Accessioning Archivist

University of California Los Angeles

Requisition Number: JPF10433

Accessioning Archivist

Department: Library Special Collections

Rank and Salary: Assistant Librarian to Associate Librarian ($72,224 - $102,121)

Position Availability: Immediately

Application deadline for first consideration: August 6, 2025

The UCLA Library seeks a highly collaborative and knowledgeable professional archivist to lead accessioning activities in Library Special Collections.

Position Duties

• Designs and carries out archival accessioning for both newly acquired and backlog collections through approaches that are user-centered, access-driven, and compliant with national standards and best practices.
• Engages in pre-custodial interventions and preparation of collections for physical and custodial transfer to LSC, working closely with colleagues across Distinctive Collections in the assessment and appraisal of collection materials.
• Establishes physical, legal, and intellectual control of incoming and backlogged acquisitions, facilitating location management and physical storage of incoming and backlogged acquisitions.
• Leads the development and implementation of systematic accessioning strategies for LSC-stewarded collections, and provides and implements recommendations to scale LSC's accessioning program.
• Prepares and presents statistical, narrative, and visual reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborates with the Digital Archivist to develop and implement policies and workflows for the transfer and accessioning of born-digital materials.
• Collaborates with Preservation & Conservation to establish systematic preservation assessment practices and integrate them into LSC's workflows.
• Collaborates with Collection Management colleagues to oversee the stewardship of the physical and digital collection files related to LSC's archival collections.
• Supervises and directs the work of the Acquisitions and Accessioning Assistant, project assistants, and student employees to carry out accessioning activities.
• Contributes to department and library-wide outreach and community engagement activities, such as instruction and presentations, reference services, and social media.
• Makes professional contributions to activities related to archives and special collections at UCLA and at regional or national levels.
• Works closely with Library Development to identify and steward donors, collections, and endowed gift funds.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Additionally, the successful candidate will be committed to engagement with and promotion of the UCLA Principles of Community and the True Bruin Values.

UCLA welcomes and encourages diversity and seeks applications and nominations from women and minorities. UCLA seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

Under federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States as established by providing documents specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Employment is contingent upon completion of satisfactory background investigation.