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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s the job posting I mentioned in today’s OhioDIG meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Amy McCrory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Head, Digital Imaging Unit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Preservation & Reformatting Department, The Ohio State University Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">125D Library Tech Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1165 Kinnear Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Columbus, OH 43212 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(614) 292-8647<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">The Ohio State University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Preservation and Digitization Strategist (faculty position)</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Ohio State University Libraries is seeking a successful leader with an orientation to systems thinking and strong skills in analysis, innovation, and collaboration to care for the rich and expansive collections
its users rely on for teaching, learning, discovery, and the creation of new knowledge and art. The Preservation and Digitization Strategist provides key leadership for the life-cycle management of the Libraries’ physical and digital collections. The position
directs and advances a diverse portfolio of related services encompassing conservation, preservation, and digitization of collections. The Strategist is a key partner with Collection Strategy, Special Collections, Facilities, Information Technology, and Discovery
and Access in developing policy and practice affecting collection stewardship. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The position reports to the Associate Director for Content and Access and participates in the Libraries’ Management Committee. As head of the Preservation and Digitization Program Area, they manage units that
include 12 staff and 6 FTE student assistants. The Preservation and Digitization Strategist will work in a highly integrated environment to create and implement innovative approaches to providing efficient stewardship of its collections. Programs and units
within the program area address digitization, conservation and treatment, bindery and end-processing of additions to the collections. The Strategist is also the Chief Preservation Officer for the University Libraries.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Ohio State University Libraries hold over seven million volumes plus a diversity of special and archival collections in a wide range of formats. Collections are housed in multiple library facilities including
a high-density storage unit. Conservation activities are carried out in a state-of-the art conservation lab housed in the Libraries Tech Center. The Libraries is committed to collection retention and ongoing access through multiple shared print programs calling
for new thinking about care of physical collections. Digitization is an area of ongoing development in concert with a range of investments in fostering the discovery and use of distinctive collections held by the University Libraries. Digital collections are
a rapidly growing programmatic focus for the Libraries that currently spans OSU-published content, University Archives and a wide range of special collections, retrospective digitization of theses and dissertations, and distinctive materials in the circulating
collections (e.g. a recent project on Ottoman Turkish materials). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Partnerships with other libraries are integral to preservation and digitization strategies for University Libraries. The Strategist will operate in an environment of active consortial engagement through the
Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), HathiTrust, OhioLINK, the recently launched Ohio Digital Network in the DPLA, and other cooperative programs. The Libraries are also currently lending collections for scanning to the Google Books Project with the BTAA.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Libraries’ values include Equity with a commitment to advancing diversity, inclusivity, access, and social justice. All Libraries’ leaders are expected to actively champion diversity and inclusion in the
workplace, broader organization and profession, and foster a collegial, nurturing work culture.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Key Responsibilities: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Provides vision, focus, and leadership for digitization, conservation and preservation activities within the Libraries
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Functions as the Libraries’ chief preservation officer, serving as a preservation advocate. Leads in planning for activities such as disaster response, advises in space planning to ensure appropriate environmental conditions for
housing collections in all formats, engages in environmental monitoring of collections spaces, etc.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Develops and implements strategy for in-house and outsourced digitization of the Libraries distinctive collections
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Advances a robust conservation program <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Develops policies and specifications related to preservation and digitization of Library collections
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<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Manages preservation budgets and endowments and contributes to grant development related to preservation and digitization
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Contributes to planning and leadership within the Content & Access Division and through the Libraries’ Management Committee
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Works closely with colleagues in OSUL Information Technology Division to contribute to planning and developing digital preservation strategy for the Libraries
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Engages with partners within the Libraries, with other campus constituencies, and with external
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Promotes engagement with and leadership contributions to national conversations relating to preservation and digitization
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Builds and maintains a research program and service profile related to preservation and/or digital reformatting. Presents and publishes in appropriate venues in order
to raise own and Libraries’ profile <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Required Qualifications:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">An ALA-accredited master’s degree, a master’s degree with specialization in archives, a master’s degree in museum studies or a comparable graduate degree in one of the above fields from a non-U.S. university,
reviewed on a case-by-case basis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Strong expertise in multiple facets of professional practice relating to preserving, conserving and digitizing library, archival, or museum collections
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Minimum of three years of relevant professional experience including progressively responsible leadership experience resulting in outstanding leadership capabilities.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">A track record of building effective partnerships and sustaining relationships in a collaborative and complex environment.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Experience in evaluating workflows and successfully designing or enhancing production-oriented work processes
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Commitment to librarianship, scholarship, and service, which are required criteria to meet University and University Libraries requirements for promotion and tenure.
<a href="https://library.osu.edu/document-registry/docs/356/stream">https://library.osu.edu/document-registry/docs/356/stream</a>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Desired Qualifications:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Evidence of successful and creative management of staff and operations
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Experience with disaster preparedness, response, and recovery
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Success in obtaining grant funding for reformatting, preservation, or conservation projects
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Familiarity with copyright issues related to reformatting collections
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Discover The Ohio State University Libraries
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">The Ohio State University Libraries is here to support students, scholars, Buckeyes and beyond advancing research, teaching, and learning. We offer educational resources, services, and expertise
that opens minds and forwards equity, inclusion, and diversity in the pursuit and sharing of knowledge. Learn about our
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0D4E8E">strategic directions</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#323232">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our greatest resource is our faculty and staff. Their expertise produces value beyond the collections and their commitment to continual improvement and innovation is one of the most significant ways University
Libraries meets the diverse and evolving information needs of university students, faculty, staff, alongside scholars throughout Ohio and the world.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We provide convenient, ubiquitous resources and services – accessible from your home or office, inside one of our welcoming facilities or wherever your scholarly pursuits lead you. University Libraries gives
you access to deep research collections, an extensive offering of online resources, and distinctive special collections of exceptional quality. Our facilities offer work spaces designed to facilitate diverse learning styles and research methods. Additional
information about The Ohio State University Libraries is available at </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://library.osu.edu">http://library.osu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Appointment </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is a full-time, permanent, 12-month appointment as a tenure-track faculty member. The candidate will be required to meet university and Libraries requirements for promotion and tenure. Salary, position
type, and faculty rank are dependent on qualifications and experience. 3 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="page-break-before:always"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Benefits
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">All of the benefits available to you reflect Ohio State’s commitment to provide high-quality, affordable plans and represent a significant component of your total rewards for working at Ohio
State. The University offers competitive benefits in the form of 22 days of vacation, 15 days sick leave, 10 holidays, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability insurance, and life insurance at 2.5 times one’s annual salary. State and alternative retirement
choices are also available. For a summary of benefits, see: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://hr.osu.edu/new-employees/benefits-overview">https://hr.osu.edu/new-employees/benefits-overview</a>.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Join Us! </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Preference will be given to applications received by October 7, 2018. Please send cover letter, CV, references, and salary requirements to Kristin
Gall, </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:gall.108@osu.edu">gall.108@osu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">. Please include Preservation and Digitization Strategist in the subject field.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability
status, or protected veteran status.</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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