Curator Of Printed Books
Manage a collection of over half a million volumes of rare books, pamphlets and broadsides spanning five centuries, with a particular strength in 18th- and 19th-century Americana. This includes overseeing the acquisitions budget, including multiple restricted endowments; building the collection by working with the rare book trade, by soliciting financial support from individuals and through grants, and by fostering relationships with collectors; judiciously removing materials from the collection; working with researchers to better understand their research needs and to discern research trends; exploring and interpreting existing collections and new acquisitions through articles, exhibitions (both physical and digital), conferences, special events, and tours for individuals and groups of varying sizes; overseeing the processing, cataloging, and arrangement, both intellectual and physical, of all book collection materials; training and supervising librarians, assistants, interns, and volunteers; developing and managing projects involving members of all library departments, including digitization and digital humanities projects, both in-house and with third-party vendors; developing programs with community partners; and developing and implementing collection management policies and procedures covering acquisitions, conservation, loans, deaccessioning, and security.
