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Posted November 29, 2021
Description: Access Services actively supports the mission of the Harvard Library by delivering high quality, user-centered services; cultivating a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive environment for research and inquiry; stewarding the University collections; and connecting the academic community to the vast array of library resources. We support the teaching and scholarly mission of the University through…
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Posted November 22, 2021
Description: The Harvard Library Innovation Lab (LIL) is looking for a software developer and researcher to imagine and develop innovative software that charts the future of libraries. Located at the Harvard Law Library, LIL is a fun and collaborative lab with a broad mission focused on re-envisioning libraries and library services. We are a small but active team, and we are…
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Posted November 15, 2021
Description: The Fine Arts Library at Harvard University seeks an innovative, collaborative, and user-centered Librarian for Islamic Art and Architecture to build and manage collections related to the art, architecture and visual culture of the Islamic world in all formats. Reporting to the Herman and Joan Suit Librarian of the Fine Arts Library, the incumbent…
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Posted November 15, 2021
Description: Location: Widener Library – Middle East, Africa, and Asia Division Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Start date: November 29, 2021 End date: TBD Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm Pay Rate: $40.00 per hour CORI: NOT REQUIRED Duties: This position is responsible for the original descriptive and…
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Posted November 8, 2021
Description: 14 hours per week Available immediately Salary $18.00/hour The Frances Loeb Library seeks a part-time Public Services Assistant to support researchers and librarians in the Special Collections Reading Room. This is an excellent opportunity to gain reference and special collections operations experience. Reporting to the Collections Strategy Team Lead and working closely with Collections…
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Posted October 25, 2021
Description: Houghton Library, Harvard’s world-class rare books and manuscripts library, is seeking a motivated library and information science graduate student to join our Public Services team. Houghton is home to the world famous and the almost entirely unknown, the ancient and the contemporary, the enduring and the ephemeral. Papyrus fragments, Civil War board games, Black…
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Posted October 14, 2021
Description: The Harvard Law School Library has an immediate opening for one 14-hour per week position. The person in this role will assist with the processing and digitization of modern manuscript collections to help make these collections open for research using the library’s new minimal level processing workflows. The Archives Assistant will report to the Archivist for Special…
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Posted October 12, 2021
Description: The Brookline Public Library is seeking a dynamic, innovative Librarian III with strong technical expertise and supervisory skills to manage the Collection development for the Library. Under the administrative direction of the Library Director, the Librarian III – Supervisor of Collection Development manages Library Collections and the Technical Services Department operations, managing up to…
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Posted October 12, 2021
Description: The Brookline Public Library is seeking a part-time Children’s Librarian I (Mandarin fluent) to perform professional and administrative work providing reference, reader’s advisory, program operation, department administration, and other library services to children, their parents, and teachers. Assist the Supervisor of Children’s Services in providing training and supervision to youth services staff. Assist the public in…
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Posted October 7, 2021
Description: Information and Technical Services actively supports the teaching and research mission of the Harvard Library by managing monograph, serial, and e-resource acquisitions, metadata creation, and metadata management for the Harvard Library. Under the supervision of the unit manager in Metadata Creation, the incumbent timely access to Harvard Library collections by providing original cataloging, and…
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