Archivist
Trisha Brown Dance Company
is a post-modern dance company dedicated to the performance and preservation of
the work of Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer, Trisha Brown. TBDC
holds significant archival material, including extensive moving image and audio
recordings as well as notebooks, scores, photographs, posters, programs, sets
and costumes, and organizational files.
The company is currently accepting applications for an
Archivist to join the Trisha Brown Archive in a cataloguing and preservation
initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Archivist will handle
the description and arrangement of incoming material; process and edit existing
inventories of historically valuable material; and direct the safekeeping of
archival materials through an appraisal and privacy restrictions process in
preparation for acquisition by an institutional repository. This is a 32-40
hour/week employee position (flexible) to be filled immediately. The position
requires a 12-month commitment with potential for continuation. The successful
candidate will report to the Archive Director while working closely with the
company’s Project Archivist.
Primary responsibilities:
- Organize,
catalog and preserve the company’s collection of paper materials according
to best practices
- Physically
process the collection including refoldering and rehousing portions of it
- Collaborate
with Marketing and Tour Management Departments on acquisition as well as
record keeping standards
- Generate
finding aids and processing notes for the collections
- Maintain a
pace of work that accomplishes the project’s processing and descriptive
goals within the set timeframe
·
Hire,
train and supervise field work of Library and Information Science interns
·
Track
departmental expenses and facilitate payment of invoices
- Perform other
duties and assumes other responsibilities, as assigned
Qualifications:
- ALA-accredited
MLIS or equivalent degree, with concentration in archival studies
- A minimum of
two years’ experience as a professional archivist arranging and describing
archival materials
- Thorough
understanding of professional standards and best practices for archives,
as well as records management principles and procedures
- Knowledge of
Mac OS platform required
- Strong
written, oral and interpersonal communication skills and a thorough and
detail-oriented approach to all tasks
- Ability to
work both independently and collaboratively as well as to meet project
goals and deadlines
- Ability to
lift and carry storage boxes weighing up to 20 lbs.
Application Instructions:
Review
of applications will begin immediately. Please send a cover letter, resume, and
three professional references to: b.dufty@trishabrowncompany.org
