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Updated: 3 days ago
Location: Brunswick, MAINE
Deadline: ;
Posting Details
| Title | Strout Family Photographic Post-baccalaureate |
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| Posting Number | S01530JP |
| Department | Library |
| Job Summary | Under the direction of the Archivist, the Strout Family Photographic Post Baccalaureate Fellow works to arrange, describe, digitize, and publicize historic photographic collections within the department, including the photographs of Leon B. Strout, a noted Brunswick-based photographer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Fellow works closely and collaboratively with archivists in the department to learn and apply archival standards and best practices while housing, arranging, and describing photographic prints and negatives. The Fellow also builds out digital access to the collections by digitizing and describing images according to established departmental procedures and posting them through the Library’s digital collections platform as well as externally hosted databases to ensure maximum discoverability and use of the collections. The Fellow promotes and facilitates access to the collections through outreach programs, exhibitions, the creation of printed promotional material, and collaboration with other cultural property organizations, including the local historical society. This is a two-year term position. The compensation is expected to be: $51,000 annually. Open to Bowdoin College graduates from 2024, 2025 and 2026 class years only. BENEFITS AND PERKS
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| Education/Skills Requirements | Required: A Bachelor’s degree; completed prior to start date. Familiarity or experience with archival best practices, including those related to research, processing, and/or digitization; basic familiarity with current approaches to digitization, image manipulation, file management, and/or metadata creation. Experience with detail-oriented work. Evidence of ability to attend to accuracy, attention to detail and discretion, and the necessity for confidentiality. Preferred: Familiarity with the social and cultural history of Midcoast Maine. |
| Experience Requirements and/or Equivalents |
Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications in this posting to be considered for hire. |
| Standard Work Days and Hours | Hours are generally Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Schedules may vary to meet operational needs. This is an exempt position requiring time commitment necessary to satisfactorily complete job requirements. We regret that Bowdoin College is unable to provide visa sponsorship for staff positions. Employment at Bowdoin College is contingent upon satisfactory completion of applicable background checks including but not limited to: criminal records, educational verifications, driving records (when job-related), and/or credit history (when job related). |
| About Bowdoin | Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to talented students, faculty and staff—with a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs; and gender identities, among other factors. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the support of an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity. We value a community in which individuals of all backgrounds are warmly welcomed and encouraged to succeed. Founded in 1794, Bowdoin has maintained its commitment to the liberal arts for well over 200 years. Bowdoin’s reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college rests on the excellence of its faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of community; and connections to the people, history, and natural beauty of Maine. Bowdoin’s campus is situated in a beautiful natural setting. Located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of approximately 20,000, the College is a short drive from the Maine coast, twenty-five miles from Portland and 120 miles from Boston. |
| Shift | |
| Employment Category | Full Time Year Round |
| FTE | 1.00 |
| Benefits Eligible | Yes |
| Pay Type | Salaried |
| Background Check Package Requirements | |
| Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Bowdoin vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job? | No |
| Is a pre-placement physical required for this position? | No |
| Posting Date | 03/27/2026 |
| Applications Accepted Until | |
| Open Until Filled | No |
| Type of Posting | Internal/External |
| Special Instructions to Applicants | If selected as a finalist, you will be required to submit information for three references, including name, email address, phone number and how you know the reference. |
| EEO Information | Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment, admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected statuses. |