Archives Technician Job at Zimmerman Associates, Washington DC

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  • Zimmerman Associates
  • Washington DC

Job Description

Archive Technician

ZAI has an opening for an Archives Technician to process the selected official records of a prominent musical group that are housed in a major federal library in Washington, D.C. The Archives Technician will work on a team of two to survey, sort, verify, arrange, label, house, and describe the collection.


Responsibilities:

  • Apply archival principles and best practices in the analysis, arrangement, preservation, and description of textual materials
  • Identify preservation concerns and rehouse, photocopy, and stabilize archival materials, as needed
  • Refine the organization of materials with respect to their provenance
  • Understand and follow the Library Division's Processing Manual in all aspects of the project
  • Work closely with the ZAI Senior Archives Technician on meeting all requirements of the project
  • Collaborate with the federal points of contact to ensure proper handling, transfer, and description of archival materials.
  • Perform descriptive work to include creating portions of an Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aid and folder-level or box-level descriptions for a variety of materials
  • Track and maintain performance data
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in library, archives, or museum studies, Master's Degree preferred
  • 2 - 3 years of experience performing similar work in an archives, including experience with historical materials
  • Broad knowledge of the principles, concepts, and techniques of archival work, including analysis, organization, and description of archival material
  • Knowledge of American history, culture, documentary studies, oral history and/or other related subject areas and research sources to process and describe archival collections.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop effective workflow, tracking, and reporting processes
  • Ability to build and maintain professional relationships and communicate effectively with federal library staff
  • Ability to identify preservation concerns and perform preservation duties such as rehousing and photocopying, as needed.
  • Safely lift, move, and rehouse boxes and archival materials weighing up to 35 pounds.

Must be a U.S. citizen

ZAI is an equal opportunity employer. In compliance with Federal and State Equal Opportunity Laws, qualified applicants are considered for all positions applied for without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity) , national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, veterans status or any other legally protected status.

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