The Boston Athenaeum seeks a librarian fluent in emerging technologies to
manage electronic resources and serve as part of team that covers the
reference desk. This full-time exempt position reports to the Head of Reader
Services and supports the work of the Boston Athenaeum across all departments.
Responsibilities:
* Manage electronic resources; including acquisition, licensing, processing, and maintenance
* Coordinate with serials acquisition in Technical Services Department.
* Oversee collection development (working with subject bibliographers) and negotiate purchase with vendor or consortium liaison
* Maintain electronic resources webpage
* Participate in project to digitize finding aids
* Serve on committee that maintains website
* Work with all departments' collection management systems
* Provide general and specialized reference assistance and occasionally work at circulation
* Work some evenings and Saturdays in scheduled rotation among reference staff
* Offer public presentations of reference services to members
* Serve on a weekly basis in special collections room
* Must be able to lift 40 pounds
* Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications:
Education
* MLS from an ALA-accredited institution
Experience
* Experience offering public services in a library, using cataloging software (preferably OCLC), content management systems (e.g., Drupal), digital collection management software (e.g., ContentDM and The Museum System), email marketing software (e.g., Constant Contact)
* Experience editing and maintaining webpages and websites, proficiency with HTML and CSS
* Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with image editing
Preferred Qualifications:
* Familiarity with visual resource librarianship, Drupal, EAD, Raiser's Edge, proxy servers
* Experience dealing with vendors
* Experience editing text, knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
* Familiarity with PHP, XSL and XML
Position is available immediately.
For further information see [www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/39](http://www.bosto
nathenaeum.org/node/39). E-mail resume and cover letter to
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