American Jewish Historical Society New York Position Vacancy Title: Project Archivist – 2-year NEH funded grant Description: Reporting directly to the Archivist and under the general supervision of the Director of Library and Archives, the Project Archivist will manage the daily operations of the project. The Project Archivist will determine project priorities and resolve arrangement questions; will arrange, describe and preserve the collections defined by this project following basic archival principles; will determine any restrictions based on confidential content; will assign authority control terms for the collections and create EAD-compatible finding aids for the collections; will work with American Jewish Historical Society cataloger to create MARC records. Required qualifications: Masters degree in history or library science with formal coursework in archival management. Minimum four years experience in arrangement and description of diverse collections required. Fluency in Russian (both reading and speaking) and ability to read Cyrillic script essential; competency in other former Soviet bloc languages desired. Familiarity with EAD and MARC preferred. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision essential. Salary commensurate with experience and background. Minimum $40,000 The American Jewish Historical Society, a founding partner of the Center for Jewish History in New York, is implementing a two year NEH funded grant project to arrange, describe, preserve and enhance access to six collections comprising a comprehensive record of the Soviet Jewry Movement, a twentieth century American-based movement to aid oppressed Jews in the former Soviet Union. The Soviet Jewry Movement marked the high point of organized American Jewish political effectiveness and foreign policy influence, playing a significant role in the final years of the Cold War. The collections to be processed during this project are the records of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, and Action for Soviet Jewry; the personal papers of organization directors Jerry Goodman and Joel Ackerman; and the graduate research of Julia Mates Cheney. Together these collections constitute approximately 320 linear feet of archival material, and they represent the great diversity of philosophy and experience that were hallmarks of the movement. The collections are rich in detail illuminating both domestic political strategies (such as the efforts that resulted in the Jackson-Vanik Amendment on trade) and the realities of the often tormented lives of Jews under Soviet rule. Position available: immediately To apply: Send letter of application, resume, an exemplary finding aid and the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three references to: Lyn Slome, Director of Library and Archives, American Jewish Historical Society, 15 W. 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 or to [log in to unmask] Applications received by May 10, 2006 will be given full consideration. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>