Richard F. French Librarian, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Cambridge, MA

Posted December 10, 2019

Harvard University seeks a dynamic, progressive, user-centered, inclusive, and innovative librarian to provide leadership for the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, one of the leading libraries in the world for the study of a wide variety of musical disciplines, including historical musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, composition, historically informed performance practice, and more.  

 

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director of Arts and Special Collections of the Harvard College Library, the Librarian leads and manages the staff, budget, operations, and programs that support a diverse array of research and teaching activities centered in the Music Library’s collection of books, scores, recordings, periodicals, special collections, and other materials.  The Librarian represents the Music Library to individuals and groups of faculty, students, researchers, donors, the music community, the media, and other external constituents. 

 

Qualifications

The Librarian will have an extraordinary opportunity to lead the collections, services, and programs of the library in a moment that features a dynamic new curriculum in the Department of Music, deeper collaborations with libraries on campus and within consortia, and new and emerging methods of scholarship and the presentation of library collections for discovery and access.  The successful incumbent will possess wide-ranging knowledge of the study and practice of music, broadly conceived; deep understanding of the administration of libraries and archives; enthusiasm for working with faculty and students; proclivity for adopting new technologies that will improve access to and use of Music Library holdings; and a collaborative and collegial outlook and spirit. 

 

To view the complete position description and to apply, see here.