Library & Archive Services / Full-time
Archive Systems Librarian
Preserve, digitize, describe, and govern access to six decades of field logs, tapes, instrument drawings, and technical correspondence.
The archive is the reason old records can be challenged instead of merely remembered. This role protects that continuity as fragile media and retiring staff both age out.
Resume or CV
Finding aid, metadata sample, preservation plan, or collection policy sample
Short note on restricted records and researcher access
Candidate exercise
A metadata and access-rule exercise using a mixed technical-record accession.
Library & Archive Services recruiting desk / FAL-LAS-26-002
Full-time exempt staff appointment
Continuing employee benefit tier
REC-LAS-26-002-LIB
FAL-LAS-26-002-public-notice-07
July 8, 2026
Search committee
- 01Dr. Helen Vaught
- 02Library & Archive Services recruiting desk
- 03Records Retention Committee delegate
Recruiting active file plus finalist review record
How this packet is evaluated
Archive services
Finalist review covers restricted holdings, chain of custody, reading-room access, and retention language.
Complete packets are logged under REC-LAS-26-002-LIB, separated from public correspondence, and assigned to the Library & Archive Services recruiting desk for first read.
Any exercise is bounded, redacted, and evaluated only for hiring. It is not added to the catalog, public systems, grant files, or laboratory work product.
| Criterion | Weight | Evidence reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| Chain of custody | 30% | Can preserve provenance across old technical records and modern access requests. |
| Restriction language | 25% | Makes access limits clear without hiding what can be described. |
| Metadata quality | 25% | Produces finding aids that support discovery and audit. |
| Researcher service | 20% | Balances helpful public access with retention and condition constraints. |
- 01Reference check after candidate notice
- 02Station access and site-duty acknowledgement
- 03Records-handling and confidentiality review
- 04Program-office recommendation before offer
Candidate review docket REC-LAS-26-002-LIB; public posting version FAL-LAS-26-002-public-notice-07.
Responsibilities
- Manage accession, cataloguing, and digitization workflows for fragile technical materials
- Support researchers cross-referencing modern detections against historical holdings
- Design finding aids that protect restricted material while making public holdings usable
- Maintain chain-of-custody and retention practices for audio and instrument records
Qualifications
- MLIS, archival science degree, or equivalent experience
- Experience with technical archives, audiovisual preservation, or scientific records
- Careful writing and meticulous metadata habits
- Willingness to work on-site with materials that cannot leave the station
Preferred experience
- Experience with magnetic media preservation
- Experience building public reading-room policies
What good work looks like
- Accessions can be located, cited, and restricted without confusion
- Digitization reduces handling risk for fragile originals
- Researchers receive useful finding aids without unnecessary disclosure
Continuing staff appointment
Full-time Calder Ridge duty; archive material does not leave site
Rare, usually for preservation vendor or donor-record review
Archive access review and records-handling reference check required
Hiring process
- 1Archive portfolio review
- 2Metadata exercise
- 3On-site interview
- 4Reference review
Recruiting acknowledges complete packets within five business days and routes them to the program office named on the requisition.
Access, relocation, and accommodations
Full-time Calder Ridge duty; archive material does not leave site
Relocation support is reviewed after finalist stage for continuing Calder Ridge appointments.
Candidates may request accommodation support through recruiting before any timed exercise or station visit.
Library & Archive Services recruiting desk, FAL-LAS-26-002
- Recruiting will not request references until the candidate is notified.
- Finalist access checks are started only after a program panel recommends continued review.
- Candidate materials are retained under the recruiting records schedule and are not used as public work product.
Candidate materials remain in the recruiting record and are not used as laboratory work product, public samples, or source material for the catalog.
Candidates may request accommodations before any timed exercise, station visit, or access-review step by contacting the recruiting desk listed on the requisition.
FAL evaluates candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other protected status.
Apply for this position
Applications are read by the relevant program. Include links to your CV, publications, or portfolio where relevant. For station roles, use the message field to note any field, access-controlled, archive, or remote-site experience that would help the review panel.