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Special Collections Cataloger, UC Berkeley



PRINCIPAL CATALOGER
The Bancroft Library
Associate Librarian / Librarian
$48,984 - $82,008 per annum, depending upon qualifications






The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the largest and most heavily used libraries of manuscripts, rare books, and special collections in the United States. As the primary center of special collections within the library system at Berkeley, Bancroft supports major research and reference activities and plays a leading role in the development of research collections. Bancroft holdings include over 500,000 volumes, 35,000 linear feet of manuscripts, 3,500,000 photographs and other pictorial materials, 72,000 microforms, and 23,000 maps. Additional information regarding The Library and The Bancroft Library is available on the web at:
http://lib.berkeley.edu/ and http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/.

Bancroft Technical Services (BTS) is the unit responsible for all of the technical operations of the Bancroft Library. BTS employs approximately 35 career and non-career staff and has operating expenses of approximately $1.5 million per year. BTS operations include: acquisitions, cataloging (original and copy), archival, manuscripts, and pictorial collections processing, and digital archiving. BTS is responsible for acquiring, preserving, and providing access to the library's collections of printed materials, manuscripts, photographs, magnetic media, and other materials in a variety of formats. BTS takes a leadership role in setting national standards for technical processing, digital access, and digital archiving of rare books, archives, and special collections materials. A significant percentage of BTS processing and digital archiving projects is funded by grants or donors; this requires BTS actively to partner with other campus and library units and with a variety of institutions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, the state, and the nation.

Responsibilities:

The Bancroft Library's Principal Cataloger performs original cataloging, assures quality control and functions as resource person for rare book, special collections, manuscript, and archival cataloging questions. The Principal Cataloger has responsibility for establishing AACR2 headings and for overseeing authority work. He/she verifies the quality of copy cataloging, the maintenance of Bancroft's special files chronological/geographical, typographical, provenance, and binding), as well as entries based on the ALA/ACRL thesauri (graphic materials, genre, printing/publishing evidence, etc.). The Principal Cataloger has a major voice in determining and applying cataloging
policies in The Bancroft Library and is the primary liaison with Technical Services in UC Berkeley's Main Library. He/she also works with the Library Systems Office on catalog design and display and relays issues and questions to appropriate Bancroft staff. The Principal Cataloger performs original cataloging as required (especially for rare books, medieval manuscripts, medieval manuscript facsimiles). He/she may also supervise certain special projects (grant-funded staff, students, volunteers). The Principal Cataloger serves on the Bancroft Management Advisory Group. The position reports to The Bancroft Library Head of Technical Services.

Professional contributions beyond the primary job, e.g., publications, active participation in University and professional organizations, and other research and creative activity are required for advancement within the Librarian series. Candidates must show evidence or promise of such contributions.

Qualifications:

MLS from an accredited library school and five years' experience in a university library. Familiarity and experience with AACR2 and DCRB is essential. Solid experience with computer cataloguing systems. Ability to catalog material in a number of western languages. Knowledge of Spanish particulary desirable. Rare books experience is essential and knowledge of archival cataloging practice is highly desirable. Familiarity with cataloging in a wide variety of formats is indispensable (printed books, manuscripts, archives, oral histories, ephemera, pamphlets, posters, pictorial materials, maps, magnetic media). Familiarity with Electronic Archival Description preferred.
Ability to work collegially with a large and diverse staff. Good written and verbal communication skills. The successful candidate will show evidence of effective project planning, management, and completion.

The Library at the University of California, Berkeley is committed to the support and encouragement of a multicultural environment and seeks candidates who can make positive contributions in a context of ethnic and cultural diversity.

An exclusive bargaining agent, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), represents librarians at the University of California. This position is included in the bargaining unit.

DEADLINE: Consideration will be given to applications received by August 1, 2001.

APPLICANTS SHOULD APPLY IN WRITING, INCLUDING WITH THEIR LETTER A
COMPLETE STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS, A FULL RESUME OF THEIR EDUCATION
AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, AND COMPLETE CONTACT INFORMATION OF THREE
REFERENCES WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS
POSITION.

You may mail your application package to:

Barbara Kornstein
Interim Academic Personnel Coordinator
447 The Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

Or FAX to: 510-642-8675
Or EMAIL: librec@library.berkeley.edu
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