Architecture & Design Librarian - Library
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Position overview
Position title: Associate Librarian-Librarian, Career Status or Potential Career Status Salary range:
The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and salary point at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/nov-2024-rep-librarian-scales/t26-b.pdf. A reasonable estimate for this position is $77,631-$98,667. Percent time:
100% Anticipated start:
As early as April 2025. Start date is flexible. Position duration:
This is a full-time potential career appointment. Application Window Open date: February 22, 2025 Next review date: Saturday, Mar 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Final date: Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Position description The University of California, Berkeley is seeking a collaborative, creative, and service-oriented Architecture & Design Librarian to join the Social Sciences Division. The division supports world-class teaching and research in the social sciences, providing innovative collection development and other user-focused services including data and information literacy, course-based instruction, and research support. The Environment The Library's Social Sciences Division is comprised of librarians, library career staff, and student library employees who together support the teaching and research needs of students and faculty in twelve social science departments within the College of Letters & Science, six professional schools, three International and Area Studies programs, and an array of Organized Research Units. The division oversees three subject specialty libraries: the Business Library, the Environmental Design Library, and the Social Research Library. Responsibilities The Architecture & Design Librarian serves as the liaison to the College of Environmental Design - providing collections and research support for a diverse group of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and practitioners studying all aspects of the built environment in areas such as architecture, city and regional planning, landscape architecture, sustainable design, and urban studies, as well as real estate and construction. Research in these areas at UC Berkeley is highly interdisciplinary and incorporates social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. The incumbent collaborates with colleagues to provide support related to data, digital scholarship, digital and information literacy, GIS, and scholarly communications. The Architecture & Design Librarian actively builds, manages, and makes accessible collections housed in, and related to, the Environmental Design Library that meet the research and learning needs of the campus community; utilize critical and post-colonial collection practices; and align with the Library's commitment to shared print and digitization. This collection primarily includes monographs and serials acquired through approval plans and vendors, as well as data sets and special collections, such as primary sources related to California and the Bay Area. Collection management includes identifying items for the Library's shared print and preservation initiatives including shelving off-site at the Northern Regional Library Facility; reviewing donations; proposing digitization projects; and making deselection decisions. Additionally, this librarian may contribute to the broader guidance of the Social Sciences Division's collection strategies, policies, and projects. As the Library continues to evolve and improve its own spaces, the person in this position will have the opportunity to bring expertise about sustainability, accessibility, and inclusive design to shape the working and learning environment for the Library and our users. UC Berkeley librarians are expected to participate in library-wide planning and governance, and work effectively in a shared decision-making environment. Advancement is partially based upon professional contributions beyond the primary assignment; the successful candidate will show evidence or promise of such contributions to the Library, campus, UC System, and profession. The UC Berkeley Library is committed to supporting and encouraging a multicultural environment and seeks candidates who can make positive and imaginative contributions in a context of ethnic and cultural diversity. UC professional librarians are academic appointees and are represented by an exclusive bargaining agent, the University Council - American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT). This position is in the bargaining unit. Librarians are entitled to appropriate professional development leave, vacation leave, sick leave, and all other benefits granted to non-faculty academic personnel. The University has an excellent retirement system and sponsors a variety of group health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans in addition to other benefits. Unit: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ Qualifications Basic qualifications
(required at time of application)
Advanced degree or enrolled in an advanced degree program. Additional qualifications
(required at time of start)
Advanced degree. Preferred qualifications
Application Requirements Document requirements
Reference requirements
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04789 Help contact: richard.brown@berkeley.edu About UC Berkeley UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students, and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g., teaching, research, and service, as applicable). The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. Please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy. In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter. As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements. As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
Job location Berkeley, CA
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