About the Role   The Digital Archivist works under the supervision of the Senior Coordinator, RMIT University Archives and collaborates with staff across the Library on the management of RMIT historically significant digital collections.  As part of the RMIT University Archives team, you will appraise hybrid and born-digital collections, use digital forensics tools and techniques to triage digital material for ingest into the digital preservation system, and develop and support workflows and processes for the acquisition and ongoing stewardship of digital collections.    Key Responsibilities   In relation to three digital/hybrid collections - course guides, student records and thesis:  Appraise, arrange and describe the hybrid/digital archival collections in the archival content management system  Explore digital preservation requirements for a pre-ingest environment including packaging specifications and drafting ingest workflows and procedures for the Library's digital preservation system, Rosetta  Investigate solutions to unique issues associated with legacy, obsolete and undocumented file formats  Structure and prepare the digital collections for ingest into the Library’s digital preservation repository system (Rosetta)   Collaborate with colleagues to support the ingest, preservation and access of the digital collections into the Library’s digital preservation repository system, including the developing procedures and investigating and implementing tools, workflows and processes for acquisition and ingest  Ensure digital material is stored and handled in accordance with relevant regulatory requirements and archival management, access and preservation standards.   Participate in professional networks (the Digital Preservation Coalition and Australasia Preserves) and consult with industry colleagues about digital preservation and digital curation, exchanging information and advice in relation to best practice and principles.   Routine tasks such as responding to requests for access to records (paper and digital) 1 day per fortnight. This task is shared across the Archives team.  FIND OUT MORE & APPLY