Associate Art Librarian, University of California

Responsibilities

• Supports research, teaching, and scholarship by shaping the Library’s rich research collection
• Developing research tools to facilitate user access to resources
• Providing specialized orientations, instructional sessions, and research consultations for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
• Collection development/management includes responsibility for selection, acquisition, access, assessment, and stewardship of wide-ranging resources in all formats that are appropriate to the research and teaching needs of the UC Berkeley campus.
• Management of collections budgets, including endowments, collaborative purchases, and donations, the incumbent guides the development of the core collections and special collections associated with history of art and art practice across geographic areas, languages, historical periods, and formats.
• Serves as liaison to faculty, students, and staff of key academic departments and programs; as well as serving as a resource for visual literacy, scholarly communication, digital humanities, and research methods to meet the evolving needs of fields serving the visual arts.
• Participate in library-wide planning and governance, and work effectively in a shared decision-making environment.
• Professional contributions beyond the primary assignment; the successful candidate will show evidence or promise of such contributions to the Library, campus, UC System, and profession.

Qualifications –

• Master’s degree from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited program or equivalent degree
• Advanced degree in an art-related field (such as history of art, visual culture, or other humanities focus) or equivalent education and experience
• Experience participating in collection development in an academic or research library
• Experience providing reference and/or instructional services related to visual arts and/or humanities in an academic or research library environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to providing highly responsive public service, and ability to work effectively with diverse staff and campus user communities.
• Demonstrated understanding of the information needs of researchers studying topics in humanities, history of art, art practice, visual culture, and scholarship in the digital humanities.
• Reading knowledge of one or more languages other than English.
• Knowledge of scholarly communication issues and trends within humanities,
  history of art, art practice, and visual culture disciplines and practice.
• Demonstrated analytical, organizational, problem solving, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Capacity to thrive in a dynamic environment, respond effectively to shifting needs and priorities of library constituents, and afford a willingness to be flexible with liaison and selector assignments as assigne

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Working experience with digital humanities research tools and approaches related to disciplines in the arts.
• Experience developing innovative services to enhance research and/or teaching, engaging in collaborative projects and programs at the local, regional, national, and/or international level.
• Experience with grant writing and fundraising

Submit applications online at https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01168

Requirements Documents

• Curriculum Vitae – C.V. noting degrees and relevant work experience
• Cover Letter – Cover letter detailing a statement of qualifications
• References 3 references required (contact information only)

How to apply

1. Create an ApplicantID
2. Provide required information and documents
3. If any, provide required reference information

Send inquiries to:

Susan E. Wong, Director, Library Human Resources Library Human Resources Department Phone: (510) 642-3778
Email: librec@library.berkeley.edu

More information about this recruitment: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/LHRD/librec.html

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The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct .