Assistant or Associate Digital Projects Librarian

Title: Assistant or Associate Digital Projects Librarian

Location: CO-Fort Collins

Job Description:

Working Title

Assistant or Associate Digital Projects Librarian

Position Location

Fort Collins, CO

Work Location

Position qualifies for hybrid/in-office work

Posting Number

202500136F

Proposed Annual Salary Range$67,000-$82,000; Salary for Assistant Professor: $67,000-$74,000 and Associate Professor: $74,000-82,000

Employee Benefits

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Position TypeFaculty

Work Hours/Week40

Description of Work Unit

The Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries are at the heart of fostering learning, research, and community engagement. We are committed to providing access to information, ensuring that all users benefit from our resources. We have adopted CSU’s Principles of Community as our values.

Morgan Library serves as a dynamic hub where students connect with vital information and innovative resources. At the CSU Libraries, you will be collaborating with and working alongside around 80 passionate faculty and staff members, as well as 80-100 motivated student employees, all united in meeting the diverse informational needs of our users in physical and digital spaces. We encourage and reinforce curiosity, professional growth, innovation, and leadership opportunities through dedicated time and funding in a supportive academic setting that values continuous learning.

CSU Libraries’ Digital and Archive Services builds, preserves, and provides access to distinctive archival, photographic, and printed materials, with a particular commitment to collections documenting agriculture and water resources, along with serving as the archive for CSU’s history. The department also leads the development, organization, and preservation of digital resources in support of the teaching, research, and scholarship activities of the campus community by building and managing CSU’s digital repositories, Mountain Scholar. Digital and Archive Services is actively working to identify and remediate terms that have caused harm to historically marginalized people. The department is committed to describing archival materials in an inclusive manner that is accurate and respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in them. Join us on this journey toward an inclusive and informed future. Explore, learn, and grow with CSU Libraries!

Tenure/Tenure Track?No

% Research0

% Teaching90

% Service10

% Administration0

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on08/18/2025

Number of Vacancies

Desired Start Date

Position End Date

Position Summary

The Digital Projects Librarian provides strategic and flexible oversight for the programmatic digitization of the Library’s primary resources to support scholarship, education, and the engagement of the Colorado State University community, scholars, and the broader public. Working collaboratively with colleagues in the department, the position sets goals and priorities for digital projects, with a focus on underrepresented groups and narratives.

The Digital Projects Librarian will apply advanced professional practices to oversee and manage digitization projects and metadata creation and acts as a liaison with vendors for outsourced digital projects and ensures their successful implementation. You will integrate the CSU Principles of Community into the work of the CSU Libraries and foster a culture of innovation and inclusion. This is a continuing faculty appointment.

Conditions of EmploymentPre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires)

Required Job Qualifications

Please review the special instructions for more information about what the cover letter should address.

• Master’s degree in library/information sciences from ALA-accredited institution, or in archival administration, or similar field
• Two years of library, archives, or special collections experience in digitization production.
• Demonstrated understanding of metadata schemas, such as Dublin Core
• Successful project management experience, and ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Two or more years of experience managing and supporting staff.
• The position may be hired at Assistant or Associate Professor rank. For Associate Professor rank, a record of professional accomplishments supporting minimum appointment at the rank of associate professor for Continuing and Contract Faculty (non-tenure track). See Libraries Faculty Code.
• The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the time of hire. CSU Libraries will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Preferred Job Qualifications

 

• Five or more years professional experience with digital projects, collections, or services.

 

Special Instructions to Applicants

Applicants for this position should include a cover letter and a resume or curriculum vitae. We encourage you to communicate how your skills and experiences transfer to the qualifications in ways that may not be obvious. In the cover letter, you should explain how your unique combination of experience, skills, and expertise aligns with the job, addressing each required qualification. Relevant experience can come from various contexts, including professional roles (inside or outside libraries), coursework, and more.
 

Preferred qualifications are not required, but provide an opportunity for you to highlight additional skills and experiences that may be relevant to the position. While addressing them in your letter is optional, doing so allows you to showcase strengths that could be valuable to the search committee.

All applications will be reviewed by human readers, not AI software. We welcome applicants with a range of experiences, including those new to the profession. CSU is committed to full inclusion of qualified individuals. If you are needing assistance or accommodations with the search process, please reach out to the listed search contact.

References will not be contacted without prior notification to candidates. Please note, applicants may redact information from their application materials that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

Background Check Policy Statement

Colorado State University strives to provide a safe study, work, and living environment for its faculty, staff, volunteers and students. To support this environment and comply with applicable laws and regulations, CSU conducts background checks for the finalist before a final offer. The type of background check conducted varies by position and can include, but is not limited to, criminal history, sex offender registry, motor vehicle history, financial history, and/or education verification. Background checks will also be conducted when required by law or contract and when, in the discretion of the University, it is reasonable and prudent to do so.

EEO

Colorado State University (CSU) provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Search ContactAlyssa Baechle, library_human_resources@colostate.edu

Essential Duties

 

Job Duty CategoryLibrarianship: Digitization Program Coordination

Duty/Responsibility

• Leads and manages a team of two FTE and oversees the day-to-day operations of digitization program, including scanning and metadata creation.
• Plans, coordinates, and implements digitization of priority collections to support access and discovery, including collection selection and identifying transcription needs.
• Oversees efficient metadata creation and ingest into the digital repositories through batch editing and scripting.
• Ensures that metadata creation is inclusive and respectful of the individuals and groups being described.
• Coordinates work related to vendor-based digitization, including reviewing contracts, managing timelines, overseeing project specifications, material preparation and shipping, and quality control. Prepares RFPs for outsourced digitization projects as needed.

Percentage Of Time80

Job Duty CategoryLibrarianship: Supervision and Management

Duty/Responsibility

• Supervises the work of two staff, including performance planning, evaluations, and goal setting. Assigns work, and monitors productivity and quality.
• Coordinates digital project goals and prioritization with other members of the department.
• Coordinates, reviews, and updates departmental digitization and metadata policies, procedures, and workflows.
• Collects, analyzes, and reports metrics related to digitization projects and uses them to assess and improve procedures and services.
• Analyzes and creates reports on anticipated impacts on digital storage and communicates and coordinates with Library Technology Services on storage planning.

Percentage Of Time10

Job Duty CategoryService

Duty/Responsibility

 

• As a Libraries faculty member, this position will engage in service activities in support of the CSU Libraries, the University, and/or relevant regional and national professional organizations.

 

Percentage Of Time10