Collections Editor Job at Code4lib in New Haven

The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University is seeking a full-time Collections Editor for HRAF’s online databases.

Position Summary

HRAF seeks a knowledgeable and experienced Collections Editor to manage document content production for the HRAF’s online academic databases of ethnography and archaeology (eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology ). The Collections Editor creates, enhances, and maintains original and complex bibliographic, indexing and authority records for a wide range of collections materials in various formats. They may plan, direct, and review the work of HRAF document analysts and/or production assistants and provide project management for cataloging and metadata projects. This includes playing a role in document selection for new and updated culture/tradition collections, as well as overseeing the production and editing of culture and tradition summaries (academic overviews of ethnographic and archaeolo...