The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) is hiring an Early Career Resident, Preservation (Librarian I; contractually limited term appointment)
Open only to Black and/or Indigenous recent graduates (graduated no earlier than Spring 2021)
Minimum salary: LIB I: $70,744
Job Posting: https://ischool.utoronto.ca/job/29554-2022/
Dept: Digital Preservation Unit. The resident will be working with me, Guinsly Mondesir, and Kyla Everall. Please feel free to write me if you have questions or want to know more about the position or residency program.
The Resident for Preservation will engage in a variety of preservation initiatives for both print and digital collections. Reporting to the Digital Assets Librarian in the Digital Preservation Unit, they will support preservation in three different departments: the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Scholars Portal, and the Collection Development Department. The experience will include preservation assessment of fragile digital content, reconciling and reporting on national digitization work, and an introduction to the steadily growing field of research data management. As part of a team, the Resident will execute preservation-related projects depending on their interests and the emerging priorities of the libraries.
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