Music Library Specialist — Special Collections Processing

Black Caucus of the American Library Association; Kansas; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Music Collections Specialist will manage project work supporting the selection, processing, access, and disposition of music materials, focusing on the Music Library's backlog of undescribed special collections. In collaboration with the music librarians, you will help sort, review, rehouse, prepare, and route materials for retention, processing, offsite storage, or deaccessioning.

You will carry out the technical processing of musical scores to prepare them for circulation, including

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three years of library experience or equivalent professional environment.
• Ability to read music and interpret music terminology.
• Experience using online catalogs and web resources.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Music Librarians to support collection development and related activities.
• Perform condition assessment, sorting, rehousing, inventories for undescribed music collections.
• Create finding aids or basic descriptions.
• Process materials for binding, housing, and cataloging workflows.

Skills

Read music

Online catalogs

Detail-oriented

Music terminology

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Three years library experience

Tools

Alma

Job description

The Music Collections Specialist will manage project work supporting the selection, processing, access, and disposition of music materials, focusing on the Music Library's backlog of undescribed special collections. In collaboration with the music librarians, you will help sort, review, rehouse, prepare, and route materials for retention, processing, offsite storage, or deaccessioning.

You will carry out the technical processing of musical scores to prepare them for circulation, including