Reference Archivist

Responsibilities

• Responds to and provides reference services to a range of publics including: academics, genealogists, cultural producers, educators, community organizations, the general public, and internal UJA staff
• Develops audience-appropriate research guides and tools for accessing the OJA’s collection, both in-person and online
• Applies applicable privacy and access procedures according to legislation and OJA policies
• Completes reproduction requests and all legal contracts for use and publication
• Performs basic preservation actions as required
• Digitizes as required and ingests collections into OJA’s digital repository
• Monitors use of reference room and storytelling lab (to open in late 2027)
• Develops programming opportunities for OJA’s storytelling lab
• Curates storytelling submissions received through the OJA’s website
• Contribu...