Archivist, Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History

Published: March 27, 2023    Archivist, Jobs

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The American Museum of Natural History seeks an Archivist to participate in the day-to-day care of the Vertebrate Paleontology Archive, and in an IMLS-funded project to catalog the Vertebrate Paleontology Archive in order to broaden access to the collection. Duties include assessing and analyzing unprocessed materials, creating and updating catalog records, creating finding aids, selecting and documenting materials for future conservation, performing basic preservation work, responding to researchers’ inquires for information from the Archive, assisting visitors to the Archive collection, and other duties as assigned.

The position is part-time, with a schedule of 20 hours per week, onsite at the AMNH, requiring active involvement with the archive material.