Position at Harvard

Collections Conservator
The Harvard College Library (HCL)
Preservation and Imaging Services

Grade: 58
Location: Cambridge, MA

To apply to this position, please submit a cover letter and resume
to:

    Harvard Employment
    Collections Conservator for Harvard College Library

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Summary: The primary responsibility of the Collections Conservator
for the Harvard College Library is to manage a conservation program
that ensures the longevity and usability of Harvard College
Library's extensive general research collections.  Under the
supervision of the Head, Conservation Services, this individual
manages the daily operations of the HCL collections conservation
laboratory, contributes to the development of conservation policies
and implements those policies, determines conservation priorities,
manages conservation projects, and ensures that Conservation
Services supports other critical Harvard College Library objectives.
The Collections Conservator for Harvard College Library contributes
to the development of preservation policies, procedures, and
guidelines throughout Harvard College Library.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities:

    Manages HCL collections conservation laboratory staff and
    operations, ensuring that treatment standards and protocols are
    met

    Establishes and oversees laboratory workflow from all Harvard
    College libraries

    Provides collections conservation services for all Harvard
    College libraries

    Trains both laboratory staff and HCL staff with other library
    responsibilities in the care and handling of library materials,
    identification of damaged materials, conservation techniques and
    procedures, collections emergency response protocols and
    techniques

    Performs a wide range of conservation treatments on HCL
    circulating print materials

    Performs environmental monitoring throughout HCL

    Works skillfully with the Conservation Services management team
    to ensure an integrated and well-functioning program

    Establishes priorities and achieves goals; Plans, organizes, and
    directs workflow in a production setting

    Supervises ten support staff, interns, temporary conservation
    positions, and the Collections Conservator

Basic Qualifications:

    MLS and advanced training in conservation acquired through
    formal graduate studies or a combination of apprenticeship,
    advanced courses, and internships

    Minimum of five years of professional conservation experience

    Minimum of three years of personnel and program management
    responsibility in a large research library

Please see the posting for additional information on the typical
duties and qualifications.

The HCL collections conservation lab is a state-of-the-art facility
occupying 3,400 square feet in Widener Library. It includes areas
devoted to preservation review, collections care, conservation
treatment, reformatting preparation, and construction of protective
enclosures. It houses and makes available a reference library of
materials pertaining to book and paper conservation, book binding,
book history, library preservation and other related topics.

The lab handles all phases of conservation treatment for many HCL
collections. Its staff also performs intermediate and advanced
conservation treatment and makes enclosures for HCL units.
Conservators provide conservation training, surveys, environmental
monitoring, and consulting services to HCL units.

More information about the HCL Collections Conservation Lab

    <URL:http://preserve.harvard.edu/
        conservation/generalcollections.html>

is available on the Library Preservation at Harvard website.

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Harvard University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer.

Jennifer Goldstein
Harvard College Library
Human Resources
617-384-5503 (Direct Line)


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