Digital Collections Specialist

Description

Are you interested in joining a highly collaborative team-based environment working to acquire, preserve, and provide access to digital collections at the Library of Congress? Do you enjoy creative problem solving that will contribute to automating processes, developing workflows, working with large amounts of digital content, and making digital collections accessible? The Digital Content Management Section (DCM) is seeking a Digital Collections Specialist to join its dedicated, engaged, and innovative staff. DCM manages a variety of digital general collections content including content collected through the Library’s web archiving program, eBooks, e-Journals, digitized general collections materials, bulk datasets, and more! DCM maintains custodial responsibility for general digital collections materials, facilitating born digital acquisitions, conducting research and testing on digital content management methods and practices, and developing policy and procedures for the management of digital content. Our staff liaise and collaborate with a variety of staff across the Library. If you have experience with digital library content management and are interested in growing and developing new skills, we encourage you to apply. To learn more about DCM, read about our work on The Signal blog.