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Associate Director, Special Collections Processing
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- The Associate Director for Special Collections Processing will provide vision, leadership, and oversight for a team that processes collection material in all formats held across the curatorial divisions at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the Library for the Performing Arts ensuring timely access to the Library’s special collections.
- The Associate Director leads and inspires teams responsible for archival processing, special collections cataloging, audio and moving image description, and metadata services.
- While based at the Library Services Center (LSC) in Long Island City, Queens, the Associate Director works across the organization to optimize workflows and establish collaborative relationships that unify and strengthen special collections processing and the Library’s stewardship efforts.
- In partnership with departmental staff, the leadership of Preservation and Collections Processing and other stakeholders advances and refines the Library’s Total Cost of Stewardship Model; in partnership with departmental staff, curators, and Collection Management, supports the assessment of archival acquisitions.
- Contributes to discussions around the prioritization of collections for digitization and aligns description and metadata priorities and queues to support these activities.
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