Digital Stewardship Librarian

Kenyon College is conducting a search for a qualified candidate to fill the position of Digital Stewardship Librarian. This 12 month, full time, position is primarily on campus with some remote flexibility. Help Kenyon's digital collections last Kenyon's digital collections, from digitized treasures to born-digital records, need someone to make sure they're findable, usable, and preserved. As our Digital Stewardship Librarian, you'll be that person: the expert who shapes how we describe, protect, and share our collections, and who helps the campus community get the most from them. You'll join the Special Collections and Archives Department, report to the Director, and work with library colleagues and partners across the college. If you're a recent graduate with a degree in digital librarianship or something similar, this is a great place to make your mark.

Prepare digitized and born-digital materials for ingest, stabilization, and storage, following best practices and archival standards Serve as the primary administrator of Kenyon's repository platform, Digital Kenyon (Digital Commons), and related preservation tools, building the processes to describe, ingest, publish, manage, migrate, and preserve our digital objects Be the go-to expert on preservation systems, digitization workflows, and lifecycle management, and advise on the policies that guide them Shape our digital strategy and bring projects to life Grow and manage the tools and services that keep our digital collections scalable, and define requirements for the digital assets we create or acquire Partner with faculty and campus stakeholders on grants, research, and course-integrated projects Lead digital projects from plan to delivery, translating between technical and non-technical audiences so everyone knows the goals, timelines, and deliverables Teach and consult: train faculty, students, and staff, and help them put digital tools to work Explore new preservation and institutional repository platforms with your colleagues, and migrate content between systems when the time comes Connect with students and faculty Serve as liaison to academic programs, potentially in data, computing, and math connected disciplines Teach in courses, hold research consultations, and develop discipline-specific resources Work with faculty and students on information, digital, and AI literacy Grow with the profession Represent Kenyon in the OhioLINK and The Five Colleges of Ohio consortia Attend conferences, workshops, and seminars to keep learning Track usage of digital resources, share best practices with colleagues, and recommend purchases to library leadership What you bring Required An ALA-accredited master's degree in library science or equivalent, completed by June 2027, or a related degree plus library experience Education or experience in digital collections, digitization, born-digital archives, digital preservation, metadata, or related work in a library, archive, museum, cultural heritage organization, or similar setting We'll be especially excited about Hands-on experience with digital collections or repositories, especially using Digital Commons Knowledge of current metadata schemes and standards Strong communication and organizational skills, including clear documentation processes Familiarity with trends in digital libraries, digitization standards, preservation, and rights management Comfort working independently and as part of a team A knack for learning new technologies quickly and teaching them to others, whatever their technical background About Kenyon Kenyon College is a nationally prominent, private liberal arts college where academic excellence goes hand in hand with a strong sense of community and close relationships among students and professors.

Salaries at Kenyon are competitive and commensurate with experience. Children of employees are eligible for 100% tuition waivers at Kenyon, and through the Great Lakes Colleges Association, children of employees are eligible for 90% tuition waivers at twenty-three other of the nation's finest liberal arts colleges. We also offer health, dental and vision insurance, TIAA retirement, and many other benefits, including provisions for a spouse, families, and domestic partners. Kenyon is a unique place to live and work. To discover why it should be your next home, click here. Kenyon College is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcomeapplications from all qualified individuals. It is the College's policy to evaluate qualified applicantswithout regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and/or mental disability, age, religion, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by institutional policy or state, local, or federal law. Kenyon College has a strong commitment to an inclusiveenvironment thatwelcomes all voices and perspectives.