Archivist - The Bancroft Library

Position overview

Position title: Associate Librarian, Career Status or Potential Career Status

Salary range: $80,349 to $107,708

Percent time: 100%

Anticipated start: As early as June 2026. Start date is flexible.

Position duration: This is a full-time potential career appointment.

Position description

The University of California, Berkeley is seeking a collaborative, innovative, and user-oriented Archivist to join the technical services team in The Bancroft Library. Reporting to the Head of Technical Services and working under the leadership of the Head of Archival Accessioning and Processing, the Archivist performs access-forward accessioning and processing for collections in a range of formats and sizes.

Responsibilities Include:

• Accession and process new and existing archival collections in all formats (analog and born-digital) as assigned by the Head of Archival Accessioning and Processing and in accordance with national standards and best practices as well as local policies;
• Create collection-level MARC records in OCLC and Alma;
• Create online finding aids and publishing them on the Online Archive of California;
• Utilize relevant content and structural standards, including DACS, RDA, EAD, and MARC;
• Utilize tools used in special collections and archives (e.g., ArchivesSpace, Alma/Primo, digital asset management systems, BitCurator, OpenRefine, Oxygen, MarcEdit);
• Participate with other staff in the iterative development and implementation of accessioning and processing policies, procedures, workflows, and best practices;
• Direct and coordinate the work of student employees and assistants;
• Collaborate with The Bancroft Library's Digital Collections Unit on metadata creation for digital materials;
• Apply project management strategies to accessioning and processing work;
• Serve regular shifts on The Bancroft Library's Reading Room desks and collaborate on requests for access to unprocessed collections.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application): Advanced degree

Additional qualifications (required at time of start): Two or more years of work experience accessioning and/or processing archival materials