Qualifications • Accredited MLS with a special collections focus and/or an advanced degree in a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience •Minimum 2 years of experience teaching with archival/special collection materials. • Minimum of 3 years of experience in working with recorded sound and/or broadcasting collections within an academic setting or a combination of experience and subject specialty. • Familiarity with collections care and security protocols within a special collections environment. • Understanding of the policy and legal implications of reformatting and delivering time-based media. • Ability to work well with others and perform in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. • Willingness to travel to examine collections on offer and engage with dealers and potential donors. Job Specific Qualifications • Strong understanding of scholarship, including the role of primary source materials in research, teaching, and learning.
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with faculty, students and donors, and a commitment to a high level of service
• Savvy of media preservation and U.S. copyright relating to audio/media material.
• Strong commitment to providing high quality service in a collaborative, team environment to a diverse and inclusive campus and researcher community.
• Knowledge of and commitment to addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in collection building.
• Excellent communication skills, and an active record of publication and/or service to the field.
• Ability to model the safe and secure handling of special collections materials
• Ability to provide careful and ethical stewardship for existing gifts and awards
• Familiarity with conservation, preservation and collection management practices relating to special collections
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience supervising student employees and/or interns Responsibilities • Maximize student and faculty engagement with the University’s holdings of rare sound recordings and broadcasting collections, develop and offer interactive instructional sessions in the SCRC classrooms for students at all levels. Interpret and promote the collections to both campus and community audiences through exhibitions, social media, public events, and scholarly publications. • Conduct an ongoing analysis of collection strengths, and acquire collections through donation and purchase in alignment with SCRC’s collecting goals for more inclusive collecting and Syracuse University’s academic strategic plan. Cultivate donors and assist in efforts to raise funds for programming, collections, and facilities. • Work with SCRC and Libraries staff to help set digitization and preservation priorities for recorded sound and broadcasting holdings. In collaboration with SCRC and Libraries staff to continually enhance and improve digital collections portals and websites providing access to recorded sound and broadcasting collections. • Contribute to the day-to-day work of the SCRC by serving on the reference desk, providing advanced reference assistance, and performing other duties as needed. • Engages in activities that contribute to the advancement of the Libraries, the university, and the library profession including, for example, actively participating on a team, committee, or special project; chairing or organizing a workshop, conference, or other professional event; teaching (excluding library instruction sessions or other teaching activities that are explicit job duties); professional consulting; conference discussant, publishing; conducting research that results in a publication or conference presentation. | 
