I just got a call and voicemail from the folks at Virginia Tech! They want to set up an in-person interview in early June with me. He explained that the interview would last a day and a half, and that I would arrive the night before. I'd need to provide a presentation in front of faculty and there would be several interview meetings with various groups or individuals over the day and next morning. What a long process, but at the end of it, possibility!
Wow. Now when to schedule it? The ACA Annual Meeting is June 7-8, which is a Saturday and Sunday and those days will result in me feeling exhausted. I don't really want to try to schedule it the first week of June because (1) Annual meeting preparation, and (2) I need time to properly create a presentation. I have the one that I used at Mars Hill, but I probably should tailor this one more for VA Tech. Besides, tomorrow I will find out if there are any specific questions they want answered in the presentation. So middle of the week after the Annual Meeting, June 10-12th? Probably best option. Or maybe I am just scared and should bite the bullet and settle for that first week chance. I am just afraid of not being prepared!
AH!!!
Oh! And I saw these job postings today:
Archivist/Assistant Librarian (2 Positions)
The University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections, Tucson, AZ
http://www.archivists.org/employment/jobs/052108-2.asp
Archivist - Pictorial Collections
Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, DE
http://www.archivists.org/employment/jobs/052108-3.asp
Assistant Archivist/ Library Associate II
Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA
http://www.archivists.org/employment/jobs/052108-4.asp
Coordinator/Archivist
Albert Gore, Sr., Research Center
Middle TN State University, Murfreesboro, TN
http://www.archivists.org/employment/jobs/052108-5.asp
Project Archivist
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
http://www.archivists.org/employment/jobs/052108-8.asp
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
http://www.archivists.org/employment/jobs/051308-2.asp
And... I had applied to the positions back in mid-April. Notes next to them.
1. Assistant Archivist at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY - Received card that they received application but heard no word from them yet.
2. Assistant Archivist at Westchester County Archives and Records Center, Elmsford, NY - No word yet.
3. Project Archivist, Columbia University, NYC, NY - No word yet.
4. Assistant Archivist, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND - No word yet.
5. Assistant Curator for Special Collections, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ - No word yet.
6. Project Archivist for Special Collections, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA - Interviewed by phone on May 20. In-Person interview in June!
7. Public Services Archivist, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA - Interviewed by phone on May 20. In-Person interview in June!
8. Acquisitions and Processing Archivist, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA - Interviewed by phone on May 20. In-Person interview in June!
9. And back in mid-March I sent an application to the National World War II Museum for an Archivist position, but I have not heard anything from them at all. I assume they already had an idea of a candidate when they received my application right on the deadline.
