Art Library Assistant: Special Collections & Research Access

National Gallery of Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

National Gallery of Australia in Parkes, ACT, seeks a Library Assistant to support Special Collections and Reference Library operations under the Librarian. This full-time, 24-month role focuses on improving discoverability, processing ephemera, acquisitions assessments, and rehousing materials, with occasional work at offsite storage.

Based at the National Gallery, you will provide reader services, process Reference Library and Special Collections materials, create MARC records to RDA

Qualifications

• Qualifications in, or progress towards, library and archive studies or relevant experience with museum/gallery/special libraries is desirable
• Qualifications in or knowledge of art history and theory or visual arts is desirable

Responsibilities

• Provide reader services, including directional and facility enquiries, circulation, use of online and physical resources, visitor bookings, and undertaking research for staff and external reference enquiries
• Follow relevant procedures and guidelines to process Reference Library and Special Collections materials
• Assist with the provision of bibliographic services including creating catalogue records to RDA and internal standards, adding holdings and items, and improving discoverability of resources in the Library Management System
• Undertake short-term Reference Library or Special Collections projects with a defined scope, as directed by the Librarian
• Provide guidance regarding standard Research Library and Archives operations, procedures, guidelines and policies as needed
• Assist with general collection maintenance including shelving, filing and cascading under best practice manual handling principles
• Assist the Library Technician with general library administration
• Assist the Librarian, Archivist or Library Manager as required

Skills

Reader services

Cataloguing

Reference enquiries

Library management system

Education

Library/Archive studies (desirable)

Art history knowledge (desirable)

Tools

Library Management System

Job description

National Gallery of Australia in Parkes, ACT, seeks a Library Assistant to support Special Collections and Reference Library operations under the Librarian. This full-time, 24-month role focuses on improving discoverability, processing ephemera, acquisitions assessments, and rehousing materials, with occasional work at offsite storage.

Based at the National Gallery, you will provide reader services, process Reference Library and Special Collections materials, create MARC records to RDA