Posted March 22, 2024
Description: The Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department seeks an innovative and thoughtful librarian or archivist to fill the open Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts position. This newly established role focuses on the stewardship, development, and promotion of collections dating from approximately 1800 through the present day. The incumbent will join a…
Posted April 6, 2023
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) Library seeks a dynamic candidate for the 12-month, tenure eligible position of Manuscripts Archivist. This is a great opportunity for an early career professional interested in working in a collaborative environment that stresses community engagement, experiential learning, open pedagogy, and a standards-based approach to curation. The minimum annual…
Posted February 6, 2023
Job Description The Boston Public Library is seeking an experienced, enthusiastic Rare Books and Manuscripts Cataloger to join our Rare Books and Manuscript Department. Working in a permanent, full-time position under the title of Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarian, the successful candidate will provide original and complex bibliographic description for a broad range of materials,…
Posted October 19, 2022
The Winthrop Group has an immediate opening for a full-time Processing Archivist to arrange and describe a large volume of manuscript materials as part of a team. Collections to be processed include the work of writers, artists, and photographers in formats ranging from papers and photographs to art and artifacts. This salaried, contract position is…
Posted August 5, 2022
Description: The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) located in Boston, Massachusetts seeks a Curator of Manuscripts. This is a full-time (35 hours per week) position: Monday-Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. While some remote work may be possible, the individual in this position works primarily onsite. The Massachusetts Historical Society The MHS is an independent research…
Posted June 30, 2022
Description: Under the direction of the Head of Special Collections or delegate, assists in all aspects of maintaining and organizing rare books and manuscripts; retrieving and refiling materials;statistics collection; maintaining accessions lists and preparing preliminary copy catalog and original cataloging records; patron registration; and stack maintenance within the department. Reports toHead of Special Collections or…
Posted June 27, 2022
Description: The Winthrop Group has an immediate opening for a full-time Processing Archivist to arrange and describe a large volume of manuscript materials as part of a team. This salaried, contract position is located in New Haven, Connecticut and will conclude September 30, 2023. Key Responsibilities Processes archival materials in accordance with institution’s processing guidelines…
Posted April 13, 2022
Description: Location: Somerville, MassachusettsRemote Eligibility: HybridReq. Number: 16949Apply online: https://jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/16949 Job DescriptionOverview Digital Collections and Archives (DCA) is the archives and manuscript repository of TuftsUniversity and is open to the public. DCA’s team of professional archivists provides stewardshipfor the Tufts University Archives, nearly three hundred manuscript collections, and otherpermanently valuable physical and digital archival materials….
Posted January 26, 2022
Description: The Winthrop Group has an immediate opening for a full-time Processing Archivist to arrange and describe a large volume of manuscript materials as part of a team. This salaried, contract position is located in New Haven, Connecticut and will conclude September 30, 2023. Responsibilities: Processes archival materials in accordance with institution’s processing guidelines and…
Posted September 3, 2021
Description: The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum is one of the oldest libraries in the country and holds a significant proportion of material that is unique or rare. Its collections include manuscripts, books, pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, maps, broadsides, and ephemera–a combination of primary and secondary sources that establishes the Phillips Library as a…
