Curator of Rare Books Librarian, Temple University, Philadelphia PA

Reporting to the Director of the SCRC, the Curator of Rare Books Librarian will be responsible for interpreting the rare books, contemporary culture books, periodicals, artists’ books, and the printing/publishing/bookselling collections to students, faculty and other researchers. Additional responsibilities include providing access and cataloging the collections; and identifying materials for acquisition. Performs other duties as assigned. 

Required Education and Experience: 
ALA-accredited Master’s degree in library and information science. At least one year of professional experience teaching/interpreting rare and other book collections to students/faculty and performing original cataloging of rare books or special collections. 

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of book history and the book arts.
• Demonstrated knowledge of MARC and non-MARC metadata formats, standards, and schema, including DCRM, AAT, and LCSH.

Preferred:

• Second graduate degree in a discipline related to Temple collections such as English, History, or Art History.
• Knowledge of RDA, METS, MODS, and FRBR.
• Working knowledge of Latin, German, Spanish or French.

Please visit our website at www.temple.edu, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Careers @ Temple. Please reference TU-17752. AA, EOE, m/f/d/v.