Head, Preservation and Conservation

Education Requirement

• ALA-accredited Master’s degree in Library and Information Science

Experience Required

• Six or more years of professional experience, and evidence of national leadership as well as continuing significant achievement in professional activities.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and supervise professional librarians.
• Demonstrated skill utilizing and tailoring communication styles—including oral, written, and interpersonal—to work effectively and collaboratively with peers and partners.
• Understanding of and experience with preservation and conservation best practices, operations, and activities employed across the diverse collections of a comprehensive research library.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based setting where consultation, flexibility, collaboration, and cooperation are essential.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity in the workplace or community
• Demonstrated understanding of the mission of a research university and the mission and functions of a large research library.

Desirable Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to secure supplemental funding for projects or programs by way of grants, gifts, cost-recovery programs, etc.
• ​​​​​​​Demonstrated experience identifying and setting preservation priorities through ongoing communication, collaboration, and strategic planning with collections stakeholders and library leadership.
• Knowledge of new technologies and strategies affecting preservation
• Knowledge of digital imaging and experience in digital preservation
• ​​​​​​​Demonstrated advocacy for equitable and gainful employment for student and contingent workers in preservation and conservation programs as well as cultural heritage organizations generally.

Universal Competencies:

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and respectful manner while appreciating the unique contribution of an inclusive workforce that brings together the talents of people across multiple identities, including: race, creed, color, religion, national origins, age, sex, pregnancy, disability, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.

• Collaboration and Positive Impact. Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and civil manner and utilize existing resources and learning to achieve or exceed desired outcomes of current and future organizational goals/needs.

• Service Excellence and Customer Focus. Ability to meet or exceed customer service needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.  Ability to effectively transmit and interpret information through appropriate communication with internal and external customers.