Description
Appraise, preserve, and provide access to born-digital and digitized records, managing trusted repositories, metadata, and preservation workflows. Support research and engagement using digital collections.
- • Build and maintain trusted digital repositories and databases using current storage and preservation technologies.
- • Design and apply metadata schemas and taxonomies to organize and surface digital assets.
- • Appraise and authenticate born-digital and digitized materials, documenting provenance and chain of custody.
- • Provide reference and research support for users of digital collections.
- • Lead staff and volunteers in digitization, description, and maintenance of digital collections.
- • Create item- and collection-level metadata and finding aids for online access.
- • Implement digital preservation workflows, including format normalization, migration, and fixity and backup strategies.
- • Develop and enforce policies for access, use, and rights management of digital content.
- • Identify, acquire, and ingest digital content and datasets, and curate them for online display.
- • Research and document provenance, context, and technical metadata of digital materials.
- • Advise on retention and acquisition based on collection scope, digital formats, and preservation risks.
- • Coordinate digital outreach, virtual exhibits, and training on using digital collections.
- • Select, redact, and prepare digital objects and metadata for online publication and exhibits.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
