Position Description:

1. Develop, implement, and maintain policies, workflows, and processes for accessioning, appraising, arranging, describing, preserving, managing, and providing access to physical and digital archival materials in accordance with archival standards, best practices (including inclusive description), and library and institutional policies.
2. Build relationships with offices, programs, and initiatives across campus to effectively administer the records management program for all college and museum departments; maintain records retention schedules; ensure transfer of permanent records to archives and timely disposition of temporary records.
3. Develop and implement a plan for the storage and stewardship of physical collections in a wide range of formats that facilitates access and preserves materials for long-term use.
4. Identify endangered materials within the archives collection, prioritize for conservation or other preservation, and work with the library director to identify funding for the work to be completed.
5. Collaborate with offices across campus, create opportunities and campaigns to identify and collect first-hand accounts and related ephemera of enduring value to the college that reflect the broad range of cultural perspectives, lived experiences and identities of the RISD community, including, but not limited to the production of oral histories.
6. Provide reference services and support research and scholarship, including presentations to classes on a range of topics such as primary source research practices and highlighting diversity in the collections and RISD's history.
7. Promote the archival collections and services and RISD history through outreach activities, including maintaining and expanding archives web pages and content for the online institutional repository.
8. Document activities and keep annual statistics, as well as develop reports and make presentations as needed.
9. In collaboration with the Digital Archivist, recommend annual departmental budget to the director, including equipment and supplies, library materials, student employment and major expenditures. Plan for future space and capital budget needs of archives.
10. Participate in professional and institutional activities; pursue continuing education as appropriate. Serve on library and/or college committees.
    
    

1. Contribute to exhibits and other public programs.
2. Train and supervise interns, volunteers and student employees in support of the tasks described above.
3. Identify outside funding sources and help to prepare grant proposals.
4. Perform related activities as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• MLIS from an ALA-accredited library school or equivalent combination of education and experience, with formal coursework and at least three years' experience in archives administration and records management, preferably in an academic setting.
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse communities and institutional contexts.
• Attention to detail; demonstrated expert level organizational skills; technologically proficient; proven research skills.
• Understanding of and commitment to the use of computing and other technologies in archives. Experience with ArchivesSpace and Aeon preferred.
• Membership and participation in appropriate professional associations.

Employment Type: Full-Time

Department: Library

About Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), founded in 1877, is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. Enrolling about 2000 undergraduates and 400 graduate students from across the United States and 55 other countries, RISD offers 16 undergraduate majors and 16 graduate majors, and is ranked annually by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top art and design schools in the United States. RISD’s rigorous education encourages creative experimentation and intellectual risk-taking, challenging students to question their approach to art making through critical thinking. There are over 90,000 works of art in the RISD Museum, which houses a collection of fine and decorative art objects. The first public galleries opened in 1893. The RISD Library is one of the oldest independent art college libraries in the country with more than 150,000 volumes and 380 periodical subscriptions which offer unusual depth and richness in the areas of architecture, art, design, and photography. The RISD campus is contiguous with the campus of Brown University and the two institutions share social, academic, and community resources.RISD recognizes diversity and inclusivity as fundament...al to its learning community and integral to an art and design education.  We welcome candidates whose experience has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence. RISD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

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