Position at UCLA

AV Preservation Specialist
UCLA Library

Requisition Number: 20406
Job Title: Administrative Analyst, Senior
Salary:   $4313 - $8510 monthly
Job Type: Career
Department Name: 5400 General Library

<URL:http://www.library.ucla.edu/about/employment-human-resources>

Job Summary Statement:   Under the direction of the Preservation
Officer, the Audiovisual Preservation Specialist (AVPS) serves as
the technical lead as the library continues to develop its program
of preservation, access and digitization of its audio and video
holdings.  The AVPS works with Library staff to operate and maintain
equipment and workflows in support of preservation digitization
activities, to identify ongoing priorities for preservation efforts,
and to coordinate contract digitization of media in the UCLA Library
collections.  In partnership with Library Digital Services and the
Cataloging and Metadata Center, the AVPS will assist the Library in
developing plans for description, rights management, access and
preservation.  The AVPS provides input to the Associate University
Librarian for Collections and Scholarly communication, the
Preservation Officer, and curators as the Library explores
partnerships for the preservation of its audiovisual collections.

The UCLA Library Preservation Department supports the Library's
mission to develop, organize, and preserve collections for optimal
use and provides stewardship for the intellectual record in the
formats required by contemporary scholars and ensures the
safekeeping of the artifacts that are entrusted to the UCLA Library.
The Preservation Department includes the Library Conservation Center
(LCC), a state-of-the-art conservation lab that provides
conservation services to collection sin all units of the UCLA
Library, the Audiovisual Preservation Lab, and the Collections Care
Unit.  The Department's staff work in close coordination with
library units to plan and initiate new activities and services in
response to library preservation needs and emerging technology,
research, and developments in the preservation community

Dawn Aveline
Preservation Officer
UCLA Library
11020 Kinross Avenue, Room 180
Los Angeles, California 90095
310-794-9352


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