Team Leader for Collection Management

Team Leader for Collection Management Department: Library Special Collections Rank and Salary: Assistant Librarian to Librarian ($68,885 - $108,349) Position Availability: Immediately Application deadline for first consideration: August 30, 2024   The UCLA Library seeks a highly collaborative and inventive professional Librarian to lead the collection management team and stewardship of its rare and unique materials.   Position Duties Reporting to the Director of Library Special Collections, the Team Leader for Collection Management is the Librarian who manages a team responsible for acquiring, accessioning, and cataloging special collections materials. This includes leading the development and implementation of flexible user-driven policies, procedures, and workflows for stewarding archival collections, digital archives, rare books, and manuscripts. They also provide recommendations and support to the Processing/Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) Team for the processing and accessibility of materials.   The Team Leader for Collection Management collaborates with colleagues across LSC units to set priorities for the stewardship of archival and rare book collections; explores, proposes, and implements new technologies and sustainable approaches for collection management activities and workflows; and develops and implements a comprehensive and sustainable plan to increase the discovery of LSC’s collections. They embrace responsible and ethical stewardship and center equity, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of their work, ensuring a holistic approach to sustainable collection management.   The Team Leader for Collection Management optimizes current storage spaces and plans future solutions for anticipated storage needs. They will lead efforts to ensure appropriate inventory control, environmental control, and security of special collection materials and collection spaces.  In collaboration with the Preservation & Conservation team, this position will integrate preservation and conservation workflows and assessment practices into pre- and post-custodial processes and implement interventions to ensure long-term sustainability of collections. They develop and prepare collection data for administration, donors, granting agencies, and the public. Additionally, the incumbent develops and leads a team of staff and student assistants to design and carry out collection management and discovery processes for archival collections (physical and born-digital) and rare books and manuscripts.   The successful candidate will be committed to promoting and enhancing diversity through engagement with and promotion of the UCLA Principles of Community.   Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Supervises 2-3 FTE librarians and 4-5 FTE staff involved in accessioning, cataloging, post-cataloging and digital archives work. This includes overseeing and prioritizing work, providing feedback, and developing skills.
• Works with colleagues in LSC to optimize and manage collection storage spaces and plan for future needs.
• Collaborates closely with UCLA colleagues in Resource Acquisitions and Metadata Services, Preservation & Conservation, the Southern Regional Library Facility, as well as colleagues in special collections across the UC system.
• Cultivates a shared community of learning and growth among all team members, and actively pursues opportunities for staff professional development.
• Works closely with Library Development to identify and steward donors, collections, and endowed gift funds.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

  Description of Unit Library Special Collections (LSC) builds and stewards special collections resources, services, and operations. The department consists of four teams: Curatorial; Processing/Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT); Collection Management (CM); and Public Services, Outreach, and Community Engagement (PSOCE).  

• The Curatorial Team is responsible for collection development and acquisition of materials in support of research and teaching.
• The CFPRT makes collection material discoverable and accessible through ethical and iterative processing in a pedagogical model.
• The D&D Team develops and implements policies and processes to ensure responsible stewardship of collections.
• The PSOCE Team integrates public-facing operations for LSC including reference and instruction, programmatic events, and activities.

  The entire staff of approximately 30 FTE work together holistically to build, preserve, and provide access to the outstanding rare and unique holdings of the UCLA Library. LSC works closely with our colleagues within the Distinctive Collections portfolio to steward a range of international resources in support of UCLA’s mission for the betterment of our global society.   Anyone wishing to be considered for this position should apply here: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09529

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