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Colorado State University

Assistant or Associate Digital Projects Librarian

🇺🇸 Fort Collins, CO

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $67K - $82K

💻 Project Management

🗓️ June 27th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant or Associate Digital Projects Librarian. The role involves leading and managing digitization projects to support scholarship and education, prioritizing inclusive and respectful metadata creation, managing outsourced projects, and fostering innovation and inclusion within the library community.

Highlights

  • Lead and manage a digitization team and day-to-day operations including scanning and metadata creation.
  • Plan, coordinate, and implement digitization of priority collections with a focus on underrepresented groups and narratives.
  • Oversee metadata creation, ensuring inclusivity and respectfulness, and manage metadata ingest through batch editing and scripting.
  • Coordinate vendor-based digitization projects including contract review, project specifications, shipping, and quality control.
  • Supervise two staff members with responsibilities including performance planning and evaluation.
  • Collect and analyze metrics related to digitization projects to improve services and coordinate with technology services on digital storage planning.
  • Required qualifications include a Master's degree from an ALA-accredited program or equivalent, two years of digitization experience, knowledge of metadata schemas such as Dublin Core, project management experience, and staff supervisory experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include five or more years of professional experience with digital projects or collections.
  • The position is a continuing faculty appointment with a salary range of $67,000 to $82,000 depending on rank.
  • The role supports Colorado State University Libraries' commitment to inclusive description of archival materials and integrates CSU's Principles of Community.