital preservation system (Permafrost/Archivematica), and digital asset management system (Islandora 8). Located at Kathleen Ryan Hall, the staff of four Archivists, a Conservator, and three technicians play a vital role in supporting the university's academic mission across all disciplines and the needs of the communities it serves, providing reference and research support for students, faculty, and community members. Description and Duties Reporting to the University Archivist and Associate University Librarian, the Archivist works as part of a team of archivists and archives staff in a collegial environment to contribute to the planning, organizing, initiating, coordinating and executing the public services functions of the University Archives; to ensure that the institutional archival record of Queen's University is acquired, preserved, and made available; and to take part in private records acquisition and processing functions according to professional practice and prevailing standards, and subject to relevant policies and procedures. This role will focus primarily on support for reference services and the reduction of archival backlog in both University records and private manuscripts. Position requires knowledge of all aspects of archival science, the administration of archives, methodologies for intellectual and physical control, knowledge of the delivery of archival public services and an understanding of the context in which records are created, as well as the necessity of handling sensitive and confidential information. The University Archives comprises over 10 km of unique print records, two million photographs, tens of thousands of architectural plans and drawings, and thousands of sound recordings and moving images. It is unique in Canada in that it also serves as municipal and regional archives for the City of Kingston and the County of Frontenac. The regionally, nationally, and internationally significant print, photographic, audio-visual, and digital resources held by the Archives means that the position plays a key role in supporting Queen's University faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students in addition to external scholars and community users. Within the context of the Queen's University Library's system-wide goals and priorities, the position's responsibilities and duties include but are not limited to:
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Academic staff at Queen's University are governed by a Collective Agreement between the University and the Queen's University Faculty Association (QUFA), which is posted at http://queensu.ca/facultyrelations/faculty-librarians-and-archivists/collective-agreement and at http://www.qufa.ca.
How to Apply The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's is strongly committed to employment equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black, racialized/visible minority and Indigenous/Aboriginal people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ persons. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. To comply with federal laws, the University is obliged to gather statistical information as to how many applicants for each job vacancy are Canadian citizens / permanent residents of Canada.
Applicants need not identify their country of origin or citizenship; however, all applications must include in the cover letter one of the following statements: "I am a Canadian citizen / permanent resident of Canada"; OR "I am not a Canadian citizen / permanent resident of Canada". Applications that do not include this information will be deemed incomplete. Applicants are asked to send an application package electronically as a single PDF in confidence to the Appointments Committee at library.hr@queensu.ca. A complete application consists of:
We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview by the Appointments Committee will be contacted. The University will provide support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant's accessibility needs. If you require accommodation during the interview process, please contact Samira Dean, Human Resource Manager at samira.dean@queensu.ca
Application Webpage (URL): https://library.queensu.ca/about-us/careers
Application Deadline: 16 May 2022
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