Syracuse University Looking for Digital Media Librarian Full Time

Job #

039751

Department Code: 20630-5213

Department

SU
Libraries

Location: Syracuse, NY

Pay Range: Commensurate with Experience

Staff
Level: 00

FLSA Status: Exempt

Hours: Standard University business
hours

8:30am – 5:00pm (academic year)

8:00am – 4:30pm (summer)

Hours may vary based on operational needs.

Campus: Syracuse, NY

Unionized Position Code: Not Applicable

Job
Description

1-YEAR TERMED POSITION

Syracuse University Libraries’ strategic plan prioritizes
developing its Digital Library to enhance both discovery, curricular use, and long-term persistent access to the diverse and unique digital
materials in its digital collections systems. The Department of Digital Stewardship (DDS) works with Libraries¿ stakeholders to create and
manage digital collections and objects in its repositories and preserves content for long-term access in its digital preservation system,
Preservica.

Under direction of the Head of Digital Stewardship and the Digital Library, the Digital Media Librarian is primarily
responsible for managing digitized and born-digital audiovisual content on the Libraries¿ media asset management platform (Kaltura),
including delivery of digital objects fulfilling patron requests and working with stakeholders to create access to audiovisual holdings. The
incumbent assumes primary responsibility for in-house, visual media transfers and maintains necessary equipment. S/he provides quality
control and editing for outsourced digitization of audiovisual materials. The Digital Media Librarian works closely with the Digital
Preservation Librarian to ingest and stage digitized audiovisual objects and selected born-digital resources for long-term, persistent
access in Preservica.

Qualifications

• American Library Association-accredited MLIS or equivalent
  advanced degree and experience.
• Academic, archival or library experience.

Job Specific
Qualifications

• Knowledge of digital collection and media-asset management platforms.
• Knowledge of technical
  metadata and digital production standards related to audiovisual production.
• Experience working with a variety of analog audiovisual
  formats and media.
• Experience working with a variety of digital audiovisual formats.
• Experience working with advanced
  editing software such as Audacity, Premier Pro, Media Encoder, Avid Media Composer, Handbrake, etc.
• Aptitude for learning new
  technologies.
• Excellent organizational skills and effectiveness in balancing multiple assignments and projects.
• Strong
  interpersonal skills with ability to work successfully in an intensely collaborative environment with a broad range of peole from culturally
  diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Manage digital content:

• Work with Audio Engineer to ingest
  locally created audio materials.
• Create and/or manage captioning projects to support accessibility for audiovisual
  materials.
• Work with repository managers (i.e. institutional repository, digital collections) and developers (Library IT) to set
  permissions and structure library-managed Kaltura objects for effective publication and end-user access to audiovisual content (including
  development of batch XML to support platform interoperability).
• Works with Digital Preservation Librarian and relevant DDS and
  Library IT staff to establish and follow policies and procedures for long-term preservation, storage and migration of digital audiovisual
  materials and selected born-digital content.
• Work with various reference services to provide end-user access to ad hoc media
  requests.

Create digital surrogates:

• Oversees the creation of digital surrogates for selected
  audiovisual materials, including advanced editing to restore, rebuild, and/or remaster content as appropriate for licensing and reference
  requests. Ensures consistent use of quality control guidelines and established digitization standards.
• Maintains, configures, and
  calibrates the equipment, hardware, and software used in the digitization of visual materials; troubleshoots and problem-solves to achieve
  the highest quality and efficiency. Establishes and follows digital production workflows and guidelines, and maintains shared documentation
  for project and program-based work.

Professional development and service:

• Maintain awareness
  of professional developments, issues, and practices through research and activities that increase one’s knowledge and abilities, and that
  positively impact one’s performance and service contributions, including remaining current with trends and developments in the preservation
  and access of digital and analog audio-visual formats, as well as file transfer and management systems.
• Participate in library-wide
  committees and other service opportunities.

Other duties as assigned.

Application
Instructions

In addition to completing an online application, please attach a resume and cover
letter.

About Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private, international research university
with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a
global footprint, and nearly 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.

The scope of
Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors and 100
minors offered through 13 schools and colleges; nearly 15,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million
alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit www.syracuse.edu.

About the Syracuse area

Syracuse is
a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area
population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options,
including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a
wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic
sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.

EEO
Statement

Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution. The University prohibits
discrimination and harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status,
age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law
to the extent prohibited by law. This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University
programs, services, and activities.

Commitment to Supporting and Hiring Veterans

Syracuse University has
a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and
employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans
literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The University’s contemporary commitment to
veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and
affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for
military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.

Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive
Campus Community

Syracuse University maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty,
administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural,
and international worldview. The University community recognizes and values the many similarities and differences among individuals and
groups. At Syracuse, we are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in an inherently diverse country
and world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status,
cultural traditions, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. To do so, we commit ourselves to promoting a community that
celebrates and models the principles of diversity and inclusivity.

Job Category: Staff