Description:
Duties and Responsibilities
- Contributes to the Center’s selection, appraisal, and acquisition of new collections and creating and maintaining donor relationships.
- Collaboratively and independently develops processing plans and oversees the arrangement and description of archival records, manuscripts, and artifacts related to music and fine arts.
- Provides research, instruction, and reference services related to the Center’s collections to the campus and local community, and researchers from across the country and world.
- Participates in outreach and public engagement programming, including exhibitions, coordinating performances, and tours.
- Works collaboratively and coordinates with University Library units in the digitization, preservation, and conservation of archival records, manuscripts, and artifacts.
- Provides supervision of the Center’s student and hourly employees, as needed.
- Engages in professional service and research activities at an appropriate level for clinical faculty in the University of Illinois Library.
Required Qualifications:
- ALA-accredited Master’s degree in library/information science; or PhD in music history, ethnomusicology or related discipline from an accredited academic program.
- Two years of experience working in an archival setting appraising, arranging, describing, and providing reference access to archival materials related to music or fine arts.
- Experience working with both traditional and graphically notated music scores and parts.
- Familiarity with current archives collection management systems such as Archon or ArchivesSpace.
- Familiarity with DACS (Describing Archives Content Standard) and/or EAD (Encoded Archival Description).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to work independently and in team environments.