Project Curator Women in Politics Collections - Bancroft Library

Position Overview

• Title: Associate Librarian, Temporary Status
• Salary range: $83,162 to $95,010 (approximately, based on UC academic salary scales)
• Percent time: 100%
• Anticipated start: As early as September 2026, exact date negotiable
• Position duration: Two years, with possible renewal for a third year based on performance and funding availability

• Open date: July 10, 2026
• Next review date: August 10, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time (apply by this date for full consideration)
• Final date: October 31, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time (applications accepted until this date; after review date only considered if position remains unfilled)

• Collection Development and Stewardship
  • Collaborate with curatorial colleagues, Oral History Center staff, and partners across the UC Berkeley Library system to build and steward collections relevant to women in politics, identifying gaps and strategic opportunities.
  • Appraise and select materials for acquisition through donation or purchase across manuscripts, archives, visual materials, digital media, and print.
  • Stay informed on evolving legal and ethical considerations for provenance, IP rights, privacy, and respectful stewardship of cultural heritage materials.
  • Apply resource‑sensitive collecting practices using Total Cost of Stewardship frameworks.
• Donor and Community Relations
  • Develop collaborative relationships with communities and individuals represented in the collections, including activists, elected officials, political organizations, and social and civil rights movements.
  • Partner with Bancroft Library leadership, Friends of the Bancroft Library, and UC Berkeley Library Development Office to build and nurture philanthropic support.
• Technical Services Collaboration
  • Work with Bancroft Technical Services on appraisal, accessioning, cataloging, archival processing, and arrangement to ensure discoverability and accessibility.
• Research Services and User Support
  • Collaborate with Public Services colleagues to promote collection use by faculty, students, researchers, and the public; participate in fellowship selection committee.
  • Provide excellent service, friendly reception, and positive research interactions for all users.
• Teaching and Instruction
  • Leverage museum holdings to prepare and lead instruction sessions, including material evaluation, lesson plan development, and collaboration with faculty on assignments and learning outcomes.
  • Promote inclusive teaching practices and accessibility; strengthen instructional collaborations across the university and integrate the collections into new and existing courses.
• Collection Interpretation
  • Highlight under‑researched materials and interpret collections for diverse audiences through exhibitions, publications, lectures, tours, presentations, and conferences.
  • Develop public programs and events in collaboration with Bancroft staff, Oral History Center, and campus partners.
• Outreach and Communications
  • Contribute to outreach activities, blogs, social media, publicity, and public events raising awareness of the library’s collections documenting women in politics.
• Internal Collaboration
  • Participate as part of a curatorial team sustaining collection development, scholarly and educational outreach, description, digitization, preservation, and research.
  • Engage in library projects, committees, policy decisions, and strategic planning.
• External Liaison Work
  • Serve as liaison with other library selectors, academic departments, and campus museums, including the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Hearst Museum, Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, and Ethnic Studies Library.
  • Collaborate across the UC Berkeley Library system to identify cross‑collection research and programming opportunities related to women’s political history.
• Professional Service
  • Represent the Bancroft and contribute to professional organizations at local, regional, national, and international levels, advancing visibility of the library’s collections and scholarly engagement.

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