The Digital Collections Specialist maintains day-to-day operations and project management for library digital collections, including Digital Collections and Digital Commons. Implements preservation strategies, policies, and workflows to ensure the accessibility and integrity of digital assets. Hires, trains, and supervises student employees for digital collections projects. The Digital Collections Specialist supports the full life cycle of digital collection initiatives, reporting to the Digital Collections Librarian.

Position Responsibilities

• Implement digital project plans in coordination with the Digital Collections Librarian and Archives and Special Collections team. Oversee the project management, preparation, materials handling, and digitization for digital projects. Maintain and apply project documentation, workflow guidelines, processes and procedures of digital collections. Maintain and apply proper quality control procedures for the digital collections.

• Supervise and provide quality control for daily operations of Digital Commons and Scholars @ LMU, including content collection, uploading, metadata quality control, preservation activities, and ongoing system maintenance. Under direction of the Digital Collections Librarian, liaise with university departments and support LMU students, faculty, and staff users of these platforms.

• Supervise Digital Collections student employees supporting digital collections and the institutional repository, including hiring, scheduling, training, quality control, and feedback on overall performance.

• Manage and coordinate ingesting digital objects and their metadata to our content management system. Manage and coordinate digitizing a variety of formats including audiovisual media, artifacts, archival photographs and texts.

• Collect analytics on digital collections for library reporting in coordination with the Digital Collections Librarian. Communicate with external vendors regarding minor issues or support questions. Coordinate with the rest of the Systems team to resolve advanced issues related to digital collections platforms.

• Represent LMU within the library community, at campus meetings, and at professional organizations or associations.

• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Loyola Marymount University Expectations

Exhibit behavior that supports the mission, vision, and values of the university. Communicate and employ interpersonal actions that model high standards of professional, responsible, accountable, and ethical conduct. Demonstrate a commitment to outstanding customer service.

William H. Hannon Library Expectations

We share the university's commitment to inclusive excellence, the education of the whole person, and the building of a just society. We expect all employees to support the library’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism: https://library.lmu.edu/deia/ 

Required Qualifications

• Typically a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. A Master’s degree in library and information science or related field is preferred. Incumbent will be expected to continue upgrading knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to keep abreast of technology/regulation/policy changes.

• Minimum of three years of full-time academic library experience.

• Demonstrated experience in digital collections, institutional repositories, or digital preservation.

• Demonstrated knowledge of digital preservation standards, metadata schemas, and digital asset management best practices.

• Demonstrated competence with institutional repository platforms, such as Digital Commons, and/or digital asset management systems, such as Quartex or other digital collection platforms.

• Familiarity with metadata standards and preservation file format specifications.

• Familiarity with proper care and handling of special collections.

• Knowledge of copyright, licensing, sharing, and use standards as they relate to institutional repositories.

• Demonstrated experience hiring and supervising student employees.

• Highly developed organizational skills. Strong project management skills and experience developing workflows and writing procedures.

• Exemplary written, oral, and presentation communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills, including customer service experience.

Location and Hours

This position is at the William H. Hannon Library, on the university's Westchester campus. Incumbent should expect to primarily work on campus; with hybrid schedule negotiable up to two days/week in accordance with university policy. Typical daily schedule is negotiable within core business hours (7am-7pm) Monday-Friday.

Hiring Salary Range

This position is exempt, with a minimum starting salary of $73,000. Offer will be dependent on experience and determined in conjunction with an internal pay equity assessment.

Special Instructions

Applications accepted until position is filled. Deliberations on the pool of candidates will begin as applications are received.

For full consideration, applicants should submit the following materials in addition to completing the staff application and references questionnaire in Workday:

• A letter of application describing your qualifications for the position; explaining your interest in the position; and affirming your commitment to the mission of LMU.

• A current resume.

For more information about the position, please contact: Jessea Young, Digital Collections Librarian, [email protected] or 310-258-7273

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Staff Regular

Salary range

$61,800.00 - $77,300.00 Salary commensurate with education and experience.

Please note that this position may not be eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Loyola Marymount University, a Carnegie classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education, seeks outstanding applicants who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence, the education of the whole person, and the building of a just society. LMU is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment as defined by federal, state and local law. We invite all persons in the full diversity of their being, life experience, and beliefs to apply. (Visit www.lmu.edu for more information.)

LMU is committed to providing equal access to employment opportunities and ensuring a comprehensive recruitment and selection process for all applicants.

 

Individuals who require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any stage of the application, interview, or selection process may contact Human Resources at [email protected] or by phone at (310) 338-2723. Applicants who use relay services or other assistive communication technologies are welcome to utilize those services when contacting Human Resources.

 

When contacting Human Resources, please include the job posting number, title of the position and department for which you are applying. Applicants are not required to disclose the nature of a disability or provide medical information when requesting an accommodation during the recruitment process.

 

LMU will work with applicants in a timely and interactive process to identify and provide reasonable accommodations consistent with applicable federal and state law.