Two positions, Mellon Foundation grant-funded project, based at the
New-York Historical Society Library. Positions are funded until December
31, 2002.
1) Cataloger for Printed Materials
Description: Create full, minimal and collection-level original cataloging
records for the New-York Historical Society Library's collections of books,
pamphlets, and serials. Catalog in NYU's GEAC Advance system, using AACR2,
LCSH, and LC classification. Perform authority research and subject
analysis as needed.
Qualifications: ALA accredited MLS; 2 years cataloging experience;
familiarity with MARC format, RLIN or OCLC, and automated cataloging
systems; flexible, creative approach to providing bibliographic control
over a large and diverse collection; ability to work independently,
comfortably and productively in a complex work environment. Experience
with serials cataloging and knowledge of American and/or New York history
preferred.
Salary: Salary commensurate with background and experience. Minimum:
$35,000. Attractive benefits package.
2) Cataloger for Manuscripts and Visual Materials (search continued)
Description: create collection-level and item-level MARC cataloging records
in NYU's GEAC Advance system for the New-York Historical Society Library's
manuscripts, archives, and visual materials collections, using information
from the card catalog, published guides to the collections, and finding
aids. Perform name authority research and subject analysis as needed.
Qualifications: ALA accredited MLS or MA in the humanities with archival
concentration; 2 years archival or cataloging experience; flexible,
creative approach to providing bibliographic control over a large and
diverse collection. Preferred qualifications include familiarity with the
MARC AMC and/or VIM formats, RLIN or OCLC, and automated cataloging
systems, experience with the arrangement and description of archival
materials, and knowledge of American and/or New York history.
Salary: commensurate with experience and background; minimum:
$35,000. Attractive benefits package.
Located next to Central Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side, The New-York
Historical Society is a principal resource for the study of American
history and life. It is home to the recently opened Henry Luce III Center
for the Study of American Culture, which showcases the Society's museum
collections, and to one of the oldest research libraries in the
country. The New-York Historical Society Library has been affiliated with
the New York University Libraries since 1997. Its collections encompass
approximately 400,000 volumes; 7,000 linear feet of manuscripts; and an
estimated one million items in its print, photograph and architecture
collections. The Manuscript Department, with over two million manuscripts,
has diverse and rich collections relating to the political, military,
legal, cultural, mercantile, infrastructural, domestic and social history
of this country and New York in particular. A sample of the collections
includes Revolutionary War orderly books, African-American life before
1861, papers of most of this nation's leading political and military
figures from its early years and the Civil War era, records of abolition
societies, accounts of the California Gold Rush and the westward expansion,
and New York life in the Gilded Age all as found in letters, diaries,
business papers, ships logs, land patents, institutional records, and other
materials. The Society's visual collections are strong in pre-1900 U.S.
history and culture as well as the development of photography and
professional architecture in the United States.
To apply: send resume and letter of application, including names, addresses
and telephone numbers of 3 references, indicating position of interest, to
Ms. Janet Koztowski, Director of Human Resources, New York University
Libraries, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012. Applications
received by March 15, 2001 will be given full consideration.
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