Map Collection Project Coordinator Librarian

Required Qualifications

• A library science graduate degree from an ALA-accredited program or equivalent international degree.
• Demonstrated interest in cartographic history, methods, and scholarship, and/or related fields.
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based setting where consultation, flexibility, reliability, initiative, creativity, collaboration, and cooperation are essential.
• Demonstrated ability to support a welcoming and respectful environment in a job-related experience, an academic setting, and/or the community.
• Ability to move 50 pounds occasionally and handle oversized materials.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a map collection, archives, and/or special collections, including the physical handling of materials.
• Experience with geospatial research.
• Coursework or training in special collections librarianship

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 through September 30, 2025, 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 Specialist Librarian position is $55,000 to $65,000. 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 eligible for on-campus and/or hybrid remote work within Iowa, with the majority of work time being on campus, and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually, and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location.