The University of Virginia Library is recruiting an Audiovisual Conservator.
Here's an excerpt from the ad (posting number: 0609266):
The University of Virginia Library seeks a digitally savvy and energetic professional for the position of Audiovisual Conservator. . . .
The AV Conservator will direct the team of audiovisual stakeholders to determine the strategic direction for a comprehensive audiovisual stewardship program for a major research library system. This includes working with collection managers regarding audiovisual conservation treatment needs in order to establish priorities and to determine and evaluate long-range conservation planning for audiovisual materials; identifying and applying for potential sources of grant funding for conservation activities and writing narrative project reports; stabilizing, cleaning, housing, and evaluating the condition of audiovisual materials on physical media; performing in-house treatment and reformatting/digitization; managing outsourced audiovisual projects with vendors; determining and creating appropriate metadata; and processing large audiovisual collections and advising Special Collections staff on processing of audiovisual materials within larger archival collections.
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