| Position Title: | Library Cataloger, CBMR Search |
| Institution: | Columbia College, Chicago |
| General Information: | Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution of over 11,500 undergraduate and graduate students, emphasizing arts, media, and communications in a liberal arts setting. |
| Responsibilities: | The Center for Black Music Research Library and Archives has an opportunity for a professional Cataloger to catalog a backlog of over 12,000 sound recordings, many of them rare 78s, 45s and LPs. This person is also responsible for cataloging annual additions of about 300 compact discs and DVDs, 50 dissertations, and other special order books. |
| Qualifications / Requirements: | Candidates must possess a Master's degree from an ALA-accredited library school. Familiarity with OCLC Connexion is required. Expertise in cataloging music materials including sound recordings and media in all formats; knowledge in Black music; cataloging archival collections and a familiarity with Encoded Archival Description (EAD; and course work or training in archives and manuscripts are all desirable). Experience in library special collections is highly preferred. |
| Salary, Rank & Benefits: | Competitive salary and an excellent benefits package |
| Application: | Columbia College Chicago encourages female, GLBT, disabled, international, and minority classified individuals to apply for all positions. No phone calls, please. For consideration, please submit a resume and a cover letter to: cbmrref@cbmr.colum.edu, |
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