Special Collections
Posted October 8, 2026
Description: The Eberly Family Special Collections Library at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries is seeking a Special Collections Instruction & Program Coordinator to help connect students, faculty, researchers, and community members with rare books, archives, manuscripts, and other distinctive collections. Serving on the Research Services team, the Coordinator collaborates with curators, archivists, librarians, faculty, and…
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Posted October 7, 2026
Description:Learn How To Digitize Special Collections! The Conjuring Arts Research Center is seeking volunteers to assist in digitizing our archival magic collections! Learn how to handle, sort and scan unique materials, from magicians’ personal papers to performance ephemera and much more. Help us preserve and share this wealth of material via our digital database, where…
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Posted August 6, 2026
Description: The Boston Athenaeum seeks a reliable intern, who will play an important role in supporting a variety of Technical Services functions. Primary responsibilities include copy cataloging, end processing, shelving and shifting books, serials check-in, and digitization project support. Additionally, the internship includes a 3 hour weekly shift monitoring the Athenaeum’s rare book reading room….
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Posted July 6, 2026
Description: The Peabody Essex Museum’s Phillips Library seeks a full-time Assistant Cataloging Librarian to fulfill the role of primary cataloger on staff, an essential role to improve intellectual and physical access to our collections. They will work closely with the Head of Library Technical Services to identify cataloging priorities, implement equitable descriptive practices, streamline workflows,…
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Posted March 3, 2026
Description: Reporting to the Dean of the Library, the Director and Curator of Special Collections provides leadership, vision, and budget oversight for Middlebury’s special collections, including its rare book and manuscript collections, college archives, records management, library-wide conservation and disaster recovery, library exhibitions, hands-on teaching with primary sources, research services, and donor development. The Director…
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Posted November 5, 2025
Position description The University of California, Riverside Library seeks applications for a Special Collections Fellow. This is a temporary, full-time, benefitted appointment for one year, with a possible one year additional extension, within the Special Collections & University Archives department (SCUA). This full-time, career-building opportunity is ideal for early-career librarians committed to the field of…
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Posted September 24, 2025
Job Description: The University of Southern Maine is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Library Specialized Collections Processor to support the ongoing arrangement, description, and access of materials, with a focus on our Special Collections Judaica Collection and our Franco-American Collection. This position will work 50% time at the Special Collections Glickman Family Library on the Portland Campus, and…
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Posted September 24, 2025
Job Description: Boston College Libraries seeks a Special Collections Curator to develop collections of rare and unique materials centered on people and ideas that have contributed to the shaping of global cultures and societies, especially those pertaining to Boston College’s distinctive Jesuit, Catholic intellectual and spiritual heritage and its historical origins serving immigrant communities, particularly those of…
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Posted April 18, 2025
Job Description: The Boston University Libraries seek a program coordinator to support the operations and initiatives of the Special Collections division of Boston University Libraries. Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections, this position collaborates with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to strengthen the efforts of BU’s fast-paced archival research and engagement program. Key responsibilities include managing…
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Posted February 26, 2025
Job Description: San Jose State is hiring a Special Collections Librarian. The Special Collections Librarian is responsible for overseeing the public services and processing (i.e., arrangement and description) of Special Collections at SJSU. In collaboration with the Director, this librarian will also develop and maintain new acquisitions of personal and organizational papers, and rare and…
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