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About the Role

The Specialist III will support a welcoming researcher experience in the Photographs and Prints Division. They will collaborate on cataloging and archival processing of P&P collections and manage pages and interns in consultation with the division’s associate curator.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates on policies and decisions for cataloging and processing, including specification of technical language, templates, and workflows.
• Aids cataloging and processing of photography collections, creating finding aids and other organizational, access and public service related activities.
• Aids photography collection management from accession and preservation to digitization, including housing, location and organization.
• Assists in processing loan paperwork and digitization requests, including doing valuation research and collaborating with the NYPL’s Collection Management team.
• Participates in committees related to professional responsibilities and serves as a liaison between the Schomburg Center and other NYPL units.
• Assists in responding to reference service inquiries related to photographs and prints collections.
• Performs related duties as required.

Requirements

• Professional experience in a research setting, such as a library or university, or a large photography archive.
• Experience in a photography archive or manuscripts repository processing collections and writing finding aids or demonstrated cataloging experience.
• Experience using archives management tools, such as ArchivesSpace, integrated library systems, such as Sierra, and bibliographic utilities like OCLC Connexion and standard ILS systems.
• Some supervisory experience.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment to meet planned goals.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of current standards for archival description and special collections cataloging (e.g. DACS, DCRM, RDA, MARC21, authority control) and controlled vocabularies (e.g. LCSH, LC/NAF, LCGFT, AAT, RBMS).
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Subject area expertise or educational background in any of the following: African American History/Studies/Literature, Africana Studies.

Location

• Schomburg Center

Work Type

• Full Time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Specialist III
• Some supervisory experience

Education Level

• ALA accredited Master’s degree (MLS, MLIS, MA) in Library and Information Studies, Archives, history, or related fields in the humanities.

Salary/Compensations

• $80,145 / year

About the Company

• For more than 125 years, The New York Public Library (NYPL) has been an essential provider of books, information, ideas, and education.
• With collections numbering more than 56 million items and serving more than 16 million patrons in person each year and millions more online, NYPL’s reach is both local and global.
• Our mission is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.
• At our world-class research centers–including the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Library at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the Library for the Performing Arts, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture–expert staff facilitate the work of our diverse communities, offering inspiring reading rooms, exhibitions, fellowships, and a dynamic range of research services.
• Their work is supported by dedicated staff on the Collections and Research Services teams.
• We are proud to be the most public and widely used research library in the world.
• Founded in 1925 and named a National Historic Landmark in 2017, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the world’s leading cultural institutions devoted to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of materials focused on African American, African, and African Diaspora experiences.
• The collection holds over 11 million items that illuminate the richness of global Black history and culture.
• The Photographs and Prints Division collects, stewards, and provides access to unique, rare, and original visual source materials that document the history and culture of people of African descent globally.