PURPOSE OF POSITION: To support the instructional, research, and public service functions of the University. This position focuses on organizing, processing, preserving, and facilitating the use of the William S. Cohen Papers. The work entails promoting awareness of and use of the collection through exhibits and programming, as well as assisting the Special Collections Department to provide public access to the collection.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Collection development, preservation, and management
Oversees preservation of the Archives, including the re-housing of materials, preservation photocopying of fragile documents, and the reformatting of audiovisual materials for preservation and public use.
Prepares series-level descriptions for unprocessed records, using the existing organizational framework for the Archives. Oversees the preparation of folder lists and item lists. Archival descriptions are prepared in accordance with current professional standards using ArchivesSpace.
Makes revisions to existing descriptions in order to achieve coherence and to enable output to of the descriptions from ArchivesSpace to PDF.
Access and Public Service
Updates and maintains the online presence of the collection.
Oversees the maintenance and dissemination of the Cohen Archives finding aids.
Provides reference service for on-site and off-site Archives users.
Responds to requests for information about the Archives.
Prepares online exhibits that showcase materials in the Archives. Promotes the Archives in educational settings and the local and regional media.
Supports programming, such as lectures, conferences, and panel discussions around issues that are documented in the papers.
Supervision
Supervises and evaluates student employees, volunteers, and interns.
Hires student employees and participates in selection of classified personnel.
Facilitates communication with library colleagues through staff meetings, emails, and reports of activities.
Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine is the largest research library in Maine, with a 150-year history supporting the faculty, students, and staff of the University as well as residents of the State of Maine.
The current collection includes approximately 3.1 million print and digital volumes, including government documents, as well as 1.1 million physical and digital media titles, including microforms, streaming video and music, maps, CDs, and DVDs. The library provides access to more than 155,000 online serials and over 300 online databases.
Fogler Library is the regional depository for federal government publications and an official depository for Canadian federal and Maine state government publications. The library is also the designated State Research Library for Business, Science, and Technology, and is the only Patent and Trademark Resource Center in Maine.
