Position at UCLA

Kress Assistant Conservator
Museum Scientist, Assistant
Preservation
UCLA

Requisition # 24382

Application deadline: Aug 19, 2016
Position Status: Limited Appointment (11 months)

The complete postings, which include the position descriptions,
complete qualifications and application procedures, are available on
both the UCLA Career Opportunities Website at

    <URL:https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu>

and on the UCLA Library Employment Webpage

    <URL:http://www.library.ucla.edu/about/jobs-ucla-library>

Reporting to the Head, Conservation Center, the Kress Assistant
Conservator (KAC) independently completes challenging entry level
and intermediate technical conservation treatments on selected UCLA
Library special collection materials, including: examination,
photographic and written documentation, sample taking and analysis,
conservation treatment proposal decision-making, the design of
custom housings, and object handling/exhibit recommendations.  The
Kress Assistant Conservator interacts with curators and other
conservators on treatment selection and prioritization.  The KAC
participates in departmental outreach activities, weekly meetings,
and emergency preparedness/response activities.  The KAC pursues
continued conservation and material culture research.  The KAC
conducts research which contributes to the UCLA Library and the
conservation profession.

The UCLA Library Preservation Program supports the Library's mission
to develop, organize, and preserve collections for optimal use,
provides stewardship for the intellectual record in the formats
required by contemporary scholars, and ensures the safekeeping of
the artifacts that are entrusted to the UCLA Library.  The UCLA
Library Preservation Program is responsible for coordinating and
managing the preservation operations of the Library, including
environmental monitoring, reformatting, disaster planning, library
binding, and physical preparation.  The preservation Program
includes the Conservation Center, a state-of-the-art conservation
lab that provides conservation services for collections in all units
of the UCLA Library, along with the Audio Visual Preservation Unit,
that surveys, treats, and digitizes audiovisual materials.  The
Library Conservation Center is guided by the current best practices
of the book and paper conservation field and the Code of ethics of
the American Institute for Conservation of Artistic and Historic
Works.  Preservation staff work in close coordination with library
units to plan and initiate new activities and services in response
to library preservation needs and emerging technology, research, and
developments in the preservation community.

Consuela (Chela) Metzger
Head, UCLA Library Conservation Lab
Preservation Program
11000 Kinross Ave #111
Box 95723
Los Angeles CA 90095-7230
310-794-1566


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