College Archivist Librarian (Senior Assistant Librarian), SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY

Posted September 11, 2019

Penfield Library at the State University of New York at Oswego invites applications for a 12-month, tenure track College Archivist (Senior Assistant Librarian) Librarian position.

Posting Date: August 28, 2019

Review Date:  Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Description of Responsibilities

The College Archivist Librarian (Senior Assistant Librarian) will provide oversight of the College Archives, with a focus on building and preserving these collections and facilitating access to these materials. They will:

• Collaborate with the Special Collections librarian to provide leadership and supervision of the Archives & Special Collections unit, including strategic planning, and hiring and management of staff, student workers, interns, and volunteers.
• Develop, document and manage procedures for the arrangement, description, preservation, development, digitization, and accessibility of the archives. This will also include the collection of statistics on collection use and scholarship resulting from the use of the College Archives.
• Provide on-site and virtual research assistance to patrons, with a focus on Archives and Special Collections, including some evening and weekend shifts.
• Provide instruction, particularly relating to the Archives and Special Collections.
• Promote awareness and use of the College Archives through physical and virtual exhibits, presentations, articles, social media, local media, and other outlets.  
• Build and maintain relationships with campus offices and departments (e.g. Alumni Development, Student Association, History department) to promote awareness of and donations to the College Archives.
• Manage and cultivate the Library’s program for recognizing faculty and staff publications (called Display-to-Archives).
• Administer the college’s institutional repository.
• Serve as liaison to assigned academic departments, with responsibility for subject specialized collection development and instruction.
• Engage in educational opportunities and work to increase awareness and understanding of diversity and inclusion.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• One of the following by time of appointment:

1. Master’s degree in Librarianship/Information Science from an ALA-accredited program, and significant coursework in archives and records management
2. Master’s degree in Librarianship/Information Science from an ALA-accredited program, and at least two years of experience working in archives and records management
3. Master’s degree in Archival Studies or equivalent

• Strong customer service orientation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Ability to effectively adapt to and use new technologies and software.
• Demonstrated knowledge of best practices, procedures, and technologies regarding archives and preservation.
• Demonstrated experience with processing, accessioning, and digitizing of archival materials.
• Demonstrated interest or engagement with social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion issues, through professional or community experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using PastPerfect, LibGuides, and/or Ensemble
• Experience with born-digital collections
• Experience supervising staff and student employees
• Experience engaging in outreach initiatives that expand, improve, and promote library services.
• Experience with instruction, reference service, and/or collection development.

Additional Information

If you have any questions about the position, please call or e-mail:

Search Committee Chair

Laura Harris

(315) 312-3539

[email protected]

 

Official transcripts are required prior to hiring. Files must be complete to be considered.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Application Instructions

To begin the application process, please visit the following link. Submit a letter of application addressing the required qualifications, including how you see yourself contributing to diversity, inclusion or equity issues at Penfield Library or SUNY Oswego; resume, copy of unofficial transcript for required degree showing degree awarded and date conferred or program in process, and contact information for three professional references (only the three referees listed in your Interview Exchange application can be considered and contacted) electronically by clicking on the APPLY NOW button.

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Description of Department:  

Penfield Library is a dynamic, innovative, and learning-centered environment serving students, faculty and staff at SUNY Oswego. The Library supports campus curriculum, teaching, and research, and is a member of the SUNY Library Consortium as well as the ACRL Diversity Alliance (http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/diversityalliance). Sixteen full-time faculty and professionals, 6 adjunct faculty, and 15 classified staff support a well-established liaison program that provides collection development, specialized reference, and information literacy instruction in all curricular areas. The Library is evolving, currently in the process of exploring future campus partnerships, reexamining its organizational structure, and migrating to a new library services platform.

Penfield library is committed to the practices of social justice, diversity, equality, and respect among our staff, students, collections, and services. We are actively working to build an inclusive environment by setting goals that directly reflect equity and inclusivity, and supporting the goals outlined in SUNY Oswego’s Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan, available at https://www.oswego.edu/diversity/. All positions will be called on to contribute to building this environment.