[PADG:669] Re: Position available at MIT Libraries

["Rhonda Donaldson" <rdonalds@xxxxxxx>]

Good luck Carla, hope it works out for you.  Have a good weekend -
Rhonda

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>>> cmontori@xxxxxxxxx 9/23/2005 5:39:00 PM >>>

Well shit and damn!  Obviously, I thought I was responding only to 
Jennifer. And yes, I'm a New Englander born and bred; and yes, I would

love to move home.



Yours in the struggle,
Carla


Quoting cmontori@xxxxxxxxx:

> Jennifer!
> Would I be qualified?  I cannot produce a portfolio of recent 
> treatments.  I can
> produce just about anything else.  Oh please, oh please.
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> What up with you? Are you the boss to whom this reports??
>
> Hopefully,
> Carla
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> Quoting "Jennifer S. Banks" <jsbanks@xxxxxxx>:
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>> Preservation Services Librarian
>> (Librarian II)
>> Collection Management Services
>> MIT LIBRARIES
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>> The MIT Libraries seek an enthusiastic and creative librarian to 
>> provide leadership of its preservation and conservation programs.  
>> This is an exciting opportunity to manage a robust program for a 
>> world-renowned university and support access for students and 
>> faculty to MIT's rich collections. Preservation Services was 
>> renovated in 2002 incorporating the E. Martin and Ethel Wunsch 
>> Conservation Laboratory, which provides state-of-the-art equipment 
>> and well-designed workspace where staff perform myriad preservation

>> treatments for rare and unique materials. For more information about

>> Preservation Services and the Wunsch Conservation Laboratory go to: 

>> http://libraries.mit.edu/preservation/index.html.
>>
>> RESPONSIBILITIES:  The Preservation Services Librarian will lead the

>> preservation program for the general and special collections of the

>> MIT Libraries. S/he will develop and implement plans for in-house 
>> and outsourced operations, including general and special collections

>> conservation, commercial binding, shelf preparation, and 
>> reformatting. The incumbent will work collaboratively with the 
>> collections staff of individual libraries and with staff of the 
>> Institute Archives and Special Collections to set priorities and 
>> determine appropriate preservation strategies for the collections. 
>> S/he will determine treatments in response to diverse general 
>> collection conservation goals and train and oversee staff in 
>> undertaking these treatments. The incumbent will direct outreach to

>> both users and staff, coordinate disaster preparedness and response,

>> and will participate in resource development activities including 
>> donor relations, campus events and grant proposals. S/he will 
>> monitor emerging preservation technologies in analog and digital 
>> media, with possible growth in responsibilities to include digital 
>> preservation. The Preservation Services Librarian will train support

>> staff in unit operations, manage workflow, and monitor quality 
>> assurance and productivity. S/he will manage budgets, oversee supply

>> and equipment purchasing and prepare management and statistical 
>> reports. S/he will also participate in system-wide committees and 
>> projects as appropriate. The Preservation Services Librarian will 
>> report to the Head of Collection Management Services. S/he will have

>> full supervisory responsibility for one professional (the 
>> conservator), 3.5 support staff,  student assistants, and temporary

>> workers.
>>
>> QUALIFICATIONS:  An MLS/MSLIS from an ALA-accredited library school

>> with advanced study in the preservation and conservation of library

>> and archival materials, or with subsequent work in a preservation 
>> position or as a collections conservator. Three to five years 
>> direct/related professional experience.  Substantial knowledge of 
>> the theory and practice of preservation and conservation, including

>> strong bench skills.  (Candidates who are interviewed will be asked

>> to present a portfolio of recent conservation treatments.)  
>> Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and ability to

>> work effectively in an environment which focuses on collaboration 
>> and service excellence. Demonstrated organizational and problem 
>> solving skills, flexibility and ability to manage projects and 
>> competing priorities. Experience in supervision and training.  
>> Evidence of initiative, creativity and potential to succeed in a 
>> production oriented, rapidly changing, research library environment.

>> Candidates are expected to demonstrate a genuine interest and 
>> enthusiasm for the position.
>>
>> HIRING SALARY:  $47,000 minimum.  Actual salary will depend on 
>> qualifications and experience.
>>
>> Review of applications will begin November 7, 2005.  Send cover 
>> letter, resume, and names and addresses of three current references

>> to:
>>
>> Search Committee for Preservation Services Librarian
>> The Libraries, Room 14S-324
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>> 77 Massachusetts Ave.
>> Cambridge, Massachusetts  02139-4307
>>
>> The MIT Libraries include five major subject libraries (architecture

>> and planning; engineering; humanities; science; management and 
>> social sciences) and several branch libraries in more specialized 
>> subject areas.  The Libraries hold more than 2.7 million printed 
>> volumes, and extensive collections in other physical formats.  Over

>> 300 digital databases and over 4500 electronic journals are licensed

>> for access on the Institute's network. The Libraries utilize Ex 
>> Libris' Aleph system as its public Web-based catalog and as the 
>> support system for user service and processing functions.  The 
>> Libraries' webpage (http://libraries.mit.edu/) presents information

>> about library services, as well as access to information resources 
>> through the staff-designed Vera interface. MIT Libraries maintain 
>> membership in the Association of Research Libraries, the Boston 
>> Library Consortium, and OCLC through NELINET, as well as in 
>> EDUCAUSE, the Coalition of Networked Information, and the Digital 
>> Library Federation.
>>
>> MIT offers excellent benefits including a choice of health and 
>> retirement plans, a dental plan, tuition assistance and a relocation

>> allowance.  The MIT Libraries affords a flexible and collegial 
>> working environment and fosters professional growth of its staff 
>> with management training and travel funding for professional 
>> meetings.
>>
>> MIT is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its 
>> community and particularly encourages applications from qualified 
>> women and ethnic minority candidates.
>>
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