The Audio-Moving Image Preservation Librarian is responsible for leading and coordinating the preservation, management, and access to the library's audio and moving image collections. This position plays a vital role in ensuring the long-term usability of materials through specialized preservation strategies, digitization, metadata creation, and collaborative outreach. You will work closely with library curatorial, selector, technical services staff, archivists, faculty, students, and external partners to develop best practices for preserving diverse formats and supporting research. Reporting Structure: As an important member of Preservation Services which includes conservation, book repair, bindery preparation, preventive care, and digital preservation staff, you will report to the Director of Preservation Services for Physical Collections and have a close working relationship with the Director of Preservation Services for Digital Collections and the Manager of the Digital Conversion Unit. This position requires maintaining strong working relationships with teams involved in preservation, digitization, curation, and media access. Collecting areas are located across the library system, including but not limited to the Special Collections Research Center, Music Library, Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library, Asia Library, International Studies, and the Askwith Media Library. Responsibilities include: 65% Care of audio-visual materials - Systematically survey collections to assess, plan, and implement preservation and conservation strategies for audio-visual collections (film, videotape, audiotape, born-digital video/audio). - Stabilize, clean, and evaluate the condition of sound and moving-image media across a wide variety of physical formats. - Judge whether media can safely be digitized locally or sent to an outside vendor. 25% Project planning and management - Design and execute prioritized preservation strategies and workflows for various projects. 15% Departmental responsibilities - Monitor and stay abreast of evolving technologies, industry standards, and trends in audio-visual preservation.
