Job: Viterbi Family Archivist, University of Southern California

• Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:58:00 -0800
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• Subject:   Job: Viterbi Family Archivist, University of Southern California
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----- Original Message -----
From: Claude Zachary [czachary@usc.edu]
Date: Monday, November 14, 2005 2:51 pm
Subject: West_Arch-- Fixed term position - University of Southern 
California

Below is a job description for a one year fixed term archival position at 
the University of Southern California. If interested, you may apply 
online at the URL below.
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Viterbi Family Archivist
University of Southern California Special Collections, Information 
Services Division

The Viterbi Family Archivist is a fixed-term, one-year position created to 
establish the Viterbi Family Archives as a part of the Viterbi Museum of 
the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The Archivist will work closely with 
Andrew and Erna Viterbi to collect, organize, and describe their and their 
family's papers, photographs, and memorabilia. The Archivist will also 
collect all of Dr. Viterbi's publications. These manuscript and published 
materials will be fully digitized to create a digital archive.

In 2004 Dr. Andrew Viterbi and his wife, Erna, gave a major donation to 
USC, thereby naming the School of Engineering in their honor. Dr. Viterbi 
is a pioneer in the field of Wireless Communications, who received his 
Ph.D. in digital communications from USC. He was a co-founder of Qualcomm 
in 1985. He created the Viterbi Algorithm for interference suppression 
and efficient decoding of a digital transmission sequence, used by all four 
international standards for digital cellular telephony. He was inducted 
as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1978 and of the 
National Academy of Sciences in 1996.

Job Accountabilities:

1. Collect, process, and describe the Viterbi Family Archives according 
to ISD practices and procedures.

2. Establish a digital database of the Archives in coordination with 
ISD's Digital Archive team to ensure compliance with their best practices and 
procedures.

Campus/Location: University Park Campus.

This is a full time position.

Minimum Qualifications: MLS or equivalent ALA-accredited degree, with 
formal training in archival theory and practice. Minimum of two years 
professional archival experience.

Experience processing and cataloging manuscript and archival 
collections; experience creating and maintaining archival finding aids online, 
including EAD encoding. Strong working knowledge of XML. Familiarity with DACS, 
and LC cataloging standards. Familiarity with preservation and conservation 
standards for archival and manuscript collections. Experience creating 
and/or maintaining documentation of policies and procedures.

Experience creating, capturing, and processing images and documents in 
a variety of digital formats; working knowledge of digital image file 
formats and software, such as Adobe Photoshop, PDF, JPG, TIFF, etc. Knowledge 
of metadata standards, such as Dublin Core, METS, EAD, and of digital 
asset management systems, such as DSpace and Documentum. Knowledge of issues 
related to long-term preservation of digital content . Familiarity with 
copyright issues in the digital realm.

To apply for this job, please visit 
http://www.usc.edu/bus-affairs/ers/jobs/20326.html

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