The University of St Andrews Library is seeking to appoint a new Head of Special Collections & Assistant Director of Library Services. We'd be grateful if you could please circulate this message to any listservs you are a member of.
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Head of Special Collections & Assistant Director of Library Services - ML1436
The University Library is seeking to appoint a Head of Special Collections and Assistant Director of the Library. The Special Collections Division in Scotland’s oldest university holds rare and unique material of significant value to the heritage of Scotland and the UK, as well as the University’s own 600-year old archive. It includes over 210,000 rare books, extensive manuscript holdings, and the largest curated collection of photographs in Scotland.
We are currently in a period of change for Special Collections, which moved out of the Main Library building to another part of the University in 2011 to allow a process of Main Library redevelopment over several years. A new Special Collections Reading Room opened in the Martyrs Kirk Research Library at the end of last year, and planning is now underway for the redevelopment of the ground floor of the Main Library building over the next few years to allow for the return of major collections, together with staff, to the Main Library. This is therefore a time for strong and effective leadership of the Division, and we are seeking candidates who can combine leadership ability with an understanding of the curatorial requirements of our outstanding collections.
The successful candidate will be a strong manager, with an understanding of special collections, a commitment to user service based in ‘customer care’ values, and a vision for the close integration of the Special Collections Division with the rest of the Library service.
Informal enquiries to John MacColl, University Librarian & Director of Library Services. Tel: 01334 462301. Email: [log in to unmask]
Interviews will be held on 16 July 2014
Please quote ref: ML1436
Closing Date: 27 June 2014
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