Library Assistant III | J. Paul Getty Trust

e-Active B.V.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

The J. Paul Getty Trust, through the Getty Research Institute, seeks a full-time Library Assistant III for a 2-year limited-term position focused on processing the Robert Farris Thompson collection.

The role involves cataloging, archival preparation, and data entry under supervision, supporting scholarly work on the Afro-Atlantic world. Primary duties include creating and updating bibliographic and authority records, conducting bibliographic searches, and coordinating shipments and storage

Qualifications

• Specializes in monograph cataloging functions.
• Copy cataloging can range from simple to complex with bibliographic searching.

Responsibilities

• Sort and catalog the collection per library standards and best practices.
• Create, maintain, and update bibliographic, holdings, item, and authority records.
• Build archival enclosures, rehousing ephemera, prepare labels, data entry, and manage shipments from storage.

Skills

Monograph cataloging

Bibliographic searching

Authority records

Job description

Library Assistant III | J. Paul Getty Trust

The Getty Research Institute seeks a full-time Library Assistant III for a 2-year limited-term position. This position is focused on processing the library of art historian Robert Farris Thompson, one of the foremost scholars of the artistic and linguistic connections and continuities within the African Diaspora and Afro-Atlantic world. The library consists of between 5,000 and 7,000 volumes, covering a wide range of topics supporting Thompson’s interests and research. The Library Assistant will work under limited supervision and in partnership with other catalogers and archivists to sort and catalog the collection according to library standards and best practices. Specializing primarily in monograph cataloging functions, this position will create, maintain, and update bibliographic, holdings, item, and authority records. Copy cataloging work will range from simple to complex and will require bibliographic searching or use of reference sources to complete or verify data. Duties will include other processing tasks such as building archival enclosures, rehousing ephemera, preparing labels, data entry, preparing and receiving shipments from storage, and paging materials from storage. Learn more

Additional Info

Job Function : Administrative, Collections

Job Duration : Full-time, Contract

Salary Range : Hiring Pay Scale: $24.90 - $31.13 Hourly