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[PADG:84] Position Available at NYPL
The New York Public Library announces the availability of the Head of Conservation Treatment position for its Research Libraries. For more information, please contact Evelyn Frangakis, Aaron and Clara Greenhut Rabinowitz Chief Librarian for Preservation at efrangakis@xxxxxxxx or 212-930-0045.
HEAD OF CONSERVATION TREATMENT
Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division
Technical Services, Research Libraries
The New York Public Library
DESCRIPTION:
Under the direction of the Aaron and Clara Greenhut Rabinowitz Chief Librarian for Preservation, has primary responsibility for administration of the treatment programs in the Barbara Goldsmith Conservation Laboratory. Designs, develops, and implements a comprehensive, efficient and effective general and special collections conservation program based on the Research Libraries' requirements and policy guidelines; serves as the Research Libraries' lead expert on the conservation of library collections.
Supervises conservators and other technical staff assigned to treatment of special collections and general library materials in all four of the NYPL distinguished research centers. Plans and allocates the substantial annual treatment budget. Establishes treatment specifications and procedures for general and special collections. Develops procedures and systems for the intake of items for treatment, rehousing, or other collections conservation activities including setting priorities. Oversees the research, evaluation and recommendation of supplies and equipment to be ordered for a highly technical, sophisticated, and innovative lab.
Establishes and maintains environmental monitoring operations in collaboration with the Collections Care Unit and the Facilities Office. With the Collections Care Unit, manages disaster planning and recovery activities. Works closely with the Division Chief and other Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division managers to maintain preservation programs and standards of treatment. Works closely with the Research Libraries' renowned curatorial areas and coordinates treatment activities throughout the Libraries. Works closely with the Exhibitions Program Office and the Digital Library Program in the preparation of items for loan and digitization, respectively. Performs related duties as required. Encouraged to participate in all facets of professional activity. Opportunity and support to represent the Division and Research Libraries at professional conservation meetings and organizations.
REQUIREMENTS:
ALA-accredited Masters degree in library/information science and certificate in conservation or; graduate degree in conservation; or graduate certificate in conservation with extensive book and paper conservation training including a thorough working knowledge of conservation theory and techniques, with satisfactory completion of courses in organic, paper and conservation chemistry.
Demonstrated substantial success in conservation. Demonstrated knowledge of preservation issues in large research libraries and substantial knowledge of conservation treatment procedures is essential. Demonstrated successful administrative, supervisory and organizational skills, including the ability to train, supervise and assess work; to plan, organize, and direct workflow and physical space. Demonstrated mastery of written and oral communication. Demonstrated skill with technology as it applies to the efficient management of treatment operations and effective environmental monitoring. Ability to work collegially across a large, complex, and dynamic organizational setting.
THE INSTITUTION:
Libraries are the memory of humankind, irreplaceable repositories of documents of human thought and action. The New York Public Library is such a memory bank par excellence, one of the great knowledge institutions of the world. Virtually all of the Library's many collections and services are freely available to all comers. In fact, the Library has but one criterion for admission: curiosity.
The New York Public Library comprises simultaneously a set of scholarly research collections and a network of community libraries, and its intellectual and cultural range is both global and local, while singularly attuned to New York City. That combination lends to the Library an extraordinary richness. It is special also in being historically a privately managed, nonprofit corporation with a public mission, operating with both private and public financing in a century-old, still evolving private-public partnership. The research collections of over forty-three million items (for reference only, and organized as the Research Libraries, with four major centers) resemble the holdings of the great national and university libraries, and the community circulating libraries with seven million items (organized as the Branch Libraries) resemble classic American municipal libraries.
The Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division supports the mission of the Research Libraries by preserving both the artifacts and intellectual content of NYPL's rich and vast collections. A wide variety of preservation activities are performed in four units: Binding and Shelf Preparation, Collections Care, the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Lab, and the Barbara Goldsmith Conservation Lab. These units oversee collection binding, housing, repair, reformatting, and conservation treatment.
HOW TO APPLY:
By Mail:
The New York Public Library
Human Resources Department / KRHCT
Attn: Employment & Placement Office
188 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016-4314
By Email:
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By Fax:
When faxing your cover letter and resume please be sure to use a fax cover sheet with the address listed above and the specific position you are applying for. Fax applications can be sent to the following number: (212) 592-7327.