CBS Television Stations Hiring for Archives Librarian at Iselin, NJ Full Time

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation’s #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O’DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News’ streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today’s digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.

Strong communication and customer service skills are needed to perform work in the CBS News Archive. Archivists will deal with various CBS News Unit’s Producers, Broadcast Associates and outside Sales clients. A strong skill set should include understanding of current events and history. Archivists are required to monitor the Avid Digital Asset Management System for incoming orders from the CBS News Units. Tape orders are physically fulfilled or digitized for use. Existing digital media is restored from the LTO/Cloud archive. The contact person is notified electronically when their order is completed. Strong technical skills are essential to operate and navigate the Ingest Room with various tape formats being digitized. Archivists are also responsible for assisting users with location of reference library materials such as newspapers, microfilm, magazines, journals and books, scanning material when necessary. Archivists must catalogue metadata using keywords for all CBS News footage obtained in the CBS News Archives.

Job Requirements:Required:
Experience in either a tape archive or library cataloguing system

Experience with Digital asset management systems a plus

Includes Evenings and Weekends

Preferred:
Experience with file ingest systems and media encoding a plus

Ability to climb ladders to retrieve material when necessary

College degree preferred, Library Science degree a huge plus

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