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Rare Books Curator, Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Description The Rare Books Department at the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Special Collections division is seeking a motivated candidate to work as the new Assistant Curator of its dynamic collection of antiquarian volumes, historical objects, facsimiles, and contemporary artists’ books. The Rare Books Assistant Curator contributes to the Department’s educational and outreach activities, which include…


Archivist to Compile Catalogues of Rare Chinese and Japanese Printed Matter (Rockland County, NY and Remote)

Specialist book collector and seller seeks qualified individual(s) to help catalog and promote the sale of Chinese and Japanese books, periodicals, posters and paper ephemera. The collection, in part, includes: Chinese books and periodicals, posters, children’s textbooks and readers; material on Mao, photography, art, comics/cartoons, sex and marriage, hygiene and medicine, women’s issues, Christianity, education,…


Librarian for Latin American and Benson Rare Books Collections, UT Libraries (Austin, TX)

Purpose As a part of the Content Management unit within UT Libraries, the Librarian for Latin American and Benson Rare Books Collections (Assistant Librarian) is responsible for contributing and coordinating the description and cataloging operations of the Latin American and Benson Rare Books digital and physical collections. This position reports to the Head of Outsourced…


Assistant Director of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation, University of Rochester, (Rochester, NY)

Responsibilities GENERAL PURPOSE: The River Campus Libraries (RCL) at the University of Rochester seeks an innovative and collaborative leader to provide visionary leadership and organizational direction for programs, initiatives, and services around our rare books, university archives, and special collections. The successful candidate will be a forward-thinking professional who is knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the…