DRC Director and Head of the Research Archives Library Job at University of Chic

Isac Drc Director And Head Of Research Archives Library

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures was founded in 1919 by James Henry Breasted with the financial support of John D. Rockefeller Jr., and was originally envisaged as a research laboratory for the investigation of the early human career that would trace humankind's progress from the most ancient days of West Asia and North Africa. The goal of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures is to be the world's leading center for the study of the ancient civilizations of West Asia and North Africa by combining innovation in theory, methodology, and significant empirical discovery with the highest standards of rigorous scholarship. The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum was opened to the public in 1931. The majority of ISAC's collections are from its expeditions in West Asia and North Africa during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. A major reinstallation of the Museum, including the construction of a climate-controlled wing for housing collections and archives, took place in the 1990s and early 2000s. A complete renovation of the Museum was completed in 2019 in celebration of ISAC's centennial. The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures is a unit within the University of Chicago and the name of the corporation is 'The University of Chicago.' The corporation was originally incorporated on September 10, 1890.

The principal goals of the ISAC DRC are the provision of robust consultation in research design, data modelling, and database applications; surveying and monitoring of emerging tools and technologies; development, delivery, and support of interdisciplinary projects; solicitation and collaboration with area expertise; and the creation, preservation, and stewardship of the digital data for ISAC. The DRC Director and Head of the Research Archives Library provides strategic, operational, and financial leadership for two of ISAC's central research support units. This role advances the integration of digital research practices across disciplines by overseeing services in data modeling, digital tool development, and scholarly infrastructure, and library and archival stewardship, including physical and digital collections. The Director supervises staff across three units (library, archives, data services), leads high-impact research and digital initiatives, and ensures that ISAC's researchers, students, and public users have access to exceptional services, tools, collections, and platforms.

Responsibilities include strategic planning, library and archive leadership, project management, collaboration and networking, operational management, financial oversight, and staff supervision.

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in a related field and 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include a degree in a field of the humanities relevant to ISAC's mission, leadership experience in strategic planning, project management, academic research design, information science, and data management, and expertise in academic research, digital scholarship, data management, database administration, metadata standards, information science, and web-based applications in humanities.