Head of Technical Services – Bancroft Library

Position: Head of Technical Services – The Bancroft Library
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  the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: TABLE 26A NON-REPRESENTED LIBRARIAN SERIES FISCAL YEAR SALARY SCALE. A reasonable full-time salary estimate for this position is $114,709 to $157,919.

Percent time:
100%

Anticipated start:
Winter 2026. The start date is flexible.

Position duration:
This is a full-time potential career appointment.

Application Window Open date:
October 6, 2026
Next review date:

Friday, Nov 6, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date:
Thursday, Dec 31, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description

The University of California, Berkeley is seeking an experienced, inclusive, and collaborative leader to serve as the Head of Technical Services at The Bancroft Library. Reporting to the Deputy Director, the Head of Technical Services leads a team in providing and enhancing discovery and access and prioritizing the responsible stewardship of Berkeley’s world-renowned special collections. The Head of Technical Services leads the teams responsible for Acquisitions and Collections Control, Accessioning and Processing, Digital Collections, Visual Materials Processing, and Cataloging with four direct reports and approximately fourteen indirect reports, project staff, interns and student employees to ensure the broadest possible access to Bancroft collections.

The Head of Technical Services will be responsible for setting strategic vision, redesigning workflows, and implementing new policies and tools to increase operational effectiveness and deepen collaboration within Bancroft and with colleagues across the Library. The Head of Technical Services is a key member of Bancroft’s senior leadership team and collaborates closely with the Head of Public Services and other key partners throughout the Library on the creation and implementation of Bancroft and UC Berkeley Library-wide goals and initiatives, cultivates leadership and management skills for themselves and their team, and contributes to the development of a library culture that promotes our Library Statement of Values.

The Environment
The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally renowned research and teaching facility at one of the nation's premier public universities. A highly diverse and intellectually rich environment, Berkeley serves a campus community of 33,122 undergraduate students, 12,812 graduate students, and 1,525 faculty. The Library comprises 20 campus libraries, including the Doe/Moffitt Libraries, The Bancroft Library, The C.V. Starr East Asian Library, and numerous subject specialty libraries.

With a collection of more than 12 million volumes and a collections budget of over $15 million, the Library offers extensive collections in all formats and robust services to connect users with the collections and build their research skills. Discover more about our collections and services at the UC Berkeley Library website.

The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the largest and most heavily used libraries of rare materials in the West. Its holdings include more than 800,000 volumes, 210 million manuscript items, 9 million photographs and other pictorial materials, 86,000 microforms, 9.4 million digital files, and 25,000 maps, as well as numerous other categories of unique material.

The two largest collections are…