Interlochen Center for the Arts, one of America’s most prestigious institutions for arts education, performance and fine arts is seeking to hire an Archivist. The Interlochen Center for the Arts Archives exists to identify, preserve, and make available records, papers, sound recordings, film, photographs and other artifacts of enduring value created or received by ICA and its employees.
The archivist’s leadership will ensure that the best practices of preservation and access of the institutional archives will be used. The archive materials will be made available to the ICA and greater community for individual and institutional use.
This position also works closely with other members of the Bonisteel Library in order to provide services as needed to the ICA community which include
- Building meaningful relationships with faculty, staff and students
- Assisting patrons in finding information
- Providing a collection that reflects and anticipates patron’s needs
- Creating a welcoming atmosphere
Major Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
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Provide direction and responsibility for the archives collection
- Select, process, organize, maintain and preserve the archives collection
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Implement best practices of archival management, including emerging metadata standards and tools, ensuring productive and efficient processes
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Manage the online archives repository which includes the scanning, cataloging and display of materials
- Create and provide finding aids according to national standards, using XML and EAD (Electronic Archival Description), and create original MARC records in accordance with national and local cataloging standards
- Coordinate archives efforts across campus
- Heighten awareness of ICA archival assets with articles and reports for various media outlets
- Work with marketing, advancement and other departments in order to engage the outside community with the archives
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Supervise archives staff, student interns and volunteers in various library and archival tasks
- Create policies and processes for the archives in coordination with other archives staff
- Assist outside researchers and ICA staff in accessing and retrieving items from the collection
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Committed to providing excellent customer service
- Serve as a resource person for the ICA community
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Participate in school wide committee work when applicable