Inside the Process of Creating and Applying for an Archivist Position
Channel: SJSU School of Information
Date: 2020-11-19

Podcast Link: https://bit.ly/2UHgvUw

Abstract:
Does a job search feel a mystery? Do you ever wonder why job postings are written the way they are, what the qualities of an effective interview may be, and why searches seem to take so long? Join Craig Simpson, director of special collections and archives, and Carli Lowe, university archivist, both from San José State University, as they describe the process of creating and applying for a new university archivist position, in what was ultimately a successful search. Our guest speakers will also offer suggestions for strategies to help navigate and demystify what can be a stressful and opaque process.

Biography: Craig Simpson
Craig Simpson is the director of special collections and archives at San José State University, co-author of Above the Shots: An Oral History of the Kent State Shootings (Kent State University Press, 2016), and a contributing author to Orson Welles in Focus: Texts and Contexts (Indiana University Press, 2018). He has worked in the archival profession for 16 years, and been a Certified Archivist for 11 of those years.

Biography: Carli Lowe
Carli Lowe is the university archivist at San José State University’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Her work is focused on studying and developing practices that shift collecting strategies, expand archival audiences, and improve the sustainability of archival institutions, with the goal of ensuring that archives are relevant to present needs and prepared for future challenges.