Cultural Assets Cataloguer

For over 100 years, we’ve helped girls develop the skills and confidence they need to blossom into their best selves.  From our earliest badges in electricity, aeronautics, and natural sciences to today’s all girl robotics teams and cookie entrepreneurs, girls have challenged themselves through our skill-building opportunities, worked with inspiring role models, and developed lifelong friendships. 

 

The Cultural Assets Department preserves, studies, and shares Girl Scout history through storytelling, inspiring people to honor the past and serve the future. The department oversees the GSUSA Collection & Archive, comprised of architectural elements, fine and decorative arts, photographs, international gifts, furnishings, textiles, jewelry, memorabilia, farm and camp equipment, corporate records, as well as personal writings of our founder Juliette Gordon Low. It spans 1,300 linear feet of records, includes 65,000 photos, 15,000+ publications, 2,000+ sets of uniforms, and 1,000+ boxes of archival materials including original National Board minutes from 1915 and the original patent application for our Trefoil. The collection is housed at an offsite storage facility in Connecticut, the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, Edith Macy Conference Center, and a small working repository at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York. 

 

The Cultural Assets department also oversees the operation, maintenance, and interpretation of the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum in Savannah, Georgia. In addition, the Cultural Assets department supports collection preservation and conservation work at the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace and Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff, NY, in order to fully leverage Girl Scout history to grow the Girl Scout Movement. 

 

The Cultural Assets Cataloguer will work to raise the profile of the Collection by assisting in the identification, documentation, and stewardship of the broad and extensive Collection through continuing the modernization of access to the Collection utilizing digital technology and information management techniques. 

• Using a high level of detail, the Cataloger will process and catalogue relevant information from GSUSA’s collections into Collective Access, the collection management software
• Using the best practices, the Cataloger will identify, house, arrange, and describe archival materials
• Researches items in the collection and themes related to the organization using online and other sources
• Guided by the Collection Management Policy, the Cataloger will process all collection related donations, incoming and outgoing loans
• Stays abreast of professional issues and tools related to archival processing
• Other related functions as assigned

 

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Experience working with archival materials in a variety of formats. 
• Knowledge of and experience with relevant descriptive standards for archival collections (DACS, EAD, LCSH, etc.). 
• Familiarity with preservation and conservation methods applied to archival materials. 
• Knowledge of current and emerging trends, issues, workflows, standards, and best practices in archives and special collections. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written). 
• Detail oriented with ability to organize and prioritize tasks. 
• Outstanding team orientation, flexibility, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively. 

 

Staff supports others and/or executing standardized processes (including all non-exempt staff). 

 

   Office 365 or similar suites 

Competency in PowerPoint or similar presentation software 

Competency in Microsoft Excel or similar software 

 

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (i.e., degrees, certifications) 

Degree or Equivalent Experience: 

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 

Minimum Years of Experience:   Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in corporate environment