$80,500 – $84,500MidFull Time
Reporting to the Associate Dean, Digital Services, the Digital Preservation Manager leads the development and implementation of the digital preservation program, ensuring the long-term access and preservation of digital content (both born-digital and digitized content) under SBU Libraries' stewardship. This position co-leads the ongoing management of the library's digital preservation repository, Preservica, with the Head of Preservation.
This role is critical to ensuring the lifecycle of the Libraries’ digital content for preservation and ongoing access. The role requires a team player who can provide expertise and guidance to managers in other library units on implementing and using digital preservation methodologies, tools, workflow accessibility, and sustainability best practices, including designing and implementing ingest, fixity, and validation workflows for different content types and file formats.
The incumbent will act as an expert user of our digital preservation system, integrate digital preservation applications (open source or proprietary), consult with infrastructure administrators and software developers, and provide digital preservation services to stakeholders in the libraries/archives as needed.
Leads and manages the development, implementation, and documentation of digital preservation strategies, policies, guidelines, and projects that support preserving long-term access to the Libraries’ digital content.
Acts as an ethical steward by demonstrating integrity, respect, and accountability toward stakeholder communities; respects digital content’s intellectual property, privacy, and security requirements; and brings a proactive awareness of historical institutional biases.
Assesses and implements best practices and guidelines from the Digital Preservation community, such as the NDSA’s foundational strategy and four levels of digital preservation, while supporting the Libraries’ strategic directions, including environmental impact.
Provides technical guidance to in-house and outsourced digitization centers to maintain correct metadata and file formats.
Ensure effective system integration among preservation platforms, open-source applications, and other library and campus systems (repositories, CMS, research data environments), using APIs and automation where appropriate.
Assesses, advises, implements, and manages efficient digital preservation workflows with various systems and departments in the Libraries and across campus.
Works closely with colleagues across the Preservation, Special Collections & University Archives, Content Management, and Digital Services departments who create and manage digital content.
Participates in library, campus, national, and international professional committees.
Contributes to the field through research, presentations, and scholarship.
The University Libraries are an essential partner in Stony Brook University’s mission of global leadership in research, discovery, and learning, positioning ourselves as the hub of collaboration, digital innovation, open scholarship, and creativity. We provide the best possible access to a wide range of resources in multiple formats and world-renowned special collections and actively contribute to student success and faculty productivity through teaching and research services in alignment with the University’s strategic priorities. Our strategic vision is to embrace innovation and AI as key components in achieving our goals. As the largest academic research library on Long Island, the Libraries serve as a vital resource for regional and global communities. The Libraries’ strategic plan can be found here: https://guides.library.stonybrook.edu/strategic-plan-2024
The University Libraries play a key role in advancing the University’s commitment to fostering an environment of accessibility, belonging, and fairness across our spaces, collections, services, and outreach. We are strongly dedicated to these values in our hiring, training, and daily work practices—creating a culture where differences are recognized, respected, and celebrated. We welcome candidates who genuinely embrace the empathy, courage, self-reflection, and intentionality of a diverse and inclusive workplace to apply.
Special Notes
Tenure-track faculty position [twelve month] at the rank of Senior Assistant Librarian
Open immediately; salary $80,500 - $84,500, plus $4,000 location pay
For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.
This is a FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible. **Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to guarantee consideration, please apply before 06/15/2026
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The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.
Relevant Master’s or advanced degree (foreign equivalent or higher) with a combination of education and experience commensurate with the requirements of this position.
One year of working experience in digital preservation or born-digital and digitized content.
Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of the digital curation life cycle, digital preservation principles, issues, strategies, standards, and best practices.
Applied knowledge of preservation metadata and file format standards.
Technical proficiency in applying knowledge of cloud based and standalone digital preservation systems and tools, file format types (e.g., images, software, datasets, sound, containers, binary data, art, etc.)
Interest in leveraging emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), to streamline processes.
Record of professional activities, including scholarly activity, presentations, or engagement in professional organizations to achieve tenure requirements.
Participation in/contributions to the digital preservation community (such as Digital Preservation Coalition, iPres, National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA), etc)
It's rare for anyone to fulfill every criterion perfectly, but we strongly encourage you to apply if your experience and skills align well with the qualifications mentioned.
Application letter explaining your qualifications, relevant experience, and relevant research interests.
Curriculum vitae.
3 references (contact information only). References will only be contacted for the finalist.
Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and creating an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
If you need a disability-related accommodation, please get in touch with the Office of Equity and Access at (631)632-6280.
Stony Brook University is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace and educational environment that is safe, accessible, and free of all forms of discrimination, sexual misconduct, or research misconduct, among other infractions. In support of this commitment, certain candidates for employment will be required to disclose such employment-related misconduct findings and pending investigations or proceedings, and final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions will authorize their current and previous employer(s) from the last seven (7) years to disclose such information to the University. Employment is contingent on your full and complete disclosure on these matters. In the event that you fail to disclose any such matter or in the event of an unsatisfactory outcome of the disclosure and review process, an offer of employment may be revoked at SBU's sole discretion. If SBU becomes aware of a failure to disclose or misrepresentation of any such matter after your employment commences, you may be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.
