Job Listing (Full-time): Associate University Librarian for Special Collections at Boston University Libraries (No application deadline)
Boston University Libraries are seeking a candidate to serve as the first Associate University Librarian for Special Collections who will reimagine the goals of the Libraries’ special collections and digital scholarship programs, and offer a strategic vision to foster nascent initiatives.
This job listing does not state an application deadline, however it is noted that applications received by September 30, 2023 will receive priority consideration.
The successful candidate will oversee and set the agenda for two departments: (1) the library’s principal special collections unit, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, and (2) the library’s new digitization and digital initiatives program and facility, Digital Ventures, set to open in Fall 2023.
Digital Ventures is set to transform the way that Boston University (BU) creates, preserves, and supplies online access to special collections and other unique material of cultural and research value. The new Associate University Librarian for Special Collections will support the work and strategic directions of Digital Ventures through its director, and advocate for campus researcher engagement and the preparation of new systems for online engagement with BU’s holdings.
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