<div class="gmail_quote">Please forward as appropriate:<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Museum Archivist
- #12-156</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">University of
California, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) is a
national leader among natural history museums, housing one of the top six
vertebrate collections in the US. In addition to our collections of birds,
mammals, amphibians and reptiles, MVZ houses an extensive archival collection
of fieldnotes, photos, maps, etc. Recently we received external funding from
the Council on Library Information and Resources to continue and enhance the digitization,
cataloging and integration of the archives with online museum and archival
databases. <span> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">This is a temporary, 75-100% Assistant
Librarian appointment starting August 1, 2012 with a salary range of $47,544 (Step
I) or $48,504 (Step II), commensurate with experience.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">The Museum Archivist is a key component of the MVZ
Archives and will supply expertise which currently does not exist in the MVZ.
The integration and curation of the Archives is essential for it provides the
historic and field context for its specimen collection and database, and thus
is a fundamental component of MVZ’s uniquely valuable collection. It is the
primary resource for data quality validation critical to our research mission
and ongoing maintenance of our collection database. The Archives and its
integration with the specimen collection will affect research worldwide as both
the academic and public access to our collections has steadily grown with
increased access. A properly curated archive is essential for the leadership
role MVZ has in the academic community and key to the ongoing success of its
research mission.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">The Museum Archivist will work with the PIs and the Project Coordinator
in a variety of grant activities primarily using their expertise in the
archival domain to help assess cataloging protocols, metadata values and best
practices in physically securing documents, long-term storage and retrieval,
etc. The position will help recruit, train and supervise archival interns from San
Jose State University School of Library and Information Science program. We
also expect this position to act as a liaison to the UC Berkeley Bancroft
Library, Online Archive of California, other Berkeley Natural History Museums
(especially the UCMP and the UC and Jepson Herbaria), the San Jose State
University School of Library and Information Science, and other digital
archival projects (e.g., Biodiversity Heritage Library, California Academy of
Sciences, U.S. National Museum). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">The successful candidate will directly report to the
Principal Investigator on the Council on Library and Information Resources
grant and fall under the academic Librarian series. In addition, there will
be an indirect reporting relationship to the Committee on Appointment,
Promotion, and Advancement (CAPA) and to the Librarian Association of the
University of California (LAUC-B) reflecting the position's inclusion under the
Academic Librarian Series. </span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">UC
Berkeley librarians are expected to participate in library-wide planning and
governance, to work effectively in a shared decision-making environment and to
be active professionally.<span> </span>Professional
librarians at UC are academic appointees and are represented by an exclusive
bargaining agent, University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Minimum qualifications:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><span> </span>ALA-accredited MLIS, or relevant Master's
degree with coursework in archives management or at least 2 years of equivalent
work experience.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Ability to perform detailed-oriented tasks with irreplaceable material
and data. <span> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Demonstrated experience in an
archives or Special Collections arranging and describing archival collections;
demonstrated experience applying EAD.<span> </span><b><i>Preferred
qualifications:</i></b><span> </span>General
knowledge of scanning, current scanning standards, and electronics records
management and databases. Knowledge of, or experience in digital archive
preservation. Familiarity with DarwinCore metadata standards. Knowledge of
vertebrate natural history and ecology are useful.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Applications</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> must include a cover letter,
CV, and three professional references.<span>
</span>The cover letter should address interest in and vision for the
intersection of library information sciences and natural history museums.<span> </span>Applicants should refer references to the UC
Berkeley Statement of Confidentiality found at </span><a href="http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">.<span> </span>Applications must be sent to the attention of
Sandra Richmond, Research Enterprise Services, 3101A VLSB, Berkeley, CA
94720-3160.<span> </span>Electronic submissions are
acceptable, but all materials must be uploaded into Adobe PDF and sent to </span><a href="mailto:sandyjbr@berkeley.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">sandyjbr@berkeley.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">, with the subject: MVZ
ARCHIVES – [Applicant Name].<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Deadline</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">for
applications is June 18, 2012.<span> </span>Review of
applications will begin immediately.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">See
the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology website (<a href="http://mvz.berkeley.edu/" target="_blank">http://mvz.berkeley.edu/</a>) for more
details.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">The
University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
and encourages qualified women and minority candidates to apply.</span></p>
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