Collections Care Associate

Required Qualifications
•    Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience
•    Minimum of one-year related experience
•    Experience working with physical collections (e.g., libraries, archives, museums)
•    Knowledge of basic collections care, preservation, or conservation principles
•    Strong organizational and attention-to-detail skills for inventory, documentation, and quality control
•    Ability to manage multiple workflows and prioritize tasks effectively
•    Experience using basic office and collaboration tools (e.g., Microsoft Office, email systems)
•    Strong communication skills (written and verbal) for responding to inquiries and coordinating with vendors and internal departments
•    Ability to perform physical tasks such as lifting, packing, and moving library materials

Desired Qualifications
•    Degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS) or related field
•    Experience with materials processing workflows (e.g., metadata handling, preparation for circulation, rehousing)
•    Hands-on experience with book repair, conservation, or preservation treatments
•    Experience maintaining web content or departmental websites
•    Experience with excel, data tracking, and statistics collection
•    Experience working in an academic or research library environment
•    Ability to train, supervise, or coordinate work of student employees or staff

Application Details: 
Applications are only accepted through the Jobs@UIOWA website.

In order to be eligible for interview, applicants must upload the following and mark them as “relevant files” when you upload the documents:

1. Cover letter that clearly addresses how you meet each of the required and any desired qualifications of this position. To ensure strongest consideration, applicants are encouraged to review all required qualifications and state directly how they meet each of them. 
2. Current resume 
    

This job ad will be posted for a minimum of 14 days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after that date.

Please contact andrea-rost@uiowa.edu if you have any questions about the position. 

The hiring salary range for this Senior Library Associate position is $45,500 - $52,000 based on experience.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. 

This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.

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