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Location

Princeton, NJ | United States

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Job description

Library Collections Specialist V


US-NJ-Princeton



Job ID: 2023-18196

Type: Full-Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Library


Princeton University



Overview

The Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology , is one of the oldest and most extensive art libraries in America.

The collection of over 500,000 volumes covers world art and architecture from antiquity to the present and includes distinguished rare book holdings.

Marquand serves the Princeton University community and scholars from around the world, attracting over 150,000 visitors a year. Marquand Library seeks to hire a Library Collections Specialist, Level V (LCS V).

Responsibilities

The LCS V position requires an energetic, production, and service-oriented person to manage two essential functions at Marquandâ”Marquandâ™s serial collection and the fulfillment of Marquand-based interlibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery (DD) requests. The LCS V is also one of a five-member team that assists patrons in the rare book reading room, facilitates circa fifty rare book class consultations per semester, and provides routine reference desk coverage eight to thirty hours per week.

Additionally, the LCS V ensures consistent staff presence by opening the library Monday-Friday.

This position oversees the inbound and outbound mail needs of Marquand Library. The LCS V also manages the work of three students assisting with the essential processing of serials and scanning for document delivery and collection development support.

Beginning in Spring 2021 all Marquand public and back-end services moved into two temporary Public Service Points in Firestone Library, and one Staff Processing Area at 693 Alexander Road.

This staff member will be instrumental in providing evening public services in our temporary spaces and will assist in the move of collections and services back to a newly renovated Marquand Library.

Qualifications

Required:

• Minimum two years of experience in an academic, research, or special library, or a public library with a research and/or special collections component or similar
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Intermediate computer skills including desktop productivity software and scanning, and basic knowledge of computer hardware, printers and imaging equipment
• Knowledge of bibliographic conventions and experience searching online catalogs or databases
• Ability to work with bibliographic citations in several languages
• Self-starter with the ability to prioritize, be highly productive, and do sustained and accurate detail work at a computer
• Affinity for teamwork, and the ability to be flexible and resourceful in a fast-paced environment
• Public service experience and service orientation

Preferred:

• Bachelorâ™s degree
• Work experience with print or electronic serials
• Work experience with interlibrary loan or document delivery
• Facility with ILLiad resource sharing management software or similar
• Facility with Alma cataloging and fulfillment or similar
• Experience with antiquarian library or archival collections

Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

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About Princeton University

Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation's service and in the service of all nations. Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. Princeton is an independent, coeducational, nondenominational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.As a world-renowned research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.Today, more than 1,100 faculty members instruct approximately 5,200 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students. The University's generous financial aid program ensures that talented students from all economic backgrounds can afford a Princeton education.

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